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INTERNATIONAL/IRAQ: Polish-led force enters the fray
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on September 6 described the deployment of a Polish-led...
IraqEASTERN EUROPE: Social spending faces fiscal pressure
The legacy of universal health, education and social welfare allowed the countries in the region...
EASTERN EUROPE: Transition risks creating underclass
Many of the countries of the region are preparing to join the EU. Efforts to challenge poverty,...
LITHUANIA/POLAND/EU: New life for Power Bridge
The Visegrad states' electricity systems have been connected to Western Europe since 1995,...
LithuaniaLITHUANIA: Economic excellence
GDP rose by 6.1% year-on-year in the second quarter, according to preliminary figures from the...
LithuaniaEASTERN EUROPE: EU transport vision ignores CEE needs
Although CEE transport infrastructure is poor compared with EU-15 standards, this does not seem...
Eastern EuropeRUSSIA: Cursing in Kaliningrad
Presidential envoy for Kaliningrad Dmitry Rogozin today left for Moscow by train to test the new...
RussiaEASTERN EUROPE: ERM II has dangers for EU joiners
Exchange rate stability is one of the Maastricht criteria that accession states must meet before...
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