Political Risk

Following the appointment of a new ODS-led coalition government, composed of the Civic Democrats (ODS), the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) and the Green Party (SZ), at the beginning... 2007-03-16

BMI View: Parliamentary elections on March 4 were won by the Reform Party of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. As we had expected, Reform has ditched its left-leaning coalition partners... 2007-03-07

Less than two months after the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan held its first multi-candidate presidential election on February 11. With the backing of the armed... 2007-03-05

BMI View: The upcoming parliamentary elections are likely to be a closely fought contest between the left-leaning Centre Party and the centre-right Reform Party. The likelihood of... 2007-02-05

BMI View: The Latvian authorities are close to finally signing a border treaty with Russia. Progress on the longstanding border issue should improve relations with Latvia's eastern... 2007-02-05

BMI View: The past four months have on the whole supported our view that Slovakia's new three-party government would be more stable than its predecessor which, despite being united... 2006-12-08

BMI View: Czech politics remains in stasis, as the two main parties begin negotiations on forming a government for the second time. An agreement would enable the swift appointment... 2006-11-20

Preliminary results from the first round of Polish local elections on November 12 show, as expected, that the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party sustained defeats in many towns, and... 2006-11-16

BMI View: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's reception of the Polish premier in Berlin on October 30 renewed strained Polish-German relations, but showed little common ground between... 2006-11-03

BMI View: Voters returned the three-party centre-right government to power in early October. The government has gone form having a minority of seats in parliament to a slim majority.... 2006-10-24