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Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski, Andrzej Wilk
On 28 October, work started in southern Romania on installing elements of the US missile defence system. It is failure of Russian security policy.
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
Protests in Romania against the plans to launch a gold mine in the Transylvanian commune Rosia Montana have been mounting over the past two weeks. The Save Rosia Montana campaign has been the most rapidly developing Romanian protest…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
On 31 July Romania signed a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Union and the World Bank on an economic program supported by a two-year loan worth 4 billion euros. This is now the third loan that…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
In mid-May, the centre-right President Traian Basescu authorised Prime Minister Victor Ponta to represent the country at the European Council summit on 22 May. Up to that point, the question of who was to participate at international…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
In recent weeks the Romanian government sent signals announcing changes in its approach to the exploration and extraction of unconventional gas deposits. Prime Minister Victor Ponta has begun to talk in positive terms about shale gas in…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
The Social-Liberal Union (USL) was the clear winner of the parliamentary election in Romania, held on 9 December. The USL had been in power since May 2012 and is a centre-left coalition of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National…
OSW Report |
| Tomasz Dąborowski, Jakub Groszkowski
Despite their initial interest in shale gas exploration, over the past year Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania have become increasingly sceptical about the development of unconventional gas resources. In January of this year Bulgaria…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
On 21 August, the Romanian Constitutional Court ruled that the referendum held in July to dismiss President Traian Basescu was invalid. In the referendum, the vast majority of voters supported the president's removal (87.5%), but the…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
Romania is undergoing its largest political crisis in years. The verdict of the Constitutional Court about the effectiveness of the impeachment of President Traian Basescu will be issued as late as the 31th August. At the beginning of July…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
A referendum on the impeachment of President Traian Basescu will be held on 29 July in Romania. On 18 July, under pressure from the EU, the parliament changed the rules for holding the referendum and introduced a 50 per cent turnout…