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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.…
OSW Report |
| OSW team
Contents
Introduction
Main points
I. Security of energy and telecommunications infrastructure
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
OSW Commentary |
| Marek Matusiak
On 17 July, the Knesset voted to dissolve itself at the end of its term, paving the way for elections on 27 October. This was the first Israeli parliament since the 1980s to complete a full four-year term and the first Israeli government…
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…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On August 24, Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Russian authorities to impose temporary administration over critical infrastructure facilities, including those belonging to the industrial, telecommunications, housing and utilities,…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Frymark
The elections scheduled for 6 September in Saxony-Anhalt will be crucial for Germany’s political system. For the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has a real chance of taking…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Sławomir Matuszak, Jacek Tarociński