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1 – 10 of 32The 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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Latvia’s second female prime minister leads an ideologically diverse coalition led by her centrist New Unity (JV) party, and including the left-wing Progressives (PRO) and the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282515
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Incoming Prime Minister Robert Fico’s gradual adoption of nationalism, aversion to migration and conspiracy theories have jeopardised Slovakia’s reputation as a reliable partner…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283004
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Curbing immigration is a central element in the agreement between the minority government and the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) to secure their support in parliament. One year…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283230
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280515
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Slovakia is facing early general elections in September, with former Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Direction-Social Democracy (Smer-SD) hoping to regain power. Progressive Slovakia…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280224
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The 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
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Duda’s image has changed. Whereas only a year ago, the president did not deal with fundamental issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, he now appears as a politician of substance…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272298
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SaS’s departure from government could trigger early elections and bring to power a new government with a less firmly pro-Western orientation that might substantially change…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272250
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The murder comes at a difficult moment for Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who has faced mounting media criticism of police and government incompetence, ministers’ resignations and…