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1 – 10 of 63The PD has started healing some of the rifts that have divided it for nearly three years. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party (PS) is favourite to win…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286244
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The new leader of the left-wing Syriza party, Stefanos Kasselakis, has until then to establish himself as Greece’s leading oppositionist. He has not been helped by the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284413
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The salience of migration as a key political issue in domestic and EU politics has increased this year following the surge of asylum seekers and irregular migrants coming to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282247
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EU: Schengen overhaul will face hurdles
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES282110
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Greece is bracing for a tight contest, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy (ND) party’s lead over its main rival, the leftist Syriza, narrowing. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278841
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It is the fourth election since April 2021. President Rumen Radev -- the real power behind Prime Minister Galab Donev's caretaker government -- is widely suspected of wishing to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273001
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The coalition reshuffle increases Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski’s majority in the 120-strong parliament from 64 to 65 MPs. That may ease the incorporation of a ‘Bulgarian…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276667
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Almost 150,000 irregular migrants entered the EU through the Western Balkans in 2022, a 135% increase on 2021. In response, Brussels has stepped up cooperation with regional…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276473
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EU/KOSOVO: Visas to be lifted in 2024
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES276643
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Christodoulides is taking charge at a time of high political volatility. Though he is from the ruling Democratic Rally (DISY), he was not DISY's candidate, won with the support of…