Europe-East articles from November 2003

Europe-East archives from November 2003

A "EUROPE WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SOLIDARITY" BACK ON THE AGENDA.
November 14, 2003... Gunther Verheugen is an optimistic soul. Or perhaps a resolute one. Or perhaps he is a bit of both, as seems to be underscored by the process he has been involved with over the last three years. Heading one of the biggest and most daunting set...

PARLIAMENTARIANS MEET FROM THE EU AND ALBANIA.
November 14, 2003... The Delegation to the European Parliament from the Assembly of the Republic of Albania met with the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the Countries of South East Europe in Tirana on 27-28 October. This tenth Interparliamentary...

OBSERVERS CRITICISE CONDUCT OF GEORGIAN ELECTIONS.(Brief Article)
November 14, 2003... The November 2 parliamentary elections in Georgia fell short of a number of international standards, according to the International Election Observation Mission (IEOM)* that monitored the poll. In a statement of preliminary findings and...

WHITHER EU-RUSSIA RELATIONS?
November 27, 2003... EU-Russia relations continue to be something of an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Amid the controversy surrounding the behaviour of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, did the November 6 EU-Russia Summit signal a step forward for two...

GROWTH NEEDS UNDERPINNING IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES.
November 27, 2003... The prospect of EU membership is still providing an incentive for reform for the acceding states, but accession will not be the end of the process, says the latest Transition Report from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development....

CONDOLENCES FOR LOSS OF ITALIAN OFFICER IN BOSNIA.(European Union's Police Mission)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 27, 2003... Not long after sustaining heavy losses in Iraq, Italy found itself mourning a fresh tragedy - the death in a traffic accident of an Italian member of the EU's Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The loss of the Italian police...

SOUTH EAST EUROPE: REGIONAL FREE TRADE NETWORK ALMOST IN PLACE.
November 27, 2003... A network of bilateral free trade agreements between countries in South Eastern Europe is closer to being realised following a trade ministerial meeting in Rome on November 13. Four such agreements were signed at the meeting hosted by the...

UKRAINE SET FOR 20-30% RISE IN FOREIGN INVESTMENT.(Brief Article)
November 27, 2003... Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ukraine is projected to rise 20-30% in 2004, irrespective of the holding of Presidential elections that year, Ukraine's Minister for Economy and European Integration, Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, has told...

EU/UKRAINE: "BILLIONS" WILL BE NEEDED FOR CHERNOBYL.
November 27, 2003... Bleak and dangerously radioactive it may be, but Chernobyl, the location of the 1986 nuclear disaster, is livelier than one might expect. As well as a small administrative staff remaining in the town, work continues around the site of the...