Political Risk

Negotiators have failed to reach a conclusion over the issue of Kosovo independence during talks held in Vienna, which adjudicated on October 22. During negotiations, the troika (representing... 2007-10-30

BMI View: The November Croatian parliamentary elections are becoming much harder to call, as the HDZ has started to make up lost ground. Whoever wins will almost certainly maintain... 2007-10-25

Bulgaria's parliament rejected a vote of no-confidence motion against the Socialist Government on October 23. The opposition brought the motion citing its failure to tackle education... 2007-10-24

BMI View: The arrival of Miroslav Lajck as the new High Representative could well mark a break from the difficult period of Christian Schwarz-Schilling's incumbancy. However, Lajck... 2007-06-25

BMI's new political risk ratings are an instructive overview of regional stability and power dynamics. Our structural ratings reflect threats to political stability, while our... 2007-05-31

BMI View: While the consensus expectation is that suspended President Traian Basescu will win a referendum on his impeachment on May 19, we believe the vote may not be conclusive.... 2007-04-30

In January 2008, Slovenia will be the first of the new EU members, which joined in 2004, to take the helm of the EU presidency. The country will be assisted by an agreement reached... 2007-04-25

Preliminary results from Albanian local elections, held on February 18, indicate that the governing Democratic Party (DP) has made gains in the south, though in a highly contested... 2007-02-23

The crisis surrounding the unresolved political status of Kosovo reached a recent climax, when all major Serbian political parties agreed on a resolution in parliament, rejecting... 2007-02-19

Following the Serbian Parliamentary elections on January 21, the parties met yesterday for the first time with Serbian President Boris Tadic to hold talks on forming a new Serbian... 2007-01-30