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EU foreign policy in relation to EC selections

Ari Rusila wrote 2 weeks ago: First, a few quotes that relate to selection of EU’s top officials: Turkey is not a part of Eu … more →

Tags: Balkans, EU, Ari Rusila, BalkanBlog, EU Eastern Partnership, EU Enlargement, EU foreign policy, Third Way

Russian militia: between public and private interests

Olga Nicoara wrote 4 weeks ago: Message from the bottom of Russian Militia:  Russian Police departments are all about rent-seeking - … more →

Tags: Eastern Europe, Economic Development, economic reform, Politics, Aleksey Dymovsky, Corruption in Russian Militia

BSEC Bubble Chart 20072 comments

Olga Nicoara wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: Black Sea Region of Economic Cooperation, Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Economic Development, Bsec, Bubble Chart, WB data visualizer, World Bank Development Indicators 2009

The Nabucco-South Stream race intensifies1 comment

Ari Rusila wrote 1 month ago: The race between the two EU’s eastern gas pipelines is going on while next winter can again sh … more →

Tags: BalkanBlog, Balkans, energy policy, EU, Ari Rusila, Austria, Blue Stream, Bulgaria, China

Why so poor?2 comments

Olga Nicoara wrote 1 month ago: Looks like the poorest piece of the Central Asian part of CIS is virtually bordering the EU. I belie … more →

Tags: Eastern Europe, Economic Development, EU, european union, ex-soviet Central Asia, Moldova, Moldova GDP per capita 2008, post-communim transition, Why So serious?

Cultural and Institutional reality

Olga Nicoara wrote 2 months ago: A tragicomic story on what’s essentially a result of bad institutions in Moldova. I enjoy Igor … more →

Tags: Culture, Eastern Europe, Funny or Cry, USSR, corruption, Igor Cobileanski, Moldoca, Institutional Reality, Inspiration

New Player in Caspian Sea Power Corridor6 comments

Ari Rusila wrote 2 months ago: Competition – or development – of EU’s eastern gas supply routes has intensified this year. Bo … more →

Tags: middle east, Ari Rusila, BalkanBlog, Caspian Sea, China, Energy supply, Gas Pipelines, Kazakhstan, Nabucco

Harvest time; Harvesting Interagency Best Practices

Michael Anderson wrote 2 months ago: It is autumn, harvest time here in southern Germany. People are celebrating what has been planted in … more →

Tags: interagency, building partnerships, Coalition Partners, NATO, Conferences, Conference, Germany, switzerland, whole of government approach

Measuring "Doing Business in 2010" - World Bank vs. Reality 2 comments

Olga Nicoara wrote 3 months ago: Doing Business - World Bank 2010 In newly released “Doing Business 2010” report, World B … more →

Tags: Business, Eastern Europe, economic reform, Economics, Trade, Trade, Economics, Eastern Europe, Economic Reform, Barriers to Entrepreneurs, doing business 2010, Entrepreneurial Envirnoment in Moldova

Moldova Elections - 2nd attempt3 comments

Ari Rusila wrote 4 months ago: The 29 July early parliamentary elections in Moldova swept Europe’s last ruling Communist part … more →

Tags: BalkanBlog, Russia, pridnestrovie, Moldova, Transdnistria, Romania, Ari Rusila, twitter, democracy

Global Peace Rank - Balkans & Black Sea

Ari Rusila wrote 6 months ago: The results of the Global Peace Index for 2009 suggest that the world has become slightly less peace … more →

Tags: BalkanBlog, Balkans, Caucasus, Ari Rusila, BRIC, conflicts, Crisis Management, Global Peace Index

Is it Time to Bury Nabucco?2 comments

Ari Rusila wrote 7 months ago: Latest developments during last weeks related the EU’s policy of diversifying Europes’s energy suppl … more →

Tags: BalkanBlog, Balkans, Caucasus, EU, middle east, Ari Rusila, EU energy policy, Gas, Gazprom

EU’s big choice – Nabucco or South Stream?2 comments

Ari Rusila wrote 7 months ago: Despite the efforts to save energy a strong scenario for near future is that the quantity of gas nee … more →

Tags: BalkanBlog, Balkans, Caucasus, EU, Ari Rusila, Azerbaijan, BlackSe region, EU energy policy, Iran

Twitter revolution – no coup d’etat but big drama anyway3 comments

Ari Rusila wrote 8 months ago: Twitter revolution did not change government in Moldova but created big drama instead including a co … more →

Tags: Ari Rusila, BalkanBlog, EU Enlargement, Moldova, pridnestrovie, Protest, Romania, Russia, Transdnistria

Will there be Rose II in Georgia?1 comment

Ari Rusila wrote 8 months ago: Demonstrations against President Mikhail Saakashvili continued fifth day on April 13th in Georgia. C … more →

Tags: BalkanBlog, Caucasus, Ari Rusila, Georgia

Twitter Revolution – Case Moldova3 comments

Ari Rusila wrote 8 months ago: After Orange (Ukraine), Rose (Georgia) and Tulip (Kyrgyzstan) revolutions the first try of next gene … more →

Tags: BalkanBlog, Moldova, thinkmoldova, twitter, Protest, EU Elections

Election in Moldova – NATO perspective blocked3 comments

Ari Rusila wrote 8 months ago: Last week-end Moldova had parliamentary elections. The ruling Party of Communists won so no big chan … more →

Tags: BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, gagauzia, Moldova, pridnestrovie, Russia, Separatism, Transdnistria


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