Russia Watch: Vlad in Vlad: Forging Russia’s first hot city on the Pacific Rim
The upside about an enlightened dictator is the enlightenment part. Five years ago, Vladimir Putin took a hard look at
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Europe
EPP to back Polish PM Tusk’s candidacy for European Commission head – Der Spiegel
The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) is considering Poland’s PM Donald Tusk a leading candidate for the next European Commission
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Supervised independence ends in Kosovo
Fewer than five years after becoming a country, Kosovo marked a milestone on September 10 2012 by bringing to a
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Integrate Eastern Europe’s shadow economy into the formal sector, World Bank report says
Too many of Eastern Europe’s workers and firms are engaged in the “shadow economy” — doing business and work in
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Hungarian PM: IMF deal this autumn
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he expects to see an IMF deal in the autumn. “Naturally, there are differences
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Greece struggles to reach austerity deal with lenders
Greece is in the midst of tough negotiations with its international lenders on a new round of austerity-spending measures aimed
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Of memory, monuments, movies, manuscripts, moral high ground and Macedonia
Sofia currently is sending a message to Skopje: Let’s make the hysteria history. In recent days, a number of statements
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Europe’s eyes on new transparency in election of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council
Senior European Commission officials will be among those watching live online streaming and public television broadcasts of the process of
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Deal by deal, Russia building ties with Asia
Chinese President Hu Jintao announced Saturday more than $150 billion in spending on infrastructure projects as part of efforts to
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