Interview with Rusif Hüseynov, director and co-funder of the Topchubashov center, an Azerbaijani think tank based in Baku: "While other post-Soviet countries have been desperately seeking EU membership, the Azerbaijani side decided not to align itself with some power bloc in order…
Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held new talks in Budapest during a visit by President Aliyev to mark Hungary’s national holiday on August 20. Following this meeting, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,…
Czechia – At a press conference held on Saturday, 17 December, on the occasion of the first anniversary of his government taking office , Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala warned that the time of crises (Covid, war in Ukraine,…
Poland – The surge in energy prices began before the war in Ukraine, and this cannot be stressed enough. A little over a year ago, in early December 2021, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki justified the “anti-inflation shield” implemented by his government by…
Poland – Like the other countries of the former Eastern bloc, Poland long remained highly dependent on Russian hydrocarbons after the fall of communism (in 1989–90) and the departure of the last Russian troops (in September 1993), which ended five decades of…
To what extent is the drastic increase in energy prices directly due to Russia’s war, to what extent is it the result of European sanctions, and to what extent is it due to Russia’s actions aimed at weakening public support for Ukraine…
Poland – The Polish daily Rzeczpospolita revealed on 14 November that Development and Technology Minister Waldemar Buda had decided to take over the shares held by PAO Gazprom (48%) in EuRoPol Gaz, the owner of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline. The other shareholders…
Hungary – “There can be no Russian networks in Europe that split the EU from within, those that are trying to help Russia make as much money as possible even now. Everyone knows very well who in the European Union opposes humanity…
Austria – A collateral consequence of the war in Ukraine is already being felt in Austria, which imports 80% of its gas from Russia as compared to a 40% average across the whole EU. Austria is therefore now facing a drastic increase…
Poland/Russia – According to information published in the Polish press, Gazprom has ceased gas deliveries to Western Europe through the Yamal pipeline via Poland since 20 December 2021. Since then, Poland has stopped receiving gas from Russia and has had to buy…
Poland – While the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline project is facing new administrative complications that could delay its full commissioning, the Baltic Pipe, considered by the EU as “essential to the integration of European energy networks” as it will carry Norwegian…
Romania – It seems that Romanian company Romgaz has reached an agreement with US giant ExxonMobil to buy the US company’s 50% stake in the Neptun Deep gas field project, located in the Black Sea, for a sum of 1.06 billion dollars.…