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Bosnian Serbs are closest yet to seceding

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BOSNIA

Dodik’s latest threat to break up Bosnia.

Solving Kosovo’s problems becomes harder without Thaci

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KOSOVO

Thaci resigned ahead of extradition to The Hague, following indictment for war crimes, including murder and torture, and participation in a joint criminal enterprise. The charges…

President is eroding Romania’s pluralist democracy

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ROMANIA

His efforts in 2021 to hammer out a coalition between two normally rival parties who hold most of parliament’s seats have undermined competitive politics and scrutiny of…

Russia's legal sovereignty claim will lose it trust

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RUSSIA

President Vladimir Putin couches the change in the language of human rights protection, but the aim is to protect the state from politically unwelcome rulings and costly damage…

Bosnia's paralysed institutions add to sense of chaos

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BOSNIA

Intensified political disputes between the main parties are holding up the state budget for 2020, including funding for local elections in November. They also threaten to weaken…

Babis’s defeat will shift Czech politics rightwards

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CZECH REPUBLIC

The country is on the threshold of great political change, voters having delivered a resounding ‘no’ to the ruling Ano ('Yes') movement and voted the Social Democrats and…

Ankara will increase proportion of regime-loyal judges

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TURKEY

In 2019, the court ruled that Osman Kavala's indictment for attempting to overthrow the state aimed at silencing him. The role of junior judges with personal ties to the ruling…

EU-US alignment on tech governance is rising

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EU/US

The proposal is part of the EU’s wider effort to make Europe ‘fit for the digital age’ and align the bloc with other major democracies, particularly the United States, on…

United States and EU have little time to save Bosnia

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BOSNIA

His visit is part of a flurry of belated Western diplomacy to secure agreement on reforms, the lack of which has driven Bosnia’s recently escalating crisis. Success would…

Popular ire may upset ZANU-PF's Zimbabwe election plan

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ZIMBABWE

The ruling ZANU-PF party appears to be trying to control the campaign and outcome to a much greater extent than in 2018. However, this effort is being complicated by record levels…