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| Jacek Tarociński, Andrzej Kohut, Piotr Szymański
On 5 September, citing an anonymous White House source, the Financial Times reported that the Trump administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 (1 October 2025 – 30 September 2026) does not envisage continued funding for the…
Analyses |
| OSW team
On 22 August, Ukrainian drones struck the Unecha distribution station in Bryansk Oblast for the third time in a month, halting the flow of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia. That same day, Budapest and Bratislava…
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| Krzysztof Dębiec
People took to the streets in numerous cities across Slovakia on 23 and 24 January. These were the largest anti-government protests since demonstrations in 2018 following the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. In the capital…
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| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 4 and 17 December, Slovakia’s Minister of Economy, Denisa Saková, travelled to St. Petersburg for talks with Gazprom’s leadership. The minister was accompanied by Vojtech Ferencz, the CEO of Slovenský plynárenský priemysel (SPP),…
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| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 7 October, Slovak-Ukrainian intergovernmental consultations were held near Uzhhorod, in the Zakarpattia Oblast. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the progress of the projects outlined in the so-called roadmap, which had been…
Analyses |
| Ilona Gizińska, Paulina Wankiewicz
In July, the Russian oil company Lukoil ceased its oil supplies to Slovakia and Hungary due to sanctions imposed by Ukraine.
Analyses |
| OSWs Central European Department
Following Ukraine's decision on 24 June to extend sanctions on the Russian oil company Lukoil, including the transit of oil through Ukrainian territory, the company suspended deliveries via the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline,…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 15 May, after an off-site government meeting in the town of Handlová (Trenčín region), Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico was shot: three of five bullets fired by the assailant hit him. He underwent a five-hour surgery at a hospital…
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| Ilona Gizińska, Andrzej Sadecki
The ‘Rise up, Hungarians’ movement, which is attempting to channel the biggest anti-government protests in many years, is becoming the second most prominent force in Hungarian politics. Its leader, Péter Magyar, will run in the elections…
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| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 6 April Peter Pellegrini, a representative of Slovakia’s ruling coalition, won that country’s presidential election and will succeed Zuzana Čaputova in mid-June. Although in the first round he came 5.5 p.p. behind Ivan Korčok, the…