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20 August 2008
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Ukraine PM accused of 'high treason' over Georgia  
Ukraine PM accused of 'high treason' over Georgia
Ukraine PM: Accused of 'high treason' by President's camp

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's office on Monday (18 August) accused Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, his 'Orange Revolution' ally, of betraying the national interest by failing to back Georgia in its conflict with Russia.


NATO cools ties with Russia without freezing them  [FR] [DE]

Officials from Russia and NATO countries traded verbal attacks following the alliance's ministerial meeting on the situation in Georgia, held in Brussels on 19 August. NATO ministers said they could not continue "business as usual" with Moscow, but stopped short of bringing an end to established formats like the NATO-Russia Council.


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Turkey in the EU - What the public thinks  [DE]

European scepticism about Turkey's EU accession is fuelling a popular backlash among many Turks who are growing increasingly distrustful of the EU. (read more)

Free movement of labour in the EU-27  [FR] [DE]

Some of the EU's strongest and wealthiest 'old' member states continue to restrict access to their labour markets by workers from Eastern Europe. (read more)

EU-Western Balkans relations  [FR] [DE]

The EU's fundamental objective for the Western Balkans region (South East Europe) is to create a situation where military conflict is unthinkable – expanding to the region the area of peace, stability, prosperity and freedom established over the last 50 years by gradual European integration. (read more)

 
Analysis & Commentary
Georgia conflict: Russia asserts itself 
William D. Montgomery, Former US ambassador to Serbia & Montenegro
Future prospects for Turkey’s economy 
Rauf Gönenç, Senior Officer for Turkey, OECD
Making Bosnia and Herzegovina’s transformation irreversible 
Lidija Topic, European Policy Centre
The EU will want more from Serbia than arrests 
Tomas Valasek, Centre for European Reform
Why Europe must learn to say 'no' to Russia 
Vytautas Landsbergis, Former President of Lithuania
 
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