EE

  • Jan 7, 2011
  • 7 min read

LATVIA/RUSSIA: Business trumps historical tensions

Relations between Latvia and Russia have been tense since the collapse of the Soviet Union. ...

Latvia
  • Jan 7, 2011
  • 2 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Contaminated egg threat is contained

Official reaction to the detection of toxic dioxin in eggs in Germany has shown the effectiveness...

  • Jan 7, 2011
  • 2 min read

KOSOVO: Re-runs in PDK heartlands may change little

The December 12 parliamentary elections are being re-run on Sunday in three regions, and...

Kosovo
  • Jan 6, 2011
  • 6 min read

CZECH REPUBLIC: Coalition will hold but looks weaker

The country needs a stable and functioning government, President Vaclav Klaus said in his New...

Czech Republic
  • Jan 6, 2011
  • 2 min read

HUNGARY: Temporary taxes may have plugged budget gap

The 2010 budget deficit target of 3.8% of GDP agreed with international lenders has been met,...

Hungary
  • Jan 6, 2011
  • 2 min read

BELGIUM: Coalition looks far off as deadline passes

Johan Vande Lanotte, the Flemish Socialist chosen by King Albert II to broker forming a federal...

Belgium
  • Jan 5, 2011
  • 6 min read

SLOVAKIA: Fear of blame for break-up glues coalition

The general government deficit for 2010 is expected to come in just below the 7.8% of GDP...

Slovakia
  • Jan 5, 2011
  • 2 min read

EASTERN EUROPE: More Romanians seek dual citizenship

I am linked with Slovakia by politics, residence and the law, and with Hungary by language,...