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Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak
On 18 January, the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) detained Ihor Mazepa, the founder and CEO of Concorde Capital, one of the biggest investment funds in Ukraine. He was charged with illegally acquiring plots of land located in the…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko
Slovenia is the only EU member state to have joined the proceedings at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case which the Republic of South Africa has brought against Israel. It concerns a violation of the Convention on the…
OSW Commentary |
| Łukasz Maślanka
The Belgian Presidency of the EU Council, which commenced on 1 January this year, is prioritising the implementation of the objectives outlined in the Strategic Compass. This includes the initiation of EU rapid reaction forces, referred to…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 20–21 January, Germany saw a wave of demonstrations against the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD). A total of around a million individuals took to the streets (estimates provided by the police and the organisers differ, and…
Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski, Jacek Tarociński
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 17 January, Fail Alsynov, one of the informal leaders of the Bashkir national movement, was sentenced to four years in a penal colony for allegedly inciting ethnic hatred. Protests in defence of Alsynov broke out in the town of Baymak,…
Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak
Ukrainian trade collapsed in 2022 due to the war (see ‘A year of war in Ukraine's foreign trade’), but it stabilised to a certain extent in 2023. During that time, exports decreased by nearly 20%. The reason for this was lower grain prices…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska, Krzysztof Nieczypor, Jakub Graca
The United Kingdom and Ukraine signed a ten-year agreement on security cooperation on 12 January. This is the first document of this kind signed following the declaration made by G7 countries in July 2023, in which they announced the…
Analyses |
| Ilona Gizińska, Krzysztof Dębiec
On 16 January, Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico visited Budapest, where he met Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán and president Katalin Novák. After his trip to Prague, this was the second bilateral foreign visit paid by Slovakia’s…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
Oleg Serebrian, the deputy prime minister for the reintegration of Moldova, and Vitaly Ignatiev, the self-proclaimed minister of foreign affairs of Transnistria, met on 16 January. The meeting was aimed at addressing the growing tension…