The recently criticized Lithuania‘s diplomacy could remind that in principle it was its initiative to join the EU efforts in order to stop increasing the number of states not respecting the territorial integrity of Georgia, to start the dialogue between the EU and Belarus, to enhance the political development of the Eastern Partnership and to [...]
The left-liberal daily Politiken is unimpressed by Denmark’s extensive government reshuffle whereby 15 government posts changed hands:
“Political leadership means much more than just getting rid of ministers embroiled in scandal.
And unfortunately it’s the most ramshackle group of party hacks who’ve been brought out for this ostensible renewal.
… It could soon become clear that the move [...]
It seems that Washington does not want to lose good relations with Poland, which got worse when the decision was made not to deploy the U.S. antimissile defense shield system in its territory. According to Poles, it was the fault of B. Obama, who pressed the „reset“ button in the relationship with Russia. This also implied a refusal [...]
At the request of Immigration Minister Nyamko Sabuni the Swedish government has commissioned the Swedish Security Service Säpo to present an analysis on militant Muslims in Sweden.
The chairman of the Association of Christian Social Democrats, Peter Weiderud, voices fears on blog portal Newsmill that the subject of Islam is being politicised unnecessarily ahead of [...]
The Baltic is among the worst-polluted seas in the world.
The daily Kaleva awaits concrete measures from the Baltic Sea Action Summit starting today in Helsinki:
“From a conceptional point of view the Baltic Summit is not just another high level meeting. Each country or business taking part must bring with it concrete commitments. That is the [...]
After years of profligate spending, Greece is becoming overwhelmed. Barring some sort of large-scale bailout program, a Greek debt default at this point is highly likely. At this moment, European Central Bank liquidity efforts are probably the only thing holding back such a default. But these are a stopgap measure that can hold only until [...]
Polish President Lech Kaczynski has said a decree by outgoing Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to declare Stepan Bandera, whom many see as a Nazi collaborator during WWII, a national hero, runs contrary to the historical truth.
Warsaw (RIA Novosti) – Yushchenko, known for his promotion of Ukrainian nationalism, often at the expense of relations with Russia, [...]
The liberal Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has unexpectedly declared he will not run in the presidential elections of 2010.
The liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza sees this as a sign that the office of head of government will become more important: His decision “holds out the opportunity to bring the state structures in order and [...]
A large parade will be held in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.
The daily Latvijas Avīze says there’s no point making a fuss over whether Latvian President Valdis Zatlers should go or not:
“We now know that the Kremlin has announced through the Foreign Ministry that [...]
Security forces have attempted to occupy the headquarters of a cultural house of the Polish minority near the Belarusian capital Minsk, arresting 40 people.
The liberal Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza is outraged:
“Polish policy towards Belarus is being put to a hard test. As an answer to the EU’s gesture of friendship to Minsk which [...]
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