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Analyses |
| Marek Matusiak
On 20 April, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) and the leader of the largest opposition party Benny Gantz (Blue & White) signed an agreement to form a coalition government. This happened one and a half months after the…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
In the first few days of April, the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš outlined a scenario for gradually abolishing the country’s epidemiological restrictions, the intention being that most sectors of the economy would resume full…
Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak
The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) passed the Act on introducing an agricultural land market in Ukraine on 31 March at the second reading. The document envisages that the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land will be lifted on…
Analyses |
| Jakub Jakóbowski, Michał Bogusz
The start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which the WHO officially announced on 11 March, coincided with China effectively halting the spread of the virus within the country. Official data states that there are currently no more than a…
OSW Report |
| Piotr Szymański
In recent years, the Nordic and Baltic region has witnessed a growing interest in the concept of comprehensive security, which hails from the Cold War doctrine of total defence. This originates from the regional pivot to territorial…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
According to the German dpa news agency, the German Defence Ministry is planning to replace the country’s outdated fleet of around 90 Tornado combat aircraft with both US and European successor planes. The MoD plans to buy 45 F/A-18 (30 E/…
OSW Commentary |
| Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Piotr Żochowski
According to data compiled by Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, by 27 March more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed nationwide, with five fatalities. However, there is a risk of the epidemic soon developing on a much larger scale.
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 25 March the Assembly of Kosovo passed a vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, the leader of Vetëvendosje party (Self-Determination). This procedure was initiated by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
Sweden stands out against the backdrop of other EU countries, having adopted a more lenient strategy of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. To date the country has not taken measures that would put significant constraints on public life. The…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
In order to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, on 22 March Chancellor Angela Merkel and the prime ministers of the federal provinces agreed to tighten the guidelines on restricting joint movement