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Analyses |
On 2 May, the first instalment of 80,000 tons of crude oil from Venezuela reached the refinery in Mazyr, Belarus. In accordance with the contract signed in March by Presidents Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Hugo Chávez, by the end of this year…
Analyses |
| Marta Zawilska-Florczuk
On 9 May, parliamentary elections were held in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the most populous German federal state. As a result of the elections, the CDU and the FDP have lost a majority of seats and thus the possibility of continuing the…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski, Marta Szpala
The region’s economic problems may deteriorate as money is withdrawn by Greek banks who play a major role in the financial sector of some Balkan countries. The problem with Athens’ vast debt and the expected long-term stagnation in Greece…
Analyses |
On 3 May, the Slovenian parliament decided to hold a national referendum on 6 June to approve the Slovenian-Croatian arbitration agreement. A rejection of the agreement in the referendum may cause further delays in Croatia’s accession to…
Analyses |
On 27 May, Estonia will be the first former USSR republic to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Tallinn also expects to become the newest member of the eurozone on 1 January 2011. Despite a deep…
Analyses |
On 7 May, the Bundestag passed a law on the granting of financial support to Greece. Germany had been trying to delay financial aid to Greece for many months and ruled out extending the aid package to other countries. However, the…
Analyses |
On 4 May, the government adopted a concept for amending the law regulating the electric energy sector and a sector reform for the implementation of the EU’s third energy package. A reshuffle among the key companies in the electric energy…
Analyses |
On 8 May, the eurozone member states granted Greece a three-year loan of 80 billion euros aimed at stabilising the country’s public finances. This decision has raised strong controversies in new members of the euro group, Slovakia and…
OSW Studies |
| Maciej Falkowski
Militant Islam is the greatest threat to stability in the North Caucasus. However, it is merely a symptom of a much wider process, namely the widening civilisational gap between Russia and the North Caucasus. As a result, the North…
Point of View |
| Łukasz Antas, Agata Łoskot-Strachota
Nord Stream increases Gazprom’s flexibility as far its export routes are concerned; it enables them to be changed with regard to the market or political situation. Nevertheless, this expensive pipeline may contribute to a further drop in…