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Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
The Europe Now! Movement, a party co-founded by the new president Jakov Milatović, got 25.6% of the votes and won the snap elections to the 81-seat parliament in Montenegro on 11 June. The Together! electoral bloc came second with 23.2%…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
On 6 June 2023, Bulgaria’s parliament passed a vote of confidence in the coalition government co-formed by two biggest parliamentary groups: GERB-Society of Democratic Forces (GERB-SDS) and Continuing Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB).…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 29 May, clashes involving soldiers from the NATO peacekeeping mission (KFOR) broke out in the municipality of Zvečan, which is inhabited by the Serb minority. The riots erupted when a group of masked men attempted to enter the municipal…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
In recent weeks, Serbia has seen some of the largest public demonstrations, drawing tens of thousands of people, since the country’s democratic transition in 2000. Protests under the slogan ‘Serbia against violence’ broke out on 8 May in…
Analyses |
| Paulina Wankiewicz
The separatist rhetoric of the government of Republika Srpska (RS), which is part of Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH), has been intensifying over the past few weeks. On 24 April the government coalition, led by the Union of Independent…
Analyses |
| Paulina Wankiewicz
Since the beginning of the year, disputes have been mounting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) over the directions and sources of new gas supplies. These mainly concern the construction of a gas interconnector with Croatia. The plans to…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
Early elections were held in Bulgaria on 2 April, and once again they failed to produce a clear outcome. The two strongest blocs, both led by former prime ministers – GERB-Society of Democratic Forces (GERB-SDS) under Boyko Borisov, and…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
The second round of Montenegro’s presidential elections, held on 2 April, was won by Jakov Milatović, a co-founder of the Europe Now party. He won 60% of the vote, while his rival, the incumbent Milo Djukanović, received 40%. Turnout was…
OSW Commentary |
| Bogdan Zawadewicz
Over the past decade, Serbia’s foreign policy has been defined by the key dilemmas it faces over the shape of the state, including the issue of Kosovo, and the desire to balance between the main actors present in the Balkans: the West,…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Adam Michalski
On 3 January 2023, an agreement was signed in Sofia between state companies Bulgargaz and BOTAŞ, in the presence of the Bulgarian and Turkish energy ministers Rosen Hristov and Fatih Dönmez. The gas contract, whose term is 13 years,…