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| Jakub Groszkowski
Milos Zeman was sworn in as the president of the Czech Republic on 8 March. He announced the names of his closest aides and presented his priorities for the next five years several days afterwards. Vratislav Mynar was appointed head of the…
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| Andrzej Sadecki
On 11 March, the Hungarian National Assembly amended the constitution which has been in force since 1 January 2012 for the fourth time. The package of changes sparked a new wave of protests against the government of Viktor Orbán, which…
Analyses |
| Szymon Ananicz
John Kerry visited Turkey on 1 March on his first foreign trip as the US Secretary of State. The key issues discussed were: the Syrian crisis, and co-operation in combating terrorism. The visit was overshadowed by an earlier statement from…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 5 March, the Moldovan parliament passed a no-confidence vote on Prime Minister Vlad Filat’s cabinet, thanks to the combined votes of the Communist Party, the Democratic Party (PD) and the group of independent MPs gathered around Igor…
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov used his first meeting with the new US secretary of state John Kerry (on 26 February in Berlin) to signal Russia’s readiness to resume pragmatic cooperation with Washington. However, Lavrov’s…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
22 February marked the beginning of the process of reform which the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) is undergoing. The BfV is the key counter-espionage agency responsible for the country’s internal security. The…
Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski
On 27 February, the Slovenian parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the centre-right government led by Janez Jansa. The task of forming a new cabinet has been entrusted to Alenka Bratusek, the leader of the left-wing Positive…
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…