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Analyses | | Wojciech Konończuk, Sławomir Matuszak

Ukraine Moldova and the Energy Community

When Moldova and Ukraine joined the Energy Community in May 2010 and February 2011 respectively, they committed themselves to adopting and implementing a series of European Union directives relating to gas, electricity, renewable energy…
Analyses | | Witold Rodkiewicz

The consequences of electing the President of Moldova

The opposition Communists refused to accept the legality of the choice, despite its confirmation on 19 March by the Constitutional Court, and urged the public to civil disobedience. On the day of the election in parliament, the Communist…
Analyses | | Tadeusz Iwański

Ukraine in search of a third way in foreign policy

On 9 March, Ukraine’s foreign minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko published an article on the objectives and tasks of his country’s foreign policy. He sees "a subjective disinclination and an objective lack of resources" for further…
Analyses | | Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

A demonstration of Eurasian solidarity

The Prime Ministers of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, the member states of the Common Economic Space established at the initiative of Russia, issued a joint statement on 11 March in which they deemed unacceptable the sanctions against…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Rafał Sadowski

Belaruss diplomatic war with the European Union

By ratcheting up the tension with the EU, Minsk is hoping to reinforce the divisions between those member states which are primarily interested in developing economic cooperation with Belarus, and those that advocate taking a firm stance…
Analyses | | Tadeusz A Olszański

A reshuffle in the Ukrainian government as an element of preparations for the election

On 14 February, the Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, dismissed Andriy Klyuyev from his post of first deputy prime minister and minister for the economy, and nominated him Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (…
Analyses | | Rafał Sadowski

Moldova ahead of Ukraine in the queue for EU visa liberalisation

On 9 February, the European Commission presented reports evaluating the progress of Moldova and Ukraine in implementing action plans for visa liberalisation with the European Union. This implementation is divided into two phases: (1)…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk

Ukraine will finally invest in modernising its army

On 24 January, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence presented its financial plans for 2012. According to the budget law, 16.4 billion hryvnia (US$2.04 billion) will be allocated for military purposes, an increase of 20% on last year. The…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

Belarus is trying to use the issue of political prisoners as a bargaining chip in its relations with the West

On 25 January at a press conference Iryna Khalip, the wife of one of Belarus's political prisoners, Andrei Sannikau, announced that already last November her husband, probably pressured by tortures and threats, asked President Alexander…
Analyses | | Sławomir Matuszak

Ukraine announces a limitation and diversification of its gas imports

Although details were not given, it can be concluded from earlier statements by the Ukrainian government that this will involve a significant increase in the extraction of its own gas, as well as taking deliveries from Azerbaijan, and to a…