Siege of Gazprom

On the 28^th of September this year anti-monopoly bodies of European Commission searched the offices of 20 Central European and Western European companies. Gazprom subsidiaries in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Baltic States and Poland were concerned, too. List of searched companies includes German giants like Е.ON and RWE, Polish state concern PGNiG and EuRoPolGaz. The system of transit Yamal-Europe gas pipelines coming through Poland belongs to the latter one.

FAIRY-TALE ABOUT EUROPE WITHOUT BORDERS TURNED OUT…MERELY A FAIRY-TALE

Yet, it’s not the worst of it

On the 17^th of October EU summit is to take place — primary issue on the agenda of the day is the extension of Schengen zone to the EU freshmen of Bulgaria and Romania. Yet, the latest events have endangered the Schengen extension. Holland and Finland object to that, while all of the EU decisions are made on the consensus grounds.

13 KEYS TO THE WHITE HOUSE

Recent polls indicate that if the U.S. presidential elections took place today, Obama would have lost to both of his Republican rivals: Texas governor Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Mormon governor Mitt Romney. However, American professor Alan Lichtman believes that Obama has the re-election in the bag. He worked up a method he called “13 keys to the White House”.

TURKISH MARCH SOUNDS ALL THE LOUDER

Is Ankara threatening Cyprus with war?

Turkish stirring up at the Middle East, its attempt to scrape up the political fortune at the settlement of Palestinian conflict seems sufficient for solving the foreign-policy goals, which Recep Erdoğan set after winning the elections. Either appetite comes with eating, or the bellicose descendants of Mehmed the Conqueror took an offence for their maneuvers and demarches going unnoticed by the Euro-Union and the USA — be as it may, Turks have started an unprecedented sabre-rattling campaign.

Ten years that shook the world

Ten years ago the most terrible act of terror in the human history was committed. Three digits – 9/11 – are familiar to any man on a planet today. The wealthiest, mightiest and most invulnerable country was attacked by a bunch of lunatics, whom no one treated seriously before. On the 9^th of September, 2911 the world changed beyond recognition. The last ten years have passed under the sign of this event that changed the global geopolitical configuration and caused two wars. Little-known terrorist organization declared a war civilized world, having launched the processes that are under way even today. Still, no one has managed to guess all the consequences of these events.

THE SHOW’S NOT OVER UNTIL THE GOP LADY SINGS!

“Pre-election America-2012” cycle

The U.S. presidential election campaign is under way. There’s much less intrigue in it than during the last one in 2008. And it’s not even because the Russian campaign also started. It’s all about the fact that one bidder for the Presidential post is already known — it is the incumbent President Barack Obama. So the most part of action is on at the side his rivals — the Republican Party also known as the Great Old Party (GOP).

ELIMINATION OF THE EURO-ZONE IS QUITE PROBABLE

Polish Minister of Finance warns of such scenario

Crisis of the euro-zone is the talker today. Careless attitude towards the balance of economic indices brought Greece, Spain and Portugal to the verge of bankruptcy. Their membership in the euro-zone has made the situation dangerous for the entire European Union. The EU donor-states, Germany and France, are willing to accept the burden of aiding their troubled brothers-in-arms, albeit setting forth their own conditions. Is the currency union between such economically various states possible at all and will Europe manage saving the euro and the European Union itself?