The battle of the Danube

Article Abstract:

Hungary and Slovakia have been embroiled in controversy over the Gabcikovo hydroelectric project, and with nationalistic sentiments igniting the mixture each country is leveling accusations of destabilizing Europe at the other. The project entailed a diversion of the Danube River at a point where it divides Hungary and Slovakia, with the diversion channel carrying water into Slovakia for the hydroelectric project. The European Community has intervened but since the diversion channel is already finished the project will probably be a 'fait accompli' once international shipping is using the channel.

Hungary, Slovakia

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The murky politics of the Danube

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The breakdown of the Eastern Bloc, including the separation of Czechoslovakia, the conflict in Yugoslavia and the fall of the USSR have confused the legal regulation of the Danube river. A hydroelectric dam treaty signed in 1977 between Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and since partially abrogated, has led to environmental and legal disputes involving the International Court of Justice at the Hague, a Commission of the European Parliament and the respective parliaments of Hungary and Slovakia. Furthermore, post-communist changes in Europe's map have led to membership disputes in the Danube Commission.

Laws, regulations and rules, Danube River, Riparian rights

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The great Soviet divorce

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The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is more like a divorce agreement between the former members of the Soviet Union than a marriage of willing partners. While the members have agreed to break away from Moscow by placing the commonwealth capital in Miensk, Bielarus, they have concurred on little else. Each new state's primary concern is itself, and the secondary concerns are regional, leaving little time for planning a future for the CIS.

Editorial, Commonwealth of Independent States, Dismemberment of nations

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