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The Slovak government has joined in with calls from Austria, Slovenia, and the Netherlands for collateral to be posted by Greece against loans extended. This move was instigated by... 2011-08-24

Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the President of Estonia, outlined his top five priorities for the country over the next five years, as the country continues to economically integrate itself... 2011-08-19

We continue to highlight the risk to policy continuity in Lithuania as the highly unpopular prime minister, Andrius Kubilius, faces fierce opposition to further austerity measures.... 2011-07-25

The three party centre-right coalition government continues to suffer from intra-coalition squabbling. The key issue remains over whether or not to support the eurozone bailouts and... 2011-07-22

While on a diplomatic trip to Washington, DC, Estonia's Prime Minister Andrus Ansip paid a visit to the White House for high level talks with the Obama administration. The prime minister... 2011-07-22

The Fidesz-dominated legislature in Hungary passed a new penal code in early July, extending the number of days that authorities would be allowed to hold politicians under investigation... 2011-07-21

Prime Minister Petr Necas of the Civic Democrats has put forth a plan to outlaw anonymous political campaigning and increase the transparency of campaign financing. The seven-point... 2011-07-21

Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius may take comfort from the fact that his Homeland Union (Christian Democrats) party gained in popularity, with a poll conducted by Vilmorus in May showing... 2011-06-24

Hungary's Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi stated on June 22 that despite the recent resurgence of fears over Greece's debt crisis, Hungary still considered euro adoption a goal of the... 2011-06-22

On June 22, the UK's Minister for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne criticised Poland for blocking efforts to implement higher CO2 emission reduction targets at the EU level. The... 2011-06-22