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| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 31 January, the Czech government adopted an annex to the documentation on the tender to expand the country’s nuclear energy sector (see ‘The Czech nuclear showdown enters the final straight’). It includes an invitation to the French EDF…
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| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 24 January, in the border town of Uzhhorod (Zakarpattia oblast) Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico met his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal; this was the Slovak prime minister’s third foreign visit since being re-elected last…
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| Ilona Gizińska, Krzysztof Dębiec
On 16 January, Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico visited Budapest, where he met Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán and president Katalin Novák. After his trip to Prague, this was the second bilateral foreign visit paid by Slovakia’s…
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| Andrzej Sadecki
Hungary is openly threatening to veto the start of negotiations concerning Ukraine’s accession to the EU during the meeting of the European Council on 14–15 December, and is blocking the EU’s decisions concerning financial and military…
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| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 21 November 2023, the National Council of the Slovak Republic voted to adopt a vote of confidence in Robert Fico’s government which was formed on 25 October. The new ruling coalition, which is made up of the left-nationalist Smer party…
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| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Russian forces have made slight advances in the Avdiivka area, narrowing the width of the belt linking the town to Ukrainian-controlled areas to 6–8 km. They are also moving north and south-west of Bakhmut, where, according to the…
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| Krzysztof Dębiec
The new government led by Robert Fico, which was appointed on 25 October, faces numerous challenges in domestic and foreign policy. The harsh campaign rhetoric used by the eventual winner of Slovakia’s parliamentary elections made Europe…
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| Ilona Gizińska, Łukasz Kobeszko
On 13 October 2023, a law came into effect in Bulgaria which introduces an additional transit fee (referred to as the ‘energy levy’) for the import and transit of natural gas from the Russian Federation. The new levy was introduced as part…
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| Andrzej Sadecki
On 17 October 2023 in Beijing, on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum organised by China, Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán met Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks included issues such as gas and oil supplies from Russia…
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| Krzysztof Nieczypor
On 21 September the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, voted to amend the Law on National Minorities (Communities). All the parliamentary groups unanimously voted in its favour (only three MPs abstained from voting, no one opposed…