Europe-East articles from January 2004

Europe-East archives from January 2004

SUMMIT BREAKDOWN LEAVES BIG QUESTIONS FOR 2004.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... The December European Council ended in political fiasco, consigning to intensive care the draft Constitution which was supposed to testify to the shared ambition of European Union Member States. This is the first time that the EU has failed so...

EBRD/ARMENIA: NEW STRATEGY FOCUSES ON BOOSTING THE PRIVATE SECTOR.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) issued on December 18 a new strategy for Armenia, which, with a per capita income of $789, is one of the poorest countries where the EBRD operates. The EBRD identified accelerating...

EU SECURITY STRATEGY EMERGES LARGELY UNSCATHED.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... The European Security Strategy - "A secure Europe in a better world" - has changed only slightly in the light of consultations since EU foreign and security policy chief Javier Solana presented a draft back in June. That was the message from EU...

THE LUCK OF THE IRISH.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2004... Any illusions Irish Premier Bertie Ahern might have entertained about an easy Presidency have been quickly dispelled. In theory, this could have been a glorious six months, with the high-point achieved as ten countries glide effortlessly into...

ENLARGEMENT: POLAND AIMS TO EASE ITS PASSAGE.
January 22, 2004... The confirmation that the aspirant new Member States will not have to pass any further written exams to get into the EU on May 1 has calmed some anxieties within the Polish Government. But the fact that an oral report to the Council of...

EU/CENTRAL ASIA: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS FOR KAZAKHSTAN AND KYRGYZSTAN UNVEILED.
January 22, 2004... A new EU-funded Tacis technical assistance project with a budget of Euro 1.425 million is to be launched in Kazakhstan, concerning "Compliance with international commitments made by Kazakhstan in the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (PCA)...

ENLARGEMENT/Social policy: ONE IN SEVEN REPORT LONG STANDING HEALTH PROBLEM OR DISABILITY.(Long Standing Health Problem or Disability (LSHPD))(Brief Article)
January 22, 2004... Around one in seven (14.3%) of people of working age (16-64 years) in eight acceding countries* reported having a long standing health problem or disability (LSHPD) in a recent Eurostat survey for 2002. The figure in the current EU-15 was some...