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Analyses |
| Piotr Żochowski, Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Bartosz Chmielewski
The meeting of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus held on 31 August 2023 was devoted to the “tense international situation”, and included an assessment of threats present on the border with Poland and the Baltic states.…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
The parliamentary elections in Latvia (6 October) were won by the Social Democratic Party Harmony, which mainly represents an electorate of the country’s Russian-speaking inhabitants. Harmony was chosen by 19.8% of the electorate, which…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
The governments of the Baltic states initially voluntarily declared they would accept refugees.
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
Taking over shares of the Latvian carrier marks the beginning of an expansion for Russian Railways on the market of railway transport to Latvian ports.
OSW Commentary |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
The Baltic states’ reaction to the threat from Russia has demonstrated that the level of cooperation between them is low.
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
There were no radical changes in the makeup of Latvia’s Saeima following the parliamentary election on 4 October.
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
On 31 January, the Latvian parliament passed a governmental plan setting the rules for the introduction of the euro (the government coalition cast 52 of the 100 votes). According to this plan, the euro will replace the lats on 1 January…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
On 18 February approximately 75% of those who took part in the referendum rejected the proposals of the amendments to the constitution which would establish Russian as the second state language along with Latvian and the second official…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Paweł Siarkiewicz
The Harmony Centre, a left-wing grouping which represents the interests of the Russian minority, gained 31 of the 100 seats in the Saeima, Latvia’s parliament. The second best result (22 seats) was achieved by the newly created Reform…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Paweł Siarkiewicz
Political intrigue accompanying the election of a new president foreshadows an increasing rivalry on the Latvian political scene before the expected early parliamentary elections.