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Western powers’ new plan for Afghanistan: Flood it with dollars?
The Taliban is getting many suitors lately. It is far from the “pariah” that the Biden Administration thought it was destined to be. During...
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Indian filmmaker returns to Venice Film Festival with a powerful look at the realities of modern Calcutta
Indian filmmaker Aditya Vikram Sengupta was back in Venice for the lagoon city's 78th annual film festival with his third feature Once Upon a Time...
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The Czech Republic’s economy in 2021
As everyone knows, the Czech Republic has undergone serious economic and political changes since the breakup of the Soviet Union and the collapse of...
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Kharkiv becomes an EBRD Green City, joins innovative urban sustainability program
Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, is accelerating its investment in green solutions by joining EBRD Green Cities, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s...
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Uzbekistan seeks energy hub role for Central Asia
Growing integration of national energy systems across the five nations of Central Asia is helping to ease congestion and power outages arising from peak...
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Satisfied OPEC+ keeps oil supply status quo
At the OPEC+ meeting, which came against a backdrop with Brent trading just under $80 per barrel, oil ministers decided on October 4 to...
Albania
Enlargement: EU’s turgid Brdo Declaration seen as a “fail”
The two EU candidate countries hoping for a major jump-start to their long-delayed EU accession procedures suffered a major setback on October 6 at...
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The West needs to unite to fight for human rights
Human rights seem nonexistent in today’s world. That’s because the world’s democracies are not fighting for it.
While the world’s dictatorships always seem to have...
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Russia puts the freeze on EU, gas supplies limited, prices spike
With gas prices surging, Members of the European Parliament have called for an investigation into market manipulation from state and non-state actors, and into...
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A ban on targeted advertising would be an own goal for digital Europe
The EU has hailed its Recovery Plan for Europe as a “once in a lifetime chance to emerge stronger from the pandemic”. But despite...
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INTERVIEW with Odessa mayor Gennady Trukhanov
Having secured his re-election to a third term in November 2020, Gennady Trukhanov spoke to New Europe about what he hopes to achieve for...
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Morocco and EU to defend trade agreements after court ruling
The European Union and Morocco will have to re-examine their trade agreements after an EU court annulled on September 29 an existing ruling that...
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MEPs call for binding methane emissions target
In a report on the EU Strategy to reduce methane emissions, Members of the European Parliament called on September 28 for binding reduction targets...
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Tapping Black Sea’s renewable energy seen bringing bonanza
BUCHAREST - The Black Sea region has a huge energy potential, both in terms of the onshore developments of the 6 countries but also...
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AUKUS: A French ‘beurre noisette’ in the Indo-Pacific
Any fan of French haute gastronomy understands the prominent role that noisette beurre, or burnt butter, plays in their recipes. As the speciality adds...
Albania
Kosovo-Serbia tensions fading after deal reached
The slow-motion crisis between Kosovo and Serbia over automobile license plates that began with little notice on September 20 escalated into a tense show...
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Interview with Oscar-winning Italian film director Giuseppe Tornatore
During the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival in early September, New Europe spoke with movie director Giuseppe Tornatore, whose film credits include...
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ENI achieves start-up from Cabaca North project deep offshore Angola
Italian energy giant ENI said on September 24 the company started production from Cabaca North development project, in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep...
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At UN, EU Commission announces three Energy Compacts
At the UN High-Level Dialogue on Energy this week in New York, EU Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans and...
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EU seeks solution for soaring electricity prices
As electricity prices increase across the EU, the bloc’s energy and transport ministers met in Slovenia this week to discuss measures to help lower...
Afghanistan
President Biden’s short UN General Assembly visit raises questions
President Joe Biden’s first address to the 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) on September 21 provided the world with an almost infinite supply of...
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EBRD funding to bring green and reliable energy to cities
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched on September 22 its own Energy Compact to support the energy transition, focussed on investments...
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Rosatom starts ATF operation at Rostov NPP in Southwest Russia
Russia’s state atomic corporation Rosatom said on September 20 the first Russian-made fuel bundles with experimental ATF fuel rods (Advanced Technology Fuel) have been...
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Lebanon’s public debt default
The nature and causes of sovereign debt differ from one country to another. Yet, the popular or engineered narrative of debt usually conceals its...
Afghanistan
Will Central Asia serve as Europe’s bridge to Afghanistan?
Just over one month on from the fall of Kabul, Europe is still grasping for answers to the question of how to engage in...
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Time is not on our side: EUMed 9 leaders discuss climate crisis
ATHENS - Meeting at Greece's capital on September 17, the EUMed 9 summit leaders signed on September 17 the Athens Declaration on climate change...
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Morocco’s vaccine certificates are first from Africa to be approved as full equivalents by EU
In a move that signalled the ever-growing ties between Morocco and the European Union, the EU Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations announced...
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ENI and Aeroporti di Roma ink deal to develop biofuels for aviation
Italian energy giant ENI and Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) signed on September 14 a strategic agreement to promote decarbonization initiatives in the aviation sector...
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Will Von der Leyen’s push for stronger European defense fly in Eastern Europe?
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently delivered her second State of the Union Address (SOTEU), the EU's attempt to copy a long-establish...
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EU and US can close the climate finance gap together, says von der Leyen
While every country has a responsibility, major economies do have a special duty to the least developed and most vulnerable countries to tackle climate...
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Rosatom to build Kaliningrad plant for lithium-ion cells and storage production
Russia’s state atomic corporation Rosatom announced on September 15, RENERA, a subsidiary of its TVEL Fuel Company, and the Kaliningrad Region government have signed...
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Uzbekistan announces financial proposals for 100MW wind farm in Karakalpakstan
Uzbekistan’s Energy Ministry announced on September 16 the financial proposals of the investors/bidders in their contest to become the independent power producer to develop...
Afghanistan
What are Turkey’s ambitions in Afghanistan after the US’ withdrawal?
After the United States finished its withdrawal from the two-decade war in Afghanistan on August 31, regional powers remain at work trying to understand...
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The great European stagnation
Over the last 18 months, most governments across Europe have intervened in their economy more heavily than at any other time in the previous...
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Education is central to prepare for life after football
In an exclusive interview with New Europe, retired Australian footballer Tim Cahill spoke about the importance of education for the players post-footballing times, noting...
Africa
Conflict is spreading across the African continent
Many African countries are run by dictatorships, but their grasp on power is increasingly unstable. Mali has seen at least 2 changes of power...
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The legacy of 9/11, 20 years later
9/11. Those numbers need no explanation 20 years after that particular date - a Tuesday in 2001 - became one of the main turning...
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Air pollution from Balkan coal plants kills around 19,000 people, study finds
Around 19,000 people are estimated to have died over the past three years as a result of air pollution from Western Balkan coal-fired power...
Afghanistan
After Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, TAPI is more of a pipe dream
The regime change in Afghanistan and the removal of Western political influence will probably make the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline even...
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Singapore remains SE Asia’s bellwether nation
In an exclusive interview with New Europe, Dr. Tan See Leng, Singapore’s Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry, discussed several...
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Greek government approves White Dragon and Green HiPo hydrogen projects
US company Advent Technologies Holdings announced on September 7 that its two EU-backed White Dragon and Green HiPo projects in Greece have been approved...
Afghanistan
On 9/11, it’s time for a reckoning and reflection of decades of failed US national security policy
A reckoning with America’s failed national security policy is long overdue.Our calamitous misadventures in the Middle East and the global financial collapse of 2008...
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TotalEnergies inks major energy deals in Iraq
TotalEnergies, the Iraqi Ministries for oil and electricity, and the country's National Investment Commission have signed, in the presence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa...
Afghanistan
What next after 20 years of war in Afghanistan? Anatol Lieven on the U.S.’ legacy and the Taliban’s rise
On August 30, 2021, a C-17 transport plane took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, signaling the end of America’s longest war....
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Health experts call for a pan-European approach to medicine shortages
To address the current situation regarding shortages of medicines, a pan-European approach is needed to harmonize data collection across Europe and encourage multidisciplinary discussions...
Afghanistan
Enough of the Durban depravity
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the so-called “World Conference Against Racism”, otherwise known as Durban I. The 2001 conference was to be...
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Taliban takeover of Afghanistan increases investment risk for Russia, Central Asia
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has sparked new fears that Islamic extremism will take hold in the country, Chris Weafer, co-founder of Macro-Advisory in...
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Uzbekistan launches request for qualification stage for 3 solar PV plants
The National Grid of Uzbekistan announced on September 6 the launch of Request for Qualification stage of a tender to select independent power producers...
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Ukraine’s president is using the ‘Kremlin excuse’ to ban media that doesn’t always agree with him
On the eve of his meeting with US President Joe Biden on September 1, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pulled the plug on the opposition...
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A climate disaster is unfolding before our eyes and politicians still refuse to take action
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall off the coast of Louisiana, triggering a slow-moving disaster as floodwaters breached the levees around New Orleans. Nearly 2,000...
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