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Analyses |
| Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga
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 |
| Jakub Groszkowski
The parliamentary election in Slovakia, scheduled for 10 March, is likely to see the government of the left-wing Smer-SD party led by Robert Fico return to power and to seal the disintegration of the centre-right camp.
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 2 March, the European Council granted Serbia the status of official EU candidate. This decision crowns the process of reforms and changes in foreign policy introduced by the Boris Tadić’s government. The changes which have been taking…
Analyses |
| Rafał Sadowski
The European Union started negotiations on visa facilitation and readmission agreements with Armenia on 27 February, and with Azerbaijan on 1 March. In its conclusions on 27 February, the EU Council also noted progress in negotiating…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
Last year Lithuania signed a memorandum on co-operation with the US company Cheniere Energy, which is to guarantee gas supplies to Lithuania from 2015 at a price 30% lower than the price for which gas is bought from Gazprom.
OSW Commentary |
| Konrad Popławski
On 2 March, the leaders of 25 EU member states signed the Treaty on stability, coordination and governance in the economic and monetary union. It will introduce new fiscal constraints and officially vest new competences in the eurozone…
Analyses |
| Jadwiga Rogoża
Vladimir Putin won in the first round of presidential elections held on 4 March, winning 63.6% of the votes, according to the Central Electoral Commission. Despite the large scale of electoral violations, Putin's victory has not been…
Analyses |
| Józef Lang
On 4 March, municipal elections were held in three towns in Kyrgyzstan (Karakol, Tokmak and Osh). The elections in Osh, where radical opposition in the form of a new party, National Unity Party, won the vote (47%), were especially…
Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz, Konrad Popławski
The German political elite not only continue to support specific actions taken by representatives of business circles but are also adding strategic political concepts to their activity. On the one hand, these concepts are aimed at…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Sadecki
On 22 February, the European Commission recommended the Council of the EU to suspend the payment of 495 million euros from the Cohesion Fund to Hungary from the beginning of 2013. This equates to 0.5% of Hungary’s GDP and 29% of the…