Eastern Digital Corridor

A youth-led initiative for the comprehensive strategic and digital integration of Eastern Partnership countries into the #EU architecture 🇪🇺.

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We are pleased to announce opening for registration for the first EDC event. Link to the registration form is in the Eastern Digital Corridor bio! Speakers will be announced soon. 🇪🇺🔊

Register 👇
https://t.co/aVU3IzXIAy

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Today on 19th July, EDC held its first online event named "South Caucasus between China and Europe". Our moderator was Riad Mammadov (Founder of EDC). We discussed many interesting topics with our speakers. Here is the recording of the event 👇

https://t.co/WwfGvuyOfF

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We want to announce our special guest Petras Auštrevičius, Member of the European Parliament since 2014! Register to our event by the link in the bio to our event "South Caucasus between China and Europe" which will take place on 19th July!

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@MagellanQuest 🙌

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Open markets don’t just create wealth 📈

They create incentives for:
⚖️ Better courts
🏛️ Honest governance
📜 Predictable rules
💰 More investment

Prosperity and sovereignty reinforce one another.

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🚨 What if Europe’s greatest export isn’t money?

It’s access.

A grant is spent once.

Access compounds forever.

Our new paper, The Liberty Dividend, argues that the Single Market is Europe’s most powerful engine for prosperity.

📖 [https://t.co/uLaYPlF3sI]

🧵👇

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2/ One of the paper’s central ideas:

💡 A grant is a fish.

🌊 The market is the sea.

Tariffs disappear.
Borrowing costs fall.
Diasporas become bridges.
Renewables become exports.

The “liberty dividend” isn’t a one-time payment.

It compounds.

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1/ Most people think integration means “receiving aid.”

Wrong framework.

The real prize is access.

Access to:
✅ 450 million consumers
✅ Capital
✅ Talent
✅ Services
✅ Europe’s rulebook

Not charity.

An engine. ⚙️

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Don't miss our upcoming online panel: "The South Caucasus Between China & Europe" on 19 July, 12:00–13:30 CET.

​Featuring expert panelists:

🎙️ Jovan Jovanović

🎙️ Tigran Khzmalyan

🎙️ Samuel Doveri Vesterbye

Moderated by Riad Mammadov.

​Register now! https://t.co/aVU3IzXIAy

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Excited to announce our following speakers for the event "South Caucasus between Europe and China"! 🇪🇺🇨🇳

​Joining us are Tigran Khzmalyan (European Party of Armenia) and Samuel Doveri Vesterbye (European Neighborhood Council).

​Link is in pinned post. Don't forget to register!

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One of our speakers in the online panel will be Jovan Jovanovic! Register to the event using the link! 🔊🇪🇺

https://t.co/aVU3IzXIAy

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Our assessment identifies six priority areas:

✓ Renewable energy expansion
✓ Romania interconnections
✓ Infrastructure modernization
✓ Energy efficiency
✓ Storage & balancing capacity
✓ Stronger energy governance

A roadmap for Moldova’s long-term energy security..

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🇲🇩⚡ Moldova’s energy sector is being reshaped by diversification, renewables, and deeper integration with European markets.

Can the country reduce its long-standing energy vulnerabilities while maintaining affordability and security?

[https://t.co/RC0Lm0eNKF]

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Major challenges remain:

• High import dependence
• Limited domestic generation
• Grid modernization needs
• Exposure to energy price volatility
• Renewable integration and storage requirements

Energy security is no longer just about supply. It’s about resilience

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Key finding:

Moldova has significantly reduced reliance on traditional energy supply routes since 2022.

Electricity imports from Romania, new gas procurement channels, and expanding interconnections are fundamentally changing the country’s energy landscape.

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@MagellanQuest Agreed! 👌

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Europe’s eastern frontier is being rewritten in real time.

War, energy security, democratic resilience, and EU enlargement are now colliding across the Eastern Partnership. 🇺🇦🇲🇩🇦🇲🇬🇪🇦🇿🇧🇾

New analysis by Bhumyamca Armizan Hadi:
[https://t.co/uxsKXSfOaP]

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Today, on May 28, 2 republics appeared at once, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Armenian Democratic Republic. The EDC officially congratulates both people's of Armenia and Azerbaijan on this beautiful day and supports the efforts for peace, development and cooperation

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The paper argues the EU must move beyond slow technocratic integration and adopt flexible strategic enlargement tools:

• staged integration
• stronger security guarantees
• qualified majority voting reforms
• support for democratic resilience

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The South Caucasus is undergoing a geopolitical earthquake.

🇦🇲 Armenia is pivoting West after Russia’s security failures.
🇬🇪 Georgia faces growing estrangement from the EU amid democratic backsliding and political repression.

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Ukraine and Moldova are now central to the EU’s accelerated enlargement agenda.

Kyiv advances accession talks during wartime while Moldova confronts cyberattacks, hybrid warfare, and political destabilization efforts linked to the Kremlin.