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Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
On 18 October, Ulf Kristersson, the head of the Moderate Party and the new Prime Minister, presented the Statement of Government Policy in the Riksdag and announced the ministers of the new centre-right coalition (the Moderate Party, the…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska, Jacek Tarociński
An official investigation was launched by the Copenhagen Police in cooperation with the Danish Security and Intelligence Service and the Police of Denmark in connection with the damage to the Nord Stream 1 (NS1) and Nord Stream 2 (NS2)…
Analyses |
| Bartosz Chmielewski
The winner in the parliamentary elections held on 1 October in Latvia is incumbent Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš and his centre-right New Unity party (in Latvian: Jaunā Vienotība, JV). It was supported by 18.97% of voters and the…
Analyses |
| Bartosz Chmielewski
On 6 September, the Latvian government adopted proposal from the Defence Ministry regarding the establishment of the state defence service (Valsts aizsardzības dienests, VAD), one element of which is to be annual military service, to be…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Bartosz Chmielewski
On 7 September the Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland announced the introduction of temporary measures restricting Russian citizens from entering the Schengen area for tourism, cultural, sporting or business purposes…
Analyses |
| Jacek Tarociński
Since May, there has been an observable increase in military activity by NATO member states, primarily the United States and the United Kingdom, on Finnish territory. The Ryske 22 and Vigilant Fox land exercises, involving 750 soldiers…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
On 13 July the European Commission (EC) presented new guidance on the transit of goods through EU territory to and from the Kaliningrad oblast. They oblige EC countries to resume the transit of sanctioned goods to this Russian exclave.…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska, Jacek Tarociński
Since 20 June talks between representatives of Sweden, Finland and Turkey have been held at NATO’s headquarters to discuss the Turkish objections to the two countries joining the alliance. The talks were announced at the beginning of June…
OSW Commentary |
| Justyna Gotkowska
On 17 May, the foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland signed their applications to join the North Atlantic Alliance, and these were officially submitted to NATO in Brussels a day later. This marked the end of a process of revolutionary…
Analyses |
| Bartosz Chmielewski
On 18 January, the Lithuanian parliament adopted a law on spelling of surnames in identity and civil-status documents at the third vote. The new law was supported by 82 MPs (most of them from the ruling coalition), with 37 opposed ( a…