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Analyses |
| Mariusz Marszewski
On 12 August, the leaders of all five coastal countries adopted a framework convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea during the Caspian Summit in Aktau, Kazakhstan.
Analyses |
| Wojciech Konończuk
On 18 August, Alyaksandr Lukashenka carried out a major government overhaul, dismissing the prime minister, four out of five deputy prime ministers and four ministers.
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz, Anna Kwiatkowska
On 18 August, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting at the castle in Meseberg near Berlin.
OSW Commentary |
| Marta Szpala
The negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo aimed at reaching a comprehensive agreement to normalise relations between the two states are to enter a new phase in September.
OSW Commentary |
| Tadeusz Iwański, Andrzej Sadecki
For nearly one year relations between Hungary and Ukraine have been plunged in the worst crisis since the collapse of the USSR.
Analyses |
| Konrad Popławski
The shortage of truck drivers has already reached 45,000. That is also the number of truck drivers who retire annually, and only 16,000 new drivers are available annually.
Analyses |
| Konrad Popławski
The Chinese company Yantai Taihai withdrew from its attempt to purchase Leifeld Metal Spinning, a manufacturer of machinery and spare parts for the aerospace industry.
Analyses |
| Mateusz Chudziak
On 1 August, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on two Turkish ministers, those with the portfolios of internal affairs and justice.
OSW Commentary |
| Krzysztof Nieczypor
The construction and opening in May 2018 of the Crimean Bridge has contributed to a worsening of Russian–Ukrainian relations in the Sea of Azov.
Point of View |
| Jolanta Darczewska
The history of the special services and the ideas which organise them in the symbolic sphere are an important part of the reflection on their contemporary role and position. Over the centuries, the secret services defined Russia's…