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New Estonian government will be cautious until polls

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ESTONIA

A coalition between the Reform and Centre parties, it replaces Centre’s coalition with the populist radical right-wing Estonian Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) and the…

Lithuanian conservative parties will win October vote

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LITHUANIA

Gitanas Nauseda won the second-round presidential election on May 26, 2019, by 67% to Ingrida Simonyte’s 33%. Both ran as independents; the opposition conservative Homeland…

PiS cannot count on winning Polish elections outright

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POLAND

The October 13 parliamentary election will be one of the most important and consequential since 1989. If PiS wins, it will entrench and continue pushing ahead with its radical…

Delhi’s spending will not ease Kashmir crisis

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INDIA

Legislation dividing it into two union territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh -- was passed in early August, concurrently with the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special…

Latvia’s unwieldy new government will be reform-averse

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LATVIA

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…

Investors will step up corporate governance monitoring

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INTERNATIONAL

Corporate governance.

Far-right party is reshuffling Dutch populism

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NETHERLANDS

Dutch right-wing populism.

Vucic not new premier will control Serbian government

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SERBIA

A period of intense speculation over the next prime minister, which accelerated after Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in as president on May 31, ended on June 15, when Vucic announced…

Balkan #MeToo movement is gathering momentum

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BALKANS

The testimony of a Serbian actress against a former drama teacher has united women’s voices across Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia against sexual violence. University faculties have…

Slovak parties may draw lessons from election upset

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SLOVAKIA

Liberal and centre-right parties supported the civic activist Caputova, who gained 58.4% of the vote. European Commissioner Sefcovic, who had been nominated by Direction-Social…