ANALYSIS: Will Germany’s political shift lead to a stronger EU?

Brussels — Angela Merkel’s victory, and the likely shift to a centre-right government in Germany, should make European Union policy less ambiguous. But will it also make the EU stronger?

10/9/2008 — Filed under: Russia
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Azerbaijan offers Armenia joint Nagorny Karabakh corridor

Baku has proposed that Azerbaijan and Armenia jointly use a corridor linking Armenia to Nagorny Karabakh, an Azerbaijani deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.

10/7/2008 — Filed under: World
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Political Rivalries Put Ukraine’s Economy at Risk

A $10,6 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund has pulled Ukraine back from what many feared was near-default this spring. But with fiercely contested presidential elections set for January, the next big economic risk looks to be political as potential candidates fight over economic policy.

08/11/2008 — Filed under: Russia
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Yushchenko plans to meet Medvedev despite snub

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Wednesday he planned to meet Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev in Moldova next month even though the Kremlin chief has publicly written off doing business with him.

07/30/2008 — Filed under: Ukraine
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Ukraine, EU discuss prospects of creating free trade zone

Deputy Head of Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Andriy Honcharuk and Deputy Director General of the European Commission Directorate General for Trade Peter Balazs have discussed the prospect of creating a free trade zone between Ukraine and the European Union, according to the Ukrainian presidential press service.

07/24/2008 — Filed under: Ukraine
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Russia and Ukraine in Intensifying Standoff

A year after its war with Georgia, Russia is engaging in an increasingly hostile standoff with another pro-Western neighbor, Ukraine.

07/22/2008 — Filed under: Russia, Ukraine
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President calls upon Ukrainian people to take part in discussion of the new Constitution

President Victor Yushchenko called on Ukrainian society to actively participate in the discussion and shaping the new Constitution of Ukraine.

07/19/2008 — Filed under: Ukraine
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France urges Iran to scrap nuclear program to avoid new sanctions

France hopes that Iran will abandon its nuclear program and that further sanctions against it can be avoided, the French foreign minister said on Thursday.

07/11/2008 — Filed under: World
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Christie Has the Lead, Corzine Has the Cash in N.J. Governor Race

Dressed in full Ralph Lauren (blue-striped shirt with a polo player logo, khakis with the designer’s label visible and moccasins without socks), Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie was greeting voters Saturday afternoon at a street fair in this suburban town 30 miles southwest of Manhattan.

07/7/2008 — Filed under: World
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Georgia fired first shots in war — report

Georgia started last year’s war with Russia but Moscow helped to provoke the fighting, found a long-awaited official report into the conflict, which cost about 850 lives and created political turmoil in Europe.

06/23/2008 — Filed under: World
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