A summary of Kadri Liik’s article “The invisible battle for Russia’s future” is published by the Hungarian Magazine “Orszagut”
Ideally vaccines would be apolitical, but they have been politicised from the start, particularly by Russia and not least of all in the name it chose for its vaccine
Joanna Hosa comments on the politicization of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine
One of the government’s arguments will likely be that this new strait allows Turkey to have full sovereignty – as opposed to the free passage of Montreux
Asli Aydıntaşbaş comments on the recent protocol mishap at an EU visit to Turkey when Ursula von der Leyen was not offered a chair alongside her male co-chair
Given the fragility of the political landscape in Bulgaria, it is probable that the unresolved issues between Sofia and Skopje will remain in place for some time
Joanna Hosa explains the popularity or rejection of the Russian covid-19 vaccine in various Eastern European countries
Regionally there is a perception that the EU has again failed its immediate neighbourhood. The information that it is stockpiling 10 million unused vaccines does not help to improve this perception
Majda Ruge comments on the geopolitics of vaccines in the EU and Serbia
Russia is a top-down country. Any meaningful attempts for democratization or liberalization have always started from above and then made use of the pressure from below
Vessela Tcherneva on Covid in Bulgaria, the Conference on the Future of Europe, the European future of the Western Balkans and the new administration in Washington
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