2010-03-01

NATO School is a program for 35 young students interested in the latest developments in national and international security policy implemented by IDC on NATO in Moldova. Through an interactive and interdisciplinary approach, the school participants will have the opportunity to meet with officials and experts and will examine complex challenges facing the transatlantic community and its partners at the beginning of XXI century.

Thursday was the first lecture with the topic: „NATO - an alliance of values and prosperity” which was presented by Acting Director of IDC NATO, Mr. Vitalie Grosu. During the introduction a presentation was made about NATO, its essence, origins and evolution. Students participated very actively  in the discussions and they looked very interested. After the coffee break, Mr. Vitalie Grosu spoke about NATO tasks and its adjustment to new security conditions. There were various questions also regarding the possibility of the Russian Federation’s accession to NATO.  The next meeting is planned for March 10 when the structure and the decisional process of the Alliance will be discussed.

2010-03-01

Eleven Central and East European (CEE) countries agreed on Wednesday (February 24th) to set up a north-south-east gas system that would help both diversify supply sources and routes, as well as beef up energy security in the region. The new arrangement was proposed by Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai during an energy security summit in Budapest. The meeting ended with the signing of a joint declaration by the participating states, including Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

The document called for the establishment of the "North-South-East gas supply triangle" as suggested by summit host Bajnai. The Nabucco natural gas pipeline would form the eastern corner of the triangle, while the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Croatian island of Krk and another in Poland would represent its southern and northern corners, respectively. A planned central European gas line, known as the North-South Energy Corridor, would link the three corners, according to Reuters.