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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
According to the Bulgarian deputy prime minister and interior minister Tsvetlin Yovchev, from January to the end of September this year the number of illegal immigrants detained at the Bulgarian border increased sevenfold in comparison to…
OSW Commentary |
| Andrzej Sadecki
The Visegrad Group gained a new neighbour in the European Union on 1 July 2013. Given the geographic proximity, similar level of development and a number of shared interests, Croatia could become a valuable partner in Central European…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
A number of incidents have been seen over the past few weeks in Kosovo’s communes inhabited by the Serb minority. A Lithuanian police officer died as a consequence of firing on a column of the EU’s mission, EULEX; the family of Oliver…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 15 September, the centre-left government led by Edi Rama won a vote of confidence in the Albanian parliament. The takeover of power by Rama’s coalition put an end to the political career of Sali Berisha, who had played a key role in…
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 |
Protests in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) against the inefficient administration and the deteriorating socio-economic situation have been ongoing for two weeks. Parliament has been blocked in Sarajevo, and thousands of people have also held…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
On 29 May, Bulgaria’s parliament passed a vote of confidence for the government led by Plamen Oresharski, an economist linked to socialists. His cabinet will consist of non-partisan technocrats and politicians from the Bulgarian Socialist…
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…