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Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
A wave of protests has been sweeping across Serbia for over a month. The protests were triggered by a roof collapse at the Novi Sad railway station on 1 November, which resulted in 15 fatalities. Initially, these were local demonstrations…
Analyses |
| Paulina Wankiewicz
According to reports from the Montenegrin daily Vijesti, Croatian authorities have presented the Montenegrin government with a document containing a 10-point list of issues that must be resolved before Montenegro can join the European…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
On 12 December, the EU Council decided to fully integrate Bulgaria and Romania into the Schengen Area as of 1 January 2025. This was made possible by a shift in Austria’s position, which had been the final EU member state to oppose their…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 6 December, Romania’s Constitutional Court decided not to recognise the results of the first round of the presidential election, which took place on 24 November, and ordered the entire electoral process to be repeated. In its rationale…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
In the parliamentary election held in Romania on 1 December, the centre-left Social Democratic Party (PSD), which co-formed the ruling coalition, secured the largest share of the vote, gaining 22.4% in the Senate election and 22.1% in the…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
The far-right populist Călin Georgescu unexpectedly won the first round of the presidential election in Romania on 24 November, contrary to all forecasts and exit polls. Georgescu was running as a formally independent candidate, although…
OSW Commentary |
| Robert Pszczel
For many years, a variety of concepts linked with the so-called European security and defence identity had appeared, vanished and re-emerged in the public space. Numerous terms and ideas related to this concept have been enjoying life of…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
On 27 October, for the seventh time in the past three years, Bulgaria held elections for its 240-member National Assembly. The centre-right GERB party, led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, emerged as the winning party, securing 26.4…
OSW Report |
| Marek Menkiszak
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine aims to subjugate or destroy Ukraine, overturn the current political and security order in Europe, and fundamentally revise the global order. The conflict is systemic in nature and will continue as…
Analyses |
| Paulina Wankiewicz
During President Emmanuel Macron’s official visit to Belgrade from 29 to 30 August, Serbia and France signed several cooperation agreements in areas such as environmental protection, agriculture, the utilisation of critical raw materials,…