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Ukraine internal passport moves will cause friction

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UKRAINE

UKRAINE: Internal passport move will cause friction

No space for Belarusian opposition in next elections

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BELARUS

There is little chance opposition parties can make an impact; the authorities' first step will be to ensure they are barely represented on election commissions. Many parties have…

Five-party Latvian government may not last full term

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LATVIA

Latvia’s new government.

Language controversy will haunt Moldova’s politics

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MOLDOVA

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…

Russia will exploit Macedonian name row in Balkans

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BALKANS

It will change if 50%+1 of the electorate participate and 50%+1 of them approve. The government’s greatest hope for winning the referendum may be to provoke the Internal…

New three-party Estonian government will defy critics

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ESTONIA

The stability of Estonia's new coalition.

Latvia’s new three-party coalition will probably last

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LATVIA

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…

Latvia's ruling coalition may go through a reshuffle

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LATVIA

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…

Turkey's Iraqi-Syrian Turkmen policy will backfire

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TURKEY/IRAQ/SYRIA

Ankara’s policy towards Iraqi and Syrian Turkmen.

Russia meddling Ukraine-style in Baltics is unlikely

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BALTICS

Survey evidence on Baltic Russophones’ attitudes to the EU and NATO.