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| Marcin Jędrysiak
Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential term came to an end on 20 May. According to the Ukrainian constitution, the head of state holds office for five years and performs their duties until a newly elected successor takes office. Elections are…
OSW Commentary |
| Marek Matusiak
In the second week of May, Israel launched an invasion of the southern part of the Gaza Strip (the Rafah region) and resumed massive ground & air attacks in the north (including on the city of Jabalia). Since then, its army (the…
OSW Commentary |
| Zuzanna Krzyżanowska
Ankara’s active policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia is linked among other things with pan-Turkism, an idea which advocates the integration of the Turkic nations. It is continuously present in the political culture of the Turkish state…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 15 May, after an off-site government meeting in the town of Handlová (Trenčín region), Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico was shot: three of five bullets fired by the assailant hit him. He underwent a five-hour surgery at a hospital…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
Defying the recent mass street protests, on 14 May the Georgian parliament passed the law entitled ‘On the transparency of foreign influence’, commonly referred to as the ‘law on foreign agents’, in its third and final reading. In the 150-…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
The centre-left government rule (2017–24) is nearing its end, and it has been characterised by significant changes and achievements: the state’s official name was changed when a prolonged dispute with Greece over this issue was resolved, a…
Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak
In April, Ukraine sold 13.2 million tonnes of goods worth $3.4 billion abroad. Exports increased by 1.3 million tonnes (10.8%) compared to March this year, and by 5 million tonnes (62%) compared to the same month of 2023. Ukraine’s deputy…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
On 2 May, Lithuania held the first round of the presidential election, in which none of the eight candidates obtained more than 50% of the vote. The run-off on 26 May will be between the incumbent Gitanas Nausėda, who won 44.10% of the…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska, Iwona Wiśniewska, Piotr Żochowski
On 10–12 May, after being sworn in for another presidential term following the illegal ‘election’, Vladimir Putin decided on the new line-up of the Russian cabinet. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin retained his post (the State Duma…