Western Europe

  • Apr 25, 2003
  • 7 min read

US/IRAQ: Deep divisions endanger transition

US officials will hold a meeting in Baghdad on April 28 to discuss the establishment of an...

United States
  • Apr 16, 2003
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EUROPEAN UNION: Extraordinary council

Heads of state and foreign ministers from the ten candidate states (Cyprus, Czech Republic,...

  • Apr 2, 2003
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RUSSIA: Hydrocarbon hike

Crude oil and gas condensate output rose in the first quarter by 11% year-on-year to 8.1 million...

Russia
  • Mar 28, 2003
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EUROPEAN UNION: Iraq war clouds common defence goals

Pressure is building on the Convention on the future of the EU to reach agreement by early...

  • Mar 27, 2003
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RUSSIA/WESTERN EUROPE: Gazprom plans Baltic pipeline

The proposed pipeline would increase Gazprom's export capacity to Europe, avoid the problems...

Western Europe
  • Mar 26, 2003
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US/GERMANY/FRANCE: Business at risk in row over war

The refusal of Paris, and to a lesser extent Berlin, to support the Bush stance on Iraq war has...

United States
  • Mar 26, 2003
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US/GERMANY/FRANCE: Iraq trade fallout

The refusal of Paris and Berlin to support Washington's stance on the war with Iraq has angered...

United States
  • Mar 3, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA: Strong trade figures reflect oil dependency

Preliminary data on foreign trade in 2002 were released last month....

Russia