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Global Energy Prize Summit Held in Germany Highlights the Need for a “Quantum Jump” to Hit Paris Commitments

April 15, 2019

During the Global Energy Prize Summit, which took place at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany on 10 April 2019, international experts, including Nobel prize laureates, discussed possible scientific and technological solutions to avoid dangerous climate change in line with the commitments under Paris Agreement. The event was organised by the Global Energy Association,… » read more

  Posted by Dialogue for Europe

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, Energy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Global Europe, Innovation & Enterprise, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev.

Slovak presidential elections: A country at a crossroads between progression and regression

April 1, 2019

On 16th March 2019, Slovakia held its historically fifth direct presidential elections, providing an opportunity to measure the country’s general mood and future direction. The first round of elections was significantly dominated by Zuzana Čaputová, a lawyer and a civil activist, who gained 40,6 % of the votes. Čaputová’s success in the first round of… » read more

  Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

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Tymoshenko Increases Her Populist Anti-Western Xenophobia as her Ratings Fall

March 28, 2019

    As the undisputed frontrunner throughout most of the Ukrainian presidential election campaign, Yulia Tymoshenko’s recent, precipitous fall from the top of opinion surveys has brought out an increasing desperation in the stretch run of her third and likely final bid to lead Ukraine. As she has essentially campaigned non-stop for the presidency since… » read more

  Posted by UkraineAtWar

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Ukraine stands with the US and the “Forces of Freedom” on Venezuela

March 26, 2019

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo challenged world leaders to choose democracy over tyranny when political crisis broke out in Venezuela in late January. “Now it is time for every other nation to pick a side,” said America’s senior diplomat during an address to the United Nations Security Council. “Either you stand with… » read more

  Posted by UkraineAtWar

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2019 elections in Ukraine and the EU: through common challenges to common future

March 25, 2019

On the 25th of February 2019, the Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels organised its fourth Brussels UkraineLab in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), which represents civil society in the system of EU institutions. The event was organised with the support of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU, Mission of Canada… » read more

  Posted by Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels

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Administrative procedure in Ukraine: Ukrainians need new rules for communicating with officials

March 19, 2019

In a modern law-governed state, legislative regulation of the relations between public administration bodies and private individuals is a mandatory element of the legal system. The laws on general administrative procedure primarily aim to protect a person from arbitrariness by public servants. They determine the actions of officials in terms of the procedure. This applies… » read more

  Posted by Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels

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Video: EU – EAEU: From Lisbon to Vladivistok!

Yuri Kofner, research assistant, IIASA (Vienna); head, Eurasian sector, CCEIS, Higher School of Economics (Moscow) gives a lecture on the challenges, opportunities and potential format of deeper trade and economic cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The lecture was given from Munich as part of the model “Simulating EU-Eurasian Economic… » read more

  Posted by Lisbon 2 Vladivostok

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Ukraine incorporates Euro-Atlantic integration in the Constitution as a vision of its development

March 4, 2019

On February 7, 2019, the Verkhovna Rada voted for amending the Constitution of Ukraine (regarding the strategic course of the state on acquiring full-fledged membership of Ukraine in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization). The purpose of the proposed amendments, as stated in the Explanatory Note, is the legislative consolidation in the… » read more

  Posted by Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels

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Ukraine’s thorny way towards a liberalised electricity market

January 31, 2019

While Ukraine is wrapping up its New Year and Orthodox Christmas celebrations, there is one more thing worth celebrating. On 1.1.2019, Ukraine took a big leap towards liberalizing its retail electricity market towards European standards. As of this date, consumers are free to choose their electricity supplier. Well, almost all consumers. Households and the SME… » read more

  Posted by Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels

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Alignment of Technical Standards between EAEU and EU

_ Yuri Kofner, research assistant at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); head; Eurasian sector, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, Higher School of Economics. First published in: EAEU from Lisbon to Vladivostok: Transformations and Perspectives. Berlin.: owc Foreign Trade Publishing House. – EastContact (1). 2018. – 56 p.

  Posted by Lisbon 2 Vladivostok

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