Budapest Summit Underscores Ambitions of Turkic Cooperation
Europe
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At a committee meeting in Baku on Monday, lawmakers agreed to advance a bill ratifying the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs, paving the way for a parliamentary vote on February 20. The decision, technical at first glance, offers a revealing insight into the shifting — and increasingly pragmatic — relationship between Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe.
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When Ilham Aliyev stepped onto the tarmac in Belgrade in mid-February, greeted by Aleksandar Vučić with full military honours, the picture looked familiar. What mattered was not the ceremony but the subtext: Serbia and Azerbaijan are building something more durable than diplomatic symbolism — an energy-centred partnership that could subtly alter the economic map of the Balkans.
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The chandeliers of the Bayerischer Hof glowed against a February chill as more than 450 presidents, prime ministers, generals and executives gathered for three days that felt less like a conference than a reckoning. The 62nd Munich Security Conference, held from Feb. 13 to 15 across the Bayerischer Hof and the Rosewood Munich, unfolded amid a sense that the post–Cold War order — the one Europe thought it had secured — is slipping into history.
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Leading international analytical firms have been actively sharing their research and forecasts regarding the EU's gas demand at various forums, taking into account the bloc’s strategy for a gradual transition away from fossil fuels. This approach contrasts with statements from the newly elected U.S. president, who has linked the expansion of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to trade tariffs on the EU.
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