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1 – 10 of 10The October 1 parliamentary election gave Krisjanis Karins, Latvia’s first prime minister to serve a full four-year term, a clear mandate to form a government. His New Unity (JV…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274859
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Central-Eastern Europe's ethnic and national minorities.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB219855
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The name of Moldova’s official language has been a matter of controversy for decades. Opponents of the change view it as a step towards the country’s reunification with…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278155
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Putin's initial decision last week to simplify citizenship procedures for residents of rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine is a challenge to that country's new president. It implies…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243605
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A rift has opened between the eleven former communist EU member states (EU-11), and such older members as Germany and Sweden, over attitudes towards immigrants and refugees, who…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205801
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Hungary’s policy towards Ukraine can appear out of step with the EU mainstream; it opposed the terms of the EU’s sixth package of sanctions against Russia. However, Budapest’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271001
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Survey evidence on Baltic Russophones’ attitudes to the EU and NATO.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217826
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Belarus's leadership is navigating carefully between Russia and the EU, avoiding alignment with Moscow against the West and exploring ways of engaging Europe on trade. Cautious…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB232048
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The Pirates and their coalition partners have fallen to third place, having previously made a shock breakthrough to surpassg Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO party. Pirates…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264203
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The election of Rinkevics, who has been Latvia’s foreign minister since 2011, indicates that there will be continuity in setting foreign policy, in which an activist president can…