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OSW Commentary | | Paweł Siarkiewicz

Estonia in the eurozone – a strategic success

Since Estonia joined the OECD in 2010 and adopted the euro at the beginning of 2011, it has become the leader of integration processes among the Baltic states. The introduction of the euro has reinforced Estonia’s international image and…
Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Paweł Siarkiewicz

Political intrigue casts shadow on presidential elections in Latvia

Political intrigue accompanying the election of a new president  foreshadows an increasing rivalry on the Latvian political scene before the expected early parliamentary elections.
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Latvias president demands a referendum be held on the dissolution of parliament

Valdis Zatlers, the president of Latvia, who is seeking re-election in parliamentary voting scheduled for 2 June, accused MPs of failing to counteract the appropriation of the state by oligarchs and has ordered a referendum be held on the…
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Lithuania is looking for partners for gas co-operation in the USA

Arvydas Sekmokas, the Lithuanian energy minister, visited the USA on 11 May with the aim of gaining partners for co-operation in the gas sector among US companies. During the visit, the Lithuanian state-owned company Klaipedos Nafta, which…
Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Arturas Zuokas re-elected as the mayor of Vilnius Poles outside the coalition in the capital

The escalation of the conflict between the conservatives/Christian democrats-EAPL has made it easier for Arturas Zuokas to return to the position of mayor of Vilnius whereas the two conflicting parties go into opposition.
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Andrus Ansip again forms a centre-right government in Estonia

A new government of Estonia was sworn in on 6 April. It will once again be led by Andrus Ansip, the head of the liberal Estonian Reform Party (RE), which won the parliamentary elections in March. The prime minister’s party entered into a…
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The Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė did not support the Polish minority

Since Lithuania’s Seimas had amended the education law thus narrowing the scope of education in the Polish language and significantly reducing the number of schools with Polish as the language of instruction, Poles from the Vilnius region…
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Lithuanian will have a much greater share as the language of instruction at Polish schools in Lithuania

Lithuania’s Seimas amended the education act on 17 March despite continuing protests by minority organisations. The new regulations, starting as early as 1 September, will radically reduce the use of minority languages at non-Lithuanian…
Analyses | | Paweł Siarkiewicz

The ruling centre-right wins the parliamentary election in Estonia

The electorate appreciated the government's restrictive financial policy that prevented Estonia from taking out foreign loans in the recession and facilitated the country's entry to the euro zone in January 2011. Prime Minister Ansip also…
Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Results of the local government elections in Lithuania as a test of the mood before parliamentary elections

The votes of the electorate do not forecast an easy victory over the governing right in the upcoming parliamentary elections, however they do confirm that the Polish minority stands a chance of having its own grouping in the Seimas of the…