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On 18 February, Yerevan saw the largest opposition protests in three years, organised by the Armenian National Congress led by the former President Levon Ter-Petrosian. The protesters criticised the government’s socio-economic policy, and…
Analyses |
On 18 February, the security service of Ukraine (SBU) was accused by the leadership of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) that its counter-terrorism unit was planning to take over the Bloc’s HQ in Kiev and confiscate its documents and server…
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On 16 February, the leadership of the ruling coalition in Moldova, the Alliance for European Integration (AIE), proved unable to achieve a consensus on strategies to overcome the two-year-long political impasse linked to the parliament’s…
Analyses |
In his annual address to the Senate Commission on 16 February, the Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper (coordinator of special services to the US president) summarised the current and potential threats to global security.…
Analyses |
On 21 February, President Medvedev sacked the Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), General Vyacheslav Ushakov. His dismissal is the result of a conflict between the FSB and the Prosecutor General, against a background of…
OSW Commentary |
| Marta Szpala
In 2011 Croatia entered the final stage of its accession negotiations with the EU. The completion of these negotiations will probably coincide with the parliamentary elections which should be held in November or December this year. The…
Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz
This resolution can be seen as a catalogue of the current priorities of the German policy of history. The adopted document is dominated by the point of view promoted for example by the Federation of Expellees, which claims that the German…
Analyses |
Following the order of the Hungarian General Prosecutor's Office the former manager of the the national asset management company MNV Miklós Tátrai, the state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2005-2009 Márta Horváthné Fekszi…
Analyses |
On 11 February the president of the Bundesbank, Axel Weber announced that he will not stand for another term in office. This decision also means that he will not apply for the position of the president of the European Central Bank (ECB).…
Analyses |
On 10 – 11 February Latvia's president, Valdis Zatlers paid an official visit to Lithuania. That was the first visit of Latvia's head of state in 10 years. In his talks with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite, Zatlers sought above…