NATO

  • Nov 26, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA/GEORGIA: Moscow awaits its moment in Tbilisi

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov helped resolve a dangerous standoff in Georgia by persuading...

Russia
  • Nov 25, 2003
  • 7 min read

CROATIA: Nationalists set to return to power

The nationalist Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) has emerged from the November 23 parliamentary...

Croatia
  • Nov 13, 2003
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EASTERN EUROPE/EU: New members reluctant on EU defence

Moves towards defence integration in the EU could be complicated by the views of the new members...

Eu
  • Nov 7, 2003
  • 7 min read

BULGARIA: Local poll a win for apathy not opposition

The second round of local elections was held on November 2. In national terms, the local...

Bulgaria
  • Oct 23, 2003
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RUSSIA: Ambiguity marks new defence doctrine

Although it does not describe itself as such, the document appears to be the draft of a new...

Russia
  • Sep 24, 2003
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SLOVAKIA: Premier's cabinet changes are ill-timed

President Rudolf Schuster will approve the dismissal of Defence Minister Ivan Simko and the...

Slovakia
  • Sep 18, 2003
  • 7 min read

UKRAINE/CIS: Economic plans deepen domestic divides

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine are due to sign an agreement to develop a single economic...

Ukraine
  • Sep 17, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA: Putin keen to strike balance ahead of US visit

President Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to the United States on September 26-27....

Russia