1171 - 1180 z 3186
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 9 August, the presidential elections in Belarus ended. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), the turnout was 84.2%. The CEC also announced partial voting results based on the situation at 9am local time. In accordance…
Analyses |
| Franciszek Tyszka
On 22 July Szabolcs Dull was dismissed as editor-in-chief of the Index.hu news website which is one of the largest with approximately a million views daily and which is critical of the Hungarian government. Two days later nearly all the…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
The presidential elections in Belarus scheduled for 9 August are being held in extremely unfavourable conditions for the authorities. The reduction of Russian subsidies related to the dispute between Minsk and Moscow over further…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
The announcement on 7 July of the reintroduction of a curfew in connection with the COVID-19 epidemic sparked mass anti-government protests in Belgrade. The demonstrators were joined very quickly by representatives of far-right…
Analyses |
| Piotr Szymański
At the beginning of July the UK media reported on planned cuts in the UK’s Army (which could apply to as many as 19,000 troops) and on preparations to scrap a part of transport aircraft, helicopters, minehunters and marines heavy equipment…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 30 June, the Romanian Parliament approved the country’s new National Security Strategy for 2020-2024. 311 deputies and senators voted in favour of the document submitted by President Klaus Iohannis to both houses of parliament; only…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
A nationwide vote on constitutional amendments was held in Russia from 25 June to 1 July. The main objectives of the constitutional reform are to enable Vladimir Putin to potentially hold the office of president until 2036, and to…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 21 June, parliamentary, regional (to the parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina) and local elections were held in Serbia. The vote should have taken place on 26 April, but was postponed due to the state of emergency caused…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 16th June Germany launched the Corona-Warn-App which allows the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic to be tracked by registering contacts between users. The application is equipped with a function to assess the degree of the risk of…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
On 18 June, the American conservative magazine The National Interest, which represents US intellectual circles favouring a pragmatic dialogue with Russia, published an article written by Vladimir Putin. In his long essay the Russian…