Official Russian reactions to Donald Trump’s victory have been reserved yet consistent, giving the impression of a deliberate political signal aimed both at the domestic Russian audience (tempering ...

On 6 November, Olaf Scholz (SPD) dismissed the Minister of Finance and leader of the FDP, Christian Lindner, and announced a snap election. In a statement issued in the evening, he blamed the FDP for ...

On 1 November, Ukrainian drones attacked a fuel base in Stavropol Krai and a fuel and energy complex (TEK) in Bashkortostan.

They also widened the base of departure for a potential attempt to cross the Oskil River, driving the defenders out of their ...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine aims to subjugate or destroy Ukraine, overturn the current political and security ...

On 3 November, Maia Sandu, the de facto leader of the ruling pro-Western Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), won Moldova’s presidential run-off election. She received 55.4% of the vote, while her ...

On 28 October, two days after the parliamentary election (see ‘The fourth term of Georgian Dream: a questionable victory’), protestors took to the streets in Tbilisi, demanding accountability for alle ...

The main purpose of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to India from 24 to 26 October was the seventh German-Indian intergovernmental consultations, held under the motto “Growing Together with Innovation, ...

On 4 October, Ukraine’s secret services detained Tetiana Krupa, the head of the Medical-Social Expert Commission (MSEK, a body responsible, among other tasks, for issuing disability certificates) in ...

On 27 October, for the seventh time in the past three years, Bulgaria held elections for its 240-member National Assembly. The centre-right GERB party, led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, ...

On 27 October, in the second round of the Lithuanian parliamentary election, the opposition Social Democratic party (LSDP), led by Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, emerged victorious. The election was held in 63 ...

On 27 October, parliamentary and local elections were held in Uzbekistan. The ruling Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party won the election for the Legislative Chamber, the lower house of parliament, ...