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| Krzysztof Dębiec
The new government led by Robert Fico, which was appointed on 25 October, faces numerous challenges in domestic and foreign policy. The harsh campaign rhetoric used by the eventual winner of Slovakia’s parliamentary elections made Europe…
Analyses |
| Ilona Gizińska, Łukasz Kobeszko
On 13 October 2023, a law came into effect in Bulgaria which introduces an additional transit fee (referred to as the ‘energy levy’) for the import and transit of natural gas from the Russian Federation. The new levy was introduced as part…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Sadecki
On 17 October 2023 in Beijing, on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum organised by China, Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán met Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks included issues such as gas and oil supplies from Russia…
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| Krzysztof Nieczypor
On 21 September the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, voted to amend the Law on National Minorities (Communities). All the parliamentary groups unanimously voted in its favour (only three MPs abstained from voting, no one opposed…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
In the elections held on 30 September to the Národná Rada, the unicameral Slovak parliament, the best result was achieved by the national-left party Smer (Direction)-Social Democracy, led by the former three-time prime minister Robert Fico…
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| Krzysztof Dębiec
President Zuzana Čaputová announced on 20 June that she would not be seeking re-election in the spring 2024 elections. In a statement issued, she said that “from the professional and human point of view” she has had the toughest four years…
Analyses |
| Ilona Gizińska
According to press reports, the Hungarian government is blocking the payment to EU member states of the next tranche (€500 million) of funding from the European Peace Facility (EPF), which reimburses the military support provided to Kyiv…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 15 May, President Zuzana Čaputová appointed a technocratic caretaker government headed by Ľudovít Ódor, previously the deputy governor of the central bank. Recognised specialists, often close aides of the outgoing ministers from Eduard…
Analyses |
| OSW team
On 25 April, the Azerbaijani oil and gas company SOCAR and operators of gas transmission networks from Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia signed a memorandum of understanding in Sofia concerning the implementation of the Solidarity…
Analyses |
| Ilona Gizińska
Pope Francis paid an official visit to Budapest on 28–30 April, the first papal pilgrimage to Hungary since John Paul II’s visit in 1996. Although the current pope had already been to the country’s capital on 7 September 2021, that visit…