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Image by Guillaume70 If you visit Croatia, you will notice the EU is very involved in the country. Signs for projects funded by EU wealth are frequently seen on the highways. Wind farms are everywhere, undoubtably subsidized by Brussels. So it is no surprise that Croatia is serious about joining…
Image by kremlin.ru Russia plans to execute a $4 billion eurobond swap as early as September to avoid repaying principle on foreign debt. Russian Finance Minister stated Monday that the exchange will not happen before then. “We will need some time now to prepare for the exchange. I think we…
Ukraine Promises Reforms By 2020 To Join NATO.
Image by kremlin.ru After mass protests from truck drivers and others Russians upset at tax policy, Moscow seems desperate to drive more revenue into the Kremlin’s coffers. Western sanctions and a precipitous drop in the price of crude oil on international markets, in spite of OPEC and Russia’s attempts to…
Image by Michael Büker When the 22nd anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres is commemorated on Tuesday, 12 people who were convicted of responsibility for genocide will not be spending the day in prison cells. Having served their sentences and been released, most of them are now retired and live in…
Kazakhstan, the oil-rich Caspian nation that cheated almost immediately on recent oil production quotas in the OPEC crude oil production cut deal, says it now wants out of any OPEC production agreement immediately. Kazakhstan has invested very large sums in developing its oil drilling infrastructure over the last decade and…
The former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, said over the weekend that the meeting between Trump and Putin reminded him of his meetings with Ronald Reagan. “I recall when we started the disarmament dialog with Ronald Reagan, I was told in several days after first contacts that US…