... still participating online. To all my warmest greetings.
In a month’s time Portugal will be concluding its fourth rotating presidency of the European Union. The first one took place in 1992, the second in 2000 and the third in 2007. In this last one, Portugal proudly hosted a European Union Summit with Russia. Much has changed since then.
At this moment we are still living in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented situation that exposed us all, our societies and economies to huge challenges. Hundreds of thousands ...
On February 12, 2021, Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, had a meeting with Paulo Vizeu Pinheiro, Ambassador of Portugal to Russia.
On February 12, 2021, Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, had a meeting with Paulo Vizeu Pinheiro, Ambassador of Portugal to Russia.
The discussion focused on the issues related to the state and prospects of the development of relations between Russia and the European Union in the context of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, starting from January, as well as the plans for the following traditional scientific-social event prepared by RIAC and the presiding country.
The discussion ...
... countries, representatives of international organizations and the private sector. The participants discussed the role of the European Union in the system of international relations, the dynamics of transatlantic interaction, the future of the multipolar ... ... world order in the context of global trade wars.
Andrey
Kortunov also had a meeting with Mikhail Kamynin, Russian Ambassador to
Portugal, and Alexander Bryantsev, Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon,
to discuss the issues of expanding the interaction ...
... problems than on international issues. This propensity for political introspection (some may even call it political autism syndrome) is present, to some extent, in the U.S., Russia, China, and India. However, it is particularly characteristic of the European Union, which currently has to simultaneously deal with Brexit, prepare for the upcoming European Parliament elections, restore financial discipline in the eurozone, and reconcile differing views on migration issues along with many other urgent ...
On May 3–4, 2018, Lisbon (Portugal) held a meeting of the Lisbon Club — an international community of statesmen, international scholars, famous journalists, and business representatives.
On May 3–4, 2018, Lisbon (Portugal) held a meeting of the Lisbon Club — an international ...
... That’s one of the reasons why we are proposing to the European Union that we be one of the places for refugees to be hosted and integrated into Europe. Currently, we are the hosting the second-largest number of refugees among the 28 member states of the European Union. The first is France, then Portugal, then Finland.
For some reason, Portugal is rarely in the news. Is it because the situation within the country is very stable or that the rest of the world underestimates Portugal’s potential?
We have a very important and very strong national ...
On July 18, 2016, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and Program Director Ivan Timofeyev received Foreign Minister of Portugal Augusto Santos Silva.
The event was attended by RIAC’s members and experts, among them Army General Vyacheslav ... ... Davydov; Sergey Utkin, Head of Strategic Assessments Division of RAS Situational Analysis Center; and Sergey Kvashnin, Head of the European Union Studies at IMEMO Center for European Studies.
The discussants covered current and future Russia-EU relationship,...
Reforms Across the PIGS
In mid-May last year, Portugal officially exited the financial assistance program launched in 2011 by the European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund. Although it was not the first country to turn its back on these loans (Ireland had that honor), Portugal has attracted significant public attention. After a painstaking implementation ...
