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<title>Carpathian Ruthenia or a new neighbour on the horizon?</title>
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  In the following lines I shall speak of a republic which strives to  compete with Ukrainian power in the Zakarpattia Oblast. The reason for  its origin is the fact that since 1991 Ukraine has been ignoring the  requests of Carpathian Rusyns, who supported the status of a special  self-governing administrative territory in the 1991 referendum by 78.2  percent of votes. This autonomy of Carpathian Rusyns has remained  unrealized until present time.&nbsp; Following many attempts to  negotiations with Ukrainian representatives, on 1 December, 2008, Rusyn  activists decided to declare the restoration of pre-Soviet status of the  Republic of Carpathian Ruthenia because according to Rusyn  representatives, Czechoslovakia doesn't exist any longer , and the only  way to realize this status is the declaration...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:48:37 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Quo vadis Pridnestrovie?</title>
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 In the following lines I&#700;m going to deal with a&nbsp;republic which you won&#700;t find in any political map of the world, definitely not on such a map which was printed in Chisinau. I&#700;m talking about Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (hereinafter "PMR&#8221; or "Pridnestrovie&#8221;), which is called by Moldovan nationalists, who don't know their own history, "Transnistria&#8221;, or rather, they name it indefinitely – "eastern provinces&#8221;. It was founded by the Russians, Ukrainians, Moldovans and other 34 nationalities which had been living here for a long time. Councillors of all levels coming from "eastern provinces&#8221; couldn't bear the oppression on the part of Moldovan nationalists any longer. These assumed power in the process of USSR dissolution...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:46:18 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Cyprus, Turkey and the EU. Inextricably bound in a vicious circle</title>
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  The upcoming developments in the peace-talks between the two Cypriot communities' representatives, i.e. Dimitris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, will have a significant impact on the future of the divided Mediterranean island as well as on the accession process of Turkey to the EU. All parties involved in the "Cyprus – Turkey – EU&#8221; triangle eagerly waited for the conclusions of the EU's General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council held in December 2009. Since Brussels decided to freeze the accession talk with Ankara in 2006 in eighth out of thirty-one chapters due to the non-compliance of Turkey with the provisions of the Ankara Protocol, according to which it has to open its ports and airport to the Republic of Cyprus'...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:41:58 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Only Peru and Colombia have remained conformist towards the policy of North American empire in Latin America: The Ambassador to Venezuela in Hungary Adriana Gottberg</title>
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 In November 2009, we met Venezuelan Ambassador in Hungary Adriana Gottberg in Budapest, with whom we discussed economic and political situation in Venezuela, standard of living of its population and foreign political issues in Latin America.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ten years ago, in Venezuela the process of economic and political changes was initiated which is also called Bolivar Revolution. How do you asses this process after 10 years?&nbsp; Now, it has been ten years during which we have been fighting for a change in Venezuela. Now, it has been ten years since President Chávez seized power. It started yet in 1989 in terms of Caracazo. It has been a slow, long and complicated process because it took place under conditions of peace. No aggression has been used, no human rights have been violated and no social class has been attacked...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:43:11 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Does Belgrade betray the interests of Kosovo Serbs? An interview with State Secretary Oliver Ivanović and the leader of Kosovo Serbs Marko Jakšić</title>
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      Oliver Ivanović is the State Secretary of the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, former Speaker of the Serb National Council of Kosovska Mitrovica and former leader of Kosovo Serbs. He is a karate grandmaster. During the war, he was an active leader of Serbian home defense in the north of Kosovo. He was a member of the negotiation team at international talks on the status of Kosovo. Marko Jakšić is the Vice Chairperson&amp;nbsp; of the Association of Serb Municipalities and Settlements of northern Kosovo and Metohija and factual leader of Kosovo Serbs. He is a member of Vojislav Koštunica&#700;s Democratic Party of Serbia and doctor at the orthopaedic clinic of the hospital in Kosovska Mitrovica where he has been a director until recently. He was a member of the negotiation team...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:56:12 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Restart, time out or draw? Obama´s visit to Moscow and its implications for the post-Soviet room</title>
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        The visit of US President Barack Obama to Moscow evoked mild optimism. If we take into account that during the era of President George Bush Jr. the relations between Russia and the US were at freezing point, then any shift in the tone of US policy must have been more than welcomed since the US approached Russia as well as own allies as the "younger brother&#8221;. An important change, which needn't be just symbolic, is the very change of atmosphere. In contrast to President Bush,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:57:57 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The Slovak Government supports intensively Georgian entry into NATO: The Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and  Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze.</title>
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       In the first half of March 2009, the Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze officially visited the Slovak Republic. We interviewed him on the current position of the Slovak Republic on Georgian integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, the prospects of NATO and EU membership as well as the impact of the August Georgian-Russian conflict on the integration process. Mr Vice Prime Minister, you have had an audience with the Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák recently. In this context, the Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement in which it backed Georgian EU and NATO integration efforts and welcomed the establishment of the committee NATO – Georgia. How do you assess the activities of the Slovak Republic in connection with Georgian integration....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:48:19 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Abkhazia and Russia: the outline of bilateral relations</title>
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  At the beginning of September 2008, following the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, Moscow forged diplomatic ties with the mentioned breakaway republics. In the second half of October 2008, it was announced that the Russian President appointed ambassadors in Sukhumi and Cchinvali. Russian Ambassador in Sukhumi Semyon Grigoryev presented his Letter of Credence to President Sergei Bagapsh in the middle of December 2008. On behalf of Russia, the Russian Ambassador in Sukhumi is institutionally responsible for the development of bilateral cooperation between the Russian Federation and Abkhazia. According to he is an educated orientalist and he is known in diplomatic circles as a representative of classic Russian orientalist school. He worked in Moscow&#700;s diplomatic...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:15:58 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine and its impact on the energy policy of Poland</title>
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  Poland has been covering the majority, almost three quarters, of its earth gas consumption by supplies from the gas pipeline Yamal. Only the remaining third of raw material supply flows through Ukrainian gas pipelines. Therefore the cut of gas supplies for Ukraine, which the Russian concern Gazprom carried out in January 2009, didn't have such an impact on Polish economy as on other countries dependent on Russian energy material supplies, for instance, Bulgaria and Slovakia. Problems with earth gas supply, however, haven't been solved by the conclusion of an agreement signed by the prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko. Gazprom&#700;s daughter company RosUkrEnergo (RUE), which fulfilled the task of an intermediary as regards gas supplies for Ukraine, was expelled from Ukrainian market...]]></description>
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<title>Repeated dispute over earth gas between Ukraine and the Russian Federation</title>
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  Like in recent years, relations between the Russian Federation (RF) and Ukraine ended in stalemate also this time at the turn of years. This year&#700;s earth gas dispute has been lasting the longest and is at the same time the most dramatic one. Concurrently, it&#700;s marked by traditional statements about both sides fulfilling their commitments to consumers and blaming each other. The perfect image of relations is completed by the gas volume flowing into consumer countries because this isn't agreed on contractually. Even supplies have been cut off entirely for the first time in the history of consumer and supplier relations. Both sides simultaneously address the European Union (EU) more often in order to win its favour and make it rebuke the other one. At the beginning, however, the Union was only capable of making statements about mutual economic...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:21:09 +0100</pubDate>
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