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The Black Sea: Energy Bridge

By Olyana Kindybaliuk

Energy safety in the Black Sea region: development trends, integration trajectories, hemispheres of attraction and confrontation READ MORE

Yanukovych: Ukraine, EU one step away from signing Association Agreement

Ukraine is determined to sign an association agreement with the European Union as soon as possible, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said. READ MORE

PM Tusk – Poland must adopt single currency or 'stay on the periphery'

As EU leaders agree on supervision of eurozone banks, Prime Minister Tusk has said Poland must decide whether it wants adopt the single currency or remain on the “periphery of Europe”. READ MORE

Georgia after Parliamentary elections: which road to take?

By Aivaras Bagdonas

During the parliamentary polls in October the opposition coalition block Georgian Dream with its leader billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili defeated the United National Movement of Mikhail Saakashvili. After the elections public space of the country was full of various forecasts, including the fears on possible Georgia‘s return to Russia‘s influence. READ MORE

Opinion: Putin's 'disappointing' state of the nation address

In his first state of the nation address since his reeletion to the Kremlin for a third term, President Vladimir Putin defended the status quo. It was a disappointing speech, says DW's Ingo Mannteufel. READ MORE

Russia-France: Balance of Economy and Policy

By Mikhail Agadzhanyan

Russia proceeds with the course of development of special relations with the biggest economies and leading political centers of continental Europe. Interaction with Germany and Italy promotes within quite predictable sphere of energy cooperation. As for France, then the trade scopes of Russian-French cooperation within absolute numbers fall behind from Russian-German and Russian-Italian analogues, but it possesses a pretty significant peculiarity. Moscow and Paris strive to diverse their economic relations. READ MORE

Lithuanian Foreign Vice-Minister: Serbia’s Progress Has To Be Evaluated Based Solely On The Facts And Merits

At the meeting of the General Affairs Council on 11 December in Brussels, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius stressed that it was in the EU interest to make an objective evaluation of Serbia’s progress based solely on the facts and own merits. READ MORE

Heads of Foreign Ministries: EU interested in further cooperation with Azerbaijan

EU countries are interested in further cooperation with Azerbaijan, EU foreign ministers said at a briefing after a meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on Wednesday. READ MORE

Obama's Moment

By Zbigniew Brzezinski

How the president can seize back the initiative on foreign policy. READ MORE

The Council Of The European Union Endorses Trio Programme Of Future Irish, Lithuanian And Greek Presidencies

On 11 December in Brussels, ministers of the European Union member states endorsed the programme of the Council of the European Union for the Irish, Lithuanian and Greek Presidencies. The so-called Trio will be responsible for the EU’s legislative process from 1 January 2013 to 30 June 2014. READ MORE