On 16 July, the Verkhovna Rada approved Serhii Koretskyi as prime minister by a majority of 289 votes and confirmed the composition of his cabinet. The new government reversed the merger of two ‘super ...

On 13 July, Lithuania’s Minister of the Interior, Martynas Katelynas, proposed the introduction of temporary controls at the border with Latvia in response to a significant increase in the number of ...

However, the absence of other settlements shielding Kramatorsk from the east provides Ukraine with the opportunity to make ...

According to Russian sources, defence industry facilities were also reportedly destroyed, including the Radionix plant (which ...

Following its victory in the April 2026 parliamentary elections and the securing of a constitutional majority, Péter Magyar’s government began implementing one of its key campaign pledges: to restore ...

Europe and Canada presented President Donald Trump with a significant increase in defence spending, new military procurements ...

On 15 July, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov would not be part of the new government. The government reshuffle and the allegedly slow implementation of ...

More than two months after the collapse of Ilie Bolojan’s government, Romania’s main political parties remain unable to reach an agreement on the formation of a new cabinet. This impasse comes at an ...

On 14 July, the Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) approved the programme and composition of the new government led by Social Democrat Mindaugas Sinkevičius by a narrow majority of 72 votes in the ...

The Russian authorities are working on draft legislation to comprehensively regulate the domestic cryptocurrency market. The bill, originally expected to enter into force on 1 July 2026, is awaiting ...

Since the end of May, Russia has been experiencing a fuel crisis marked by physical shortages of fuel across most regions of the country, accompanied by rising prices for petrol and diesel. This ...

OSW Senior Research Fellow for the Republic of Moldova (since 2012) and also Romania (since 2018). Graduate (MA) of International Relations (specialisation: Eastern Studies) and Journalism and Social ...