... misconceived notion of "discipline" to cause lasting damage to our economies and inflict a terrible human toll on our societies. All of Europe must agree on a short-term growth strategy — and implement it quickly. Javier Solana, former EU high representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and secretary-general of NATO, is the distinguished senior fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution. © Project Syndicate 176408

... pistol shot at an unannounced time. In a race to gain a reprieve, Kovalyova is taking her case to European institutions, and she is also campaigning to abolish the death penalty in her country, the only one in Europe still to practice it. She met the EU subcommittee on human rights last week. On Monday she spoke in Strasbourg to the Council of Europe, the international organization promoting human rights and rule of law. On Tuesday, she met with lawmakers at the European Parliament in Brussels. "The...

In the event of its providing financial support to the European Union, Russia must set a number of conditions for the further development of economic relations between Moscow and Brussels, Alexei Pushkov, chairman of the State Duma foreign policy committee, said in an interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta published Friday, Interfax reported. "It seems to me that if it does decide to help Europe, Russia could accompany its decision with a certain amount of wishes concerning our economic relations...

... fiscal deficits exceeded 3 percent of GDP — a limit that would include both structural and cyclical deficits, thus effectively limiting cyclical deficits to 3 percent of GDP. Negotiators are now working out the details ahead of another meeting of EU government leaders at the end of January, which is supposed to produce specific language and rules for member states to adopt. An important part of the deficit agreement in December is that member states may run cyclical deficits that exceed 0.5 percent...

A Russian ship suspected of delivering munitions to Syria in violation of an EU arms embargo after an unscheduled stop in Cyprus has anchored off Turkey's coast. A Russian ship suspected of delivering munitions to Syria in violation of an EU arms embargo after an unscheduled stop in Cyprus has anchored off Turkey's...

... of Employment:</b></td><td>Real Estate / Construction</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Employment history:</b></td><td><p><b>Deputy Head of European Project in Kazakhstan</b><br>EU<br>Managing 4 mio EU legal reform project in Kazakhstan <p><b>Senior Legal Advisor</b><br>EU<br>Land and Land Tenure/ Management Reform in Russia</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Computer...

... Tymoshenko did little to soothe concerns about doing business in Ukraine. Ukraine "cannot hope to attract investment if the law doesn't apply," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said. He said a landmark cooperation deal between Ukraine and the EU is "dead in the water" as long as Tymoshenko is jailed. But Tymoshenko's jailing is a dilemma for the EU. Some experts believe that the bloc should not be partners with a government that throws opposition leaders in jail. Others say snubbing...

... tournament's final will be held in Kiev on July 1. Russian airlines will be barred from paying European Union greenhouse gas emission quotas under draft legislation, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing Vedomosti. Carriers are to be required to pay the EU quotas from 2013, according to the paper. Aeroflot’s annual liabilities would rise to $800 million by 2025 from $40 million currently under the EU scheme, it said, citing the airline. 179742

... European Commission spokeswoman Marlene Holzner told reporters in Brussels on Friday. She cited a 30 percent drop to Austria, a 24 percent reduction to Italy and an 8 percent decline to Poland. Holzner didn't elaborate on the decreases for other affected EU nations. Natural gas storage facilities across the EU are full, and the situation doesn't qualify as a "state of emergency" because the affected countries have been able to use natural gas from elsewhere, Holzner said. "The contracts...

... said Andre Loup, a lawyer and senior associate with CMS in Moscow. In the European Union, CMS is already trying "to identify some countries where there's potential to bring some claims," Loup said in an interview. He said CMS could represent EU companies in such cases. Loup was one of several international tax lawyers who discussed "tax discrimination" against foreign companies in Russia at the Novotel Moscow Centre on Tuesday. At a workshop organized by the French-Russian Chamber...

... West of turning a blind eye to shipments of weapons to the Syrian opposition and says it won't be bound by Western sanctions. Earlier this month, a Syria-bound Russian ship allegedly carrying tons of munitions was stopped by officials in Cyprus, an EU member, who said it was violating an EU arms embargo. The ship's captain promised to head to Turkey but then dashed to Syria. Asked about the ship, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded that Moscow owes neither an explanation nor an apology because...

The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tries to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia...

... billion cubic meters this year, chief executive Alexei Miller told the Belarus energy minister, Gazprom announced Thursday. Transit shipments amounted to 31.3 bcm last year. Miller also told German newspaper Süeddeutsche Zeitung on Thursday that EU rules designed to boost third-party participation on Russian pipes shipping gas to Europe could trigger legal steps by Russia. (Bloomberg, Reuters)

... Russia in 2009. Her allies have accused President Viktor Yanukovych of orchestrating the charges as political vengeance. 
The United States and the European Union have sharply criticized Tymoshenko's imprisonment and demanded her release. The EU has refused to sign an important partnership deal with Kiev over the case. 
The Ukrainian Embassy would not comment on the allegations. 179736

... is the only possible way." Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has tried to persuade Ukraine to join the customs union, which includes Kazakhstan and Belarus, instead of seeking European Union membership. Putin, who said the bid to join the EU is "absolutely unrealistic," tried to persuade Ukraine to join the union by promising discounts for gas prices that Ukraine said were "enslaving." "Our relations with our strategic partner Russia are not simple," Azarov...

... people, said Wolfgang Amann, a member of the Real Estate Market Advisory Group of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, at the round table last week. On average, Russians have 22.4 square meters of living space versus 38 square meters in the EU. Although incomes tripled between 2004 and 2010, the development of mortgage financing in Russia has been slow. Outstanding housing loans are only 2.7 percent of GDP, compared with 52.4 percent in the European Union. State subsidized housing cannot...

... them do it at their own initiative, on their own conscience. They won't get any authorization from the UN Security Council." 
Lavrov said he didn't need to respond to suspicions that a Russian ship delivered munitions to Syria despite an EU arms embargo. 
 "We haven't violated any international agreements or the UN Security Council resolutions," he said. "We are only trading with Syria in items that aren't banned by international law." 179736

... purchase the FSRU, Klaipedos said. The other companies that took part in the tender were Norwegian Golar LGN and U.S. LNG terminal developer Excelerate Energy. Lithuania wants an alternative supplier to Gazprom, as the Baltic state — which joined the EU and NATO in 2004 — depends 100 percent on Russian gas supplies. The Lithuanian government has expressed fears that energy supplies could be used for political purposes, or to increase their pricing leverage. Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius...

... profit</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Employment history:</b></td><td><p><b>Research Assistant</b><br>University of Toronto<br>• Wrote updated lecture notes on current EU accession progress of the Republics of Former Yugoslavia for supervisor's undergraduate seminars • Aided supervisor in market research project for intercultural communication policies used among Canadian MNCs •Compiled topic...

... country and its people," he said. Russia has been a strong ally of Syria since Soviet times, when Syria was led by the president's father, Hafez Assad. It has supplied Syria with aircraft, missiles, tanks and other heavy weapons. The 27-nation EU, in contrast, has imposed an arms embargo against Syria. In December, a Russian ship apparently carrying tons of weapons made a dash for Syria after telling Cypriot officials it was heading to Turkey. Turkish officials said the ship went instead to...