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| Tomasz Dąborowski
Over the last two weeks, Bulgaria has seen its biggest wave of public demonstrations since 1997. The protesters were initially demonstrating against high electricity prices, but it gradually evolved into protests against the current socio-…
Analyses |
| Szymon Ananicz, Kamil Frymark
On 24–25 February Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Turkey, where she expressed her support for the continuation of Ankara's accession negotiations with the EU, after France unblocked the negotiating chapter on regional policy. At…
Analyses |
| Arkadiusz Sarna
On 22 February President Viktor Yanukovych, during the TV show “Dialogue with Society” announced that it would be possible to sign a gas deal with Russia in the first half of the year. The deal would involve Ukrainian transit gas pipelines…
Analyses |
| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 20 February Vladimir Pyekhtin, the head of the parliamentary ethics committee and a prominent member of United Russia, together with three other State Duma deputies, resigned their mandates as members of parliament. This came a week…
Analyses |
| Rafał Bajczuk
On 7 February, Germany’s E.ON, EnBW, Otto and Puma and the German branches of Alstom and Shell, along with the non-governmental organisation Germanwatch, published an open letter calling upon the German government and the European…
Analyses |
| Konrad Popławski
The debate on shale gas extraction has become more intense in Germany. In early February, a group of MPs from the government coalition appealed to the government for a law to be passed which would set the conditions of shale gas extraction…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
The centre-right cabinet led by Boyko Borisov announced its dismissal on 20 February. The reason for this was the desire to prevent an escalation of public tension resulting from demonstrations against rises in the price of electricity.…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Strachota
A presidential election was held on 18 February in Armenia. According to initial calculations from the Central Election Committee, the incumbent, Serzh Sargsyan, won the election in the first round with almost 59% support, while his main…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 13 February, Prime Minister Vlad Filat stated that the agreement under which the coalition named Alliance for European Integration was established and which has been in force since November 2010 needed to be thoroughly reconstructed. He…
Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
Since the beginning of February there has been a stalemate in the parliament of Ukraine. The opposition has prevented its activity from getting under way by blocking the speaker’s rostrum, and has called for the introduction of a guarantee…