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Analyses |
| Jakub Jakóbowski, Michał Bogusz
The start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which the WHO officially announced on 11 March, coincided with China effectively halting the spread of the virus within the country. Official data states that there are currently no more than a…
OSW Report |
| Piotr Szymański
In recent years, the Nordic and Baltic region has witnessed a growing interest in the concept of comprehensive security, which hails from the Cold War doctrine of total defence. This originates from the regional pivot to territorial…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
According to the German dpa news agency, the German Defence Ministry is planning to replace the country’s outdated fleet of around 90 Tornado combat aircraft with both US and European successor planes. The MoD plans to buy 45 F/A-18 (30 E/…
OSW Commentary |
| Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Piotr Żochowski
According to data compiled by Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, by 27 March more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed nationwide, with five fatalities. However, there is a risk of the epidemic soon developing on a much larger scale.
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 25 March the Assembly of Kosovo passed a vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, the leader of Vetëvendosje party (Self-Determination). This procedure was initiated by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
Sweden stands out against the backdrop of other EU countries, having adopted a more lenient strategy of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. To date the country has not taken measures that would put significant constraints on public life. The…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
In order to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, on 22 March Chancellor Angela Merkel and the prime ministers of the federal provinces agreed to tighten the guidelines on restricting joint movement
Analyses |
| Jakub Jakóbowski
In the second week of March, the Chinese government managed to bring local outbreaks of the COVID-19 epidemic under control, and on the national scale, the number of new infections has remained at the level of a few dozen symptomatic new…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid an official visit to Chișinău on 12 March. He met President Igor Dodon, Prime Minister Ion Chicu and Parliamentary Speaker Zinaida Greceanîi amongst other officials. The centrepoint of the visit…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
As of 1pm CET time on 18 March, 147 people in Russia have been diagnosed as infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most of them are in Moscow (88), while five cases have been recorded in Kaliningrad.