Magazine 1/2008
DownloadIn September 2007, the European Commission introduced the third package of legislative proposals aimed at the EU internal energy market and his further liberalisation. In the centre of the Commission’s attention are primarily wider possibility for the consumer to choose a supplier, fairer prices, environment-friendly energy production and the security of supplies.The reason for the introduction…
Magazine 2/2007
DownloadAn interview with Moldovan political scientist Igor Munteanu on Moldova´s choice to enter the European Union, Moldovan democracy, Transnistrian conflict and security issues in the Black Sea area. Igor Munteanu works as the Executive Director of Institute for Development and Social Initiative (IDIS) Viitorul.Moldova is very often considered a single consolidated democracy in the Post-Soviet area. Do you agree…
Magazine 2/2007
DownloadIn the period after 1989, Polish society has been marked by a high degree of consensus in terms of foreign policy for a long time. This has applied particularly to the Polish NATO entry, but also to the country’s EU membership to a certain extent which was objected above all by agrarian blocs (Polish People’s Party and Self-Defence) as well as a part of clerical-national right gathered predominantly within…
Magazine 1/2007
DownloadHow do you assess the result of the last parliamentary elections in Armenia? What changes will they bring to your country? As for the elections themselves, they were a step forward according to the ratings by international observers. We may evaluate the elections from the viewpoint of what they will bring to Armenia itself, or how will they influence the relations between Armenia and other states…
Magazine 1/2007
DownloadIf we want to be a part of civilised and modern society, we must patiently, indefatigably and almost infinitely adhere to peaceful methods and standards when solving world‛s burning issues and conscientiously abide by international law and respect the status of the UN. There is no doubt, however, that every country which finds itself jeopardised has an indisputable right to take adequate measures in order to secure…
Magazine 1/2006
DownloadFrom the German point of view, Ukraine is percepted primarily as a state which has been situated on the Eastern border of the EU since 2004, and as a territory intersected by the routes of energy raw material transit from Russia to Europe. On one hand, from this perspective Ukraine has a strategic position, yet from the German point of view it is percepted as a source of potential security risks. On the other hand, for Ukraine…
