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Analyses |
| Jan Nowinowski
Incumbent President Iliyana Yotova won Bulgaria’s presidential run-off on 1 November with 57.6% of the vote, alongside vice-presidential candidate Kiril Valchev. The pair was backed by Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s governing sovereigntist…
Analyses |
| Jan Nowinowski
The anti-corruption Student List (SL) won the snap parliamentary elections held on 25 October. With votes counted from 96.9% of polling stations, it secured 52.7% of the vote, which will translate into around 140 seats in the 250-member…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 20 October, the Romanian parliament approved the government led by Luca Niculescu, a non-partisan diplomat, in a vote of confidence (see Appendix). The cabinet secured 280 votes in favour and 58 against, exceeding the required threshold…
Analyses |
| Michał Kucharski
Since mid-October, violence has escalated during the ongoing anti-government protests in Albania, which began in May. Until recently, the demonstrations, driven primarily by demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, had…
OSW Commentary |
| Jan Nowinowski
On 25 October, Serbia will hold its third snap parliamentary election in the last six years. The election was called following months of student demonstrations, which erupted after the collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad in…
Analyses |
| Michał Kucharski
The elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on 4 October covered all levels of government, from state-level institutions to those of the entities and cantons (see Appendix). Parties representing the interests of the country’s…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
In recent months, the number of violations of Romanian airspace and territorial waters by Russian drones, and occasionally also by Ukrainian ones, has increased markedly. Between 1 January and 27 September this year, Romania’s Ministry of…
Analyses |
| Jan Nowinowski
On 27 September, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić resigned from office eight months before the conclusion of his second and constitutionally final term. Until a successor is elected, his responsibilities as head of state will be…
Analyses |
| Michał Kucharski
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi, one of the leaders of the guerrilla Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK) and its political wing, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers (…
Analyses |
| Jan Nowinowski
16 August marked 100 days since Rumen Radev’s government was sworn in. Despite its pre-election promises, the single-party cabinet of the conservative-social Progressive Bulgaria (PB) has so far taken few steps indicating a desire to…