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Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On 29 November, Russian troops occupied the village of Khromove, which borders Bakhmut from the west; they had failed to capture it back in spring when they occupied the town. They also expanded the area under their control around the…
Analyses |
| Sebastian Płóciennik
In its ruling on 15 November 2023, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has challenged the methods of funding the federal government’s expenditure, thus forcing the coalition parties to seek ways out of this difficult situation.…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
Since 16 October, regular random checks have been carried out at Germany’s borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. Controls on the border with Austria, which were temporarily introduced in 2015, have also been extended.…
Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski
The weather conditions have significantly curbed the activity of the warring parties. On Friday 24 November, a thaw occurred in eastern and southern Ukraine (with temperatures exceeding 10 degrees in places), turning fields and unpaved…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Deteriorating weather conditions on the front have limited both sides’ offensive operations, but at the local level they are nevertheless still making attempts to break through their opponents’ defences. Russian forces have made further…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
On 10 November the Bundestag adopted an amendment to the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz, EnWG), a crucial part of which were regulations regarding the planning and approval of the so-called core hydrogen network (Wasserstoff…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski
On 8 November the head of the state-owned Turkmengaz Maksat Babayev and Iraq’s energy minister Ziad Ali Fadel signed a protocol on the basic commercial terms for a bilateral sale & purchase agreement concerning natural gas. According…
OSW Commentary |
| Jakub Graca, Jacek Tarociński
Sweden has been on the threshold of membership in NATO since the Alliance’s Madrid summit in June 2022. However, for its full-fledged participation in all NATO political and military structures, it still needs Turkey and Hungary to ratify…
OSW Commentary |
| Krzysztof Nieczypor
According to the Ukrainian government, around 174,000 km2 of the country’s territory potentially requires demining. This is almost a third of Ukraine’s total area. Although this estimate seems to be exaggerated, the threat of mines and…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 21 November 2023, the National Council of the Slovak Republic voted to adopt a vote of confidence in Robert Fico’s government which was formed on 25 October. The new ruling coalition, which is made up of the left-nationalist Smer party…