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| Michał Kędzierski
On 31 January, the Bundestag passed an amendment to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Act (Treibhausgas-Emissionshandelsgesetz), incorporating new EU regulations on emissions trading systems into national law. A key element of the…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 28 January, the Serbian Prime Minister and leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Miloš Vučević, submitted his resignation, officially in response to an incident in Novi Sad in which students were assaulted by individuals…
Analyses |
| Piotr Szymański
On 28 January, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels. Her diplomatic tour was preceded by…
Analyses |
| Adam Michalski
On 24 January, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met in Ankara with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas. During the press conference, both sides emphasised the importance of EU-Turkey…
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
On 28 January, a Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and the President’s Special Envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, held talks in Damascus with Ahmad ash-Shar’a, head of the new Syrian government, and…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski
In January, the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan published passenger car imports figures for 2024, revealing that, for the first time, the number of imported electric and hybrid vehicles surpassed that of internal…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Analyses |
| 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…
OSW Commentary |
| Aleksandra Kozaczyńska
The debt brake (Schuldenbremse) is a German constitutional rule introduced during the global financial crisis in 2009 to ensure the country’s financial stability. Under this mechanism, the annual federal deficit cannot exceed 0.35% of GDP…
Analyses |
| Piotr Żochowski
On 24 January, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov refused to extend the employment contract of Marina Bezrukova, head of the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), contrary to the decision of the DPA’s Supervisory Board. The immediate reason cited…