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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 | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 19 September the Slovak economy minister presented a draft agreement between shareholders of the country's gas operator - Slovensky plynarensky priemysel (SPP). The agreement is to enter into force after changes in the ownership in the…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 10 August, the Slovak parliament approved a reform of the pension system. On one hand, the changes introduced by Robert Fico’s left-wing cabinet will weaken the position of private pension funds, and on the other will link retirement…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 31st July, nearly one and a half years after the deadline set, the Slovak parliament adopted the amendments to the laws relating to energy, thus implementing the EU third energy package regulations. These legislative changes introduce…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
Over the past few weeks, Slovenia has been mentioned increasingly frequently as a potential applicant for aid from the eurozone rescue funds. The key problem of the Slovenian economy now is the critical condition of its banks.
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 18 June the left-wing government of Robert Fico published a list containing 22 solutions which are set to help decrease Slovakia's public finance deficit to below 3% in 2013, in line with the requirements of the EU and the fiscal…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 25 May, a group of Czech senators from the areas where possible deposits of shale gas have been discovered announced that they had prepared a bill imposing a ban on the use of the hydraulic fracturing method in the Czech Republic.
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 22 April, the leaders of the three parties which formed the government coalition decided to put an end to their collaboration. The dissolution of the coalition was preceded by a break-up of the parliamentary club of the smallest of the…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
During the first ten days of April oil supplies from the East to the Czech Republic fell by 31% in comparison with the amount logged by Russia. Transneft, which coordinates exports of Russian oil, announced on 9 April that Russian…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 15 March Petr Nečas acknowledged that the Czech Republic would until June refrain from requesting the European Commission to disburse funds allocated as part of the cohesion policy which are spent within the system of operational…