Everyone knows that game on a coward – two cars drive in the same line against each other and they are about to crash. That driver becomes the winner, who will not dodge the other.
International politics knows its own new gambler called Mr. Dmitrij Medvedev. On Sunday evening, Russian President announced that Kremlin is ready [...]

Russian President, Mr. Dmitrij Medvedev, has just recognized independence of two breakaway provinces – South Ossetia and Abkhazia. One can say that it could be the beginning of Cold War II or maybe something worse. If we looked on current international politics a little bit closer, all could be more transparent and foreseeable.
 
The most recent [...]

Government in Bucharest decided to replace Mr. Daniel Morar, head of national anti-corruption directorate. Official reason why he should leave his office is that national government needs him on the post of special “liaison“ in Brussels. He would be responsible for mediating dialogue between European Commission and Romanian Government.
 
The reality is that no member state [...]

Reuters press agency published following information two days ago: “The European Union should press ahead with efforts to bind Russia to the bloc, even offering Moscow a ‘privileged partnership‘ if it shows a willingness to adopt European values, a leading German politician said.“
Those are the words of Mr. Ruprecht Polenz, head of the Foreign Policy [...]

First, I would like to congratulate French Presidency, Mr. Sarkozy and Mr. Kouchner themselves, for mediating preliminary peace-plan between Russia and Georgia. The bloody conflict seems to be over and Europe can enter to the second phase of crisis management - to be active in negotiating peace agreement. Thank you, gentlemen, the preliminary peace-plan is [...]

Since the most recent weekend the security environment on the periphery of Europe has changed. Russian armed forces not only operate in breakaway region of South Ossetia, but in Georgia as well. The explanations of Moscow’s steps vary from act of aggression to example of how hard foreign policy can be made.
If I interpret recent [...]

Ms. Viviane Reding has become one of the most visible members of European Commission, mostly thanks to her resolve to change mobile telecommunication sector. If we summarized her steps, we would find various concrete proposals - from opening discussion about proposal on roaming regulation (October 2005), via identifying roaming SMS prices as too expensive (June [...]

I have read many articles during recent days about the new Russian president, Mr. Dmitrij Medvedev. However, it was and it is still difficult for me to have a clear opinion about him. The majority of the journalists describe him as a liberal politician that could be more open to values of plurality and democracy [...]

The European Union and its member states struggle to meet the ambitious goal set at the 2000 Lisbon Summit of becoming “the most dynamic and competitive knowledgebased economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion, and respect for the environment by 2010”. This article aims [...]

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