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| Tomasz Dąborowski
Last week saw an escalation in the conflict between President Traian Basescu and the Victor Ponta government which has been in power since May this year. On 6 July, the parliamentary majority led to the president being suspended from duty…
Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski
Over the past few weeks, Slovenia has been mentioned increasingly frequently as a potential applicant for aid from the eurozone rescue funds. The key problem of the Slovenian economy now is the critical condition of its banks.
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
Since the end of May this year the NATO mission in Kosovo (KFOR) has been dismantling the barricades which prevent movement of the international forces through communication routes in the territory of four communes in the north of the…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
Since the centre-left Social-Liberal Union (USL) came to power in Romania in May, a new, tension filled chapter has opened up in what had been good relations between Romania and Hungary. Victor Ponta’s cabinet has been sharply…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
The presidential runoff was held on 20 May in Serbia. The snap election was unexpectedly won by the candidate of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Tomislav Nikolic. Nikolic’s advantage over Boris Tadic, the incumbent…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
On 22 May, the Romanian parliament adopted a new act on the electoral system. The previous proportional electoral system has been replaced with a majority system. The new act has cancelled the five per cent electoral threshold and…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
On 7 May the Romanian parliament approved the government of Victor Ponta by a clear majority of votes. This was formed by the Social-Liberal Union (USL) which until now has been in opposition.
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 6 May parliamentary, presidential and local elections were held in Serbia. In the election to the National Assembly none of the parties won a landslide victory. The first round of the presidential election was not conclusive.
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 5 April, ten months before the end of his term, the Serbian president, Boris Tadic resigned from his office. His resignation will enable the presidential, parliamentary and local elections to be held on the same day 6th May. Until the…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
Last week has brought new developments in Bulgarian-Russian energy relations, when the Bulgarian government withdrew from a project to build a nuclear power plant in Belene. This meant the failure of its second flagship energy project…