Political Risk

The Czech domestic political landscape has changed significantly in the past 12 months, and now - just three months before parliamentary elections - another twist looks set to alter... 2006-03-31

The combination of parliamentary elections, constitutional change, and soaring gas prices will ensure another turbulent year in Ukrainian politics in 2006, following a year which... 2006-03-07

Elections to the country's 100-seat unicameral parliament are due to take place in October. And while the four-party governing coalition is likely to hold until then, it is unlikely... 2006-03-07

In early February, the minority Law and Justice (PiS) government faced its first major hurdle in government, and for all the negative consequences of its decision, showed a shrewd... 2006-03-07

A foreign policy targeting relations with Hungary's neighbouring countries is not an entirely new concept, but late 2005 and early 2006 saw a new initiative: joint cabinet meetings... 2006-02-06

Poland’s politicians have been up in arms since Russia and Germany agreed in 2004 to build a new EUR4bn gas pipeline bypassing the country without its consultation. They argue the... 2006-01-12

With their eyes firmly on a spring election victory, Hungary’s two main political parties are squaring up for an epic fight. Opinion polls show vacillations in public support, and... 2006-01-10

With the minority reformist government having survived the greatest coalition crisis yet, defeated opposition attempts to bring it down, and secured parliamentary approval of its... 2006-01-09

With parliamentary elections due in June 2006, it is the political left that continues to maintain the momentum, after recovering from near collapse earlier in 2005. Although the... 2006-01-06

In one of his first press conferences as Poland’s new prime minster, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz boldly stated that adoption of the single currency was unlikely to fall within his four-year... 2005-12-01