 | 2010-10-13 17:35:34 Until recently, Skolkovo was just
a small, ordinary city near Moscow.
However, Skolkovo gained international
notoriety just after the announcement
that it had been chosen as the location
for the largest research and development
centre in Russia. |
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 | 2010-06-21 13:44:30 Ukraine’s European neighbours need not fear that the country’s new president, Viktor Yanukovych, might make some unexpected political or economic U-turn. |
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 | 2010-06-18 15:14:56 The Lisbon Treaty introduced significant political changes which will officially be adopted by the EU nations in 2010. These include the establishment of veritable European ministries, such as the European External Action Service (EEAS). |
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 | 2010-06-18 13:44:39 Russia's relations with European countries are not always sunny. Cloudy and even thunderous conditions may prevail from time to time, if not outright tension; but all this is in the natural course of things. After all, don’t such things happen now and again within the EU family itself, as demonstrated by the recent crisis in Greece, for example? |
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 | 2010-01-27 17:51:12 The large-scale war games held in 2009, West and Ladoga, were quite unlike the military exercises Russia held in previous years because they focused on ways to ensure the safe transportation of hydrocarbons to Europe by the proposed gas pipeline across the Baltic Sea. |
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 | 2010-01-27 17:31:21 Only two post-Communist countries have held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union to date – Slovenia in 2008 and the Czech Republic in 2009. Neither was successful and both nations’ presidencies disappointed Europe for different reasons. |
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 | 2010-01-27 14:16:13 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in Switzerland on 22-23 September 2009 for the first official state visit a Russian Federation leader has ever paid to the Swiss nation. Despite a very busy programme, Dmitry Medvedev devoted some time to answering questions from the press, including one asked by our special correspondent. |
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 | 2009-09-29 13:42:57 The Russian-Ukrainian gas conflict, the global economic crisis, ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon and resignation of the government are the problems the Czech Republic had to deal with during its presidency of the European Union. Its lack of success and efficiency is likely to affect the reputation of other former socialist countries within the EU. |
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PRESENTING MR ALAIN BERSET, SPEAKER OF THE COUNCIL OF STATES OF SWITZERLAND (THE SWISS PARLIAMENT’S UPPER HOUSE) |
 | 2009-09-29 13:25:54 The Swiss political system has one important feature. Its government head and vice-president, as well as speakers of parliaments, including the federal and cantonal legislatures, are elected every year, which means one person cannot hold the post, and one party cannot remain in power, for more than twelve months. |
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 | 2009-04-21 13:37:52 Swiss Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey, head of Swiss foreign affairs, speaks with Business Mir in an exclusive interview about Swiss-Russian relations. |
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