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Analyses | | Witold Rodkiewicz, Marek Menkiszak, Krzysztof Nieczypor, Andrzej Kohut
On 5 September, President Donald Trump’s special envoys, Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner, visited Moscow, resuming efforts to bring Russia’s war against Ukraine to an end after a hiatus of more than six months. Their talks at the Kremlin…
Analyses | | Łukasz Maślanka
The European Commission intends to increase funding for defence-related purposes to approximately €150 billion in its proposal for the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). As part of its reform of the EU budget, the Commission…
Analyses | | Kamil Frymark
The AfD won the parliamentary election in Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September, securing 43.8% of the vote – 23 percentage points more than in 2021. This gave the party 39 seats in the 83-seat Landtag. The CDU, which had previously led the state…
Analyses | | Marcin Jędrysiak
On 4 September, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) searched the office of Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko. On the same day, the agency announced that it had carried out Operation Carthage, targeting an organised…
Analyses | | Kamil Całus
On 1 September, for the first time, Chişinău mandated businesses operating in separatist Transnistria to pay VAT and excise duties into the Moldovan budget on certain goods they import. The new regulations apply, among other things, to…
Analyses | | Bartosz Chmielewski
On 2 September, parliament elected Ülle Madise President of Estonia. Her candidacy was supported by 71 of the 101 MPs, with 68 votes required for election. Madise will take office on 12 October after being sworn in before the Riigikogu.…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska, Kamil Frymark
On 1 September, the German government for the first time attributed the attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on 4 August to Russia (see ‘Armed drone found at Leipzig Airport’) and announced a series of retaliatory measures.
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota
At the end of August, EU gas storage facilities were at their lowest level in at least 15 years, averaging just 65% full. This figure was even lower than the previous record low in 2021, which marked the onset of the EU gas crisis. The…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Krzysztof Nieczypor, Jacek Tarociński
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska
On 25 August, a fire broke out at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex, which is still under construction. The complex is located near the town of Svobodny, outside Blagoveshchensk in Russia’s Far East, around 150 km from the Chinese border. It…