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The lower house of Poland's parliament passed a resolution on February 25 condemning the government of President Aleksander Lukashenko of Belarus. The resolution passed unanimously... 2011-02-28

Estonians will head to the polls for a general election in March and we stand by our core view that Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's Reform Party remain in a solid position to win back... 2011-02-28

Trouble is afoot yet again in the ruling centre-right coalition, with Igor Matovič of the junior coalition party, the Ordinary People, sacked for siding with the opposition... 2011-02-22

A tense standoff between the Czech Doctors' Union (LOK) and the government, whereby about 3,800 hospital doctors turned in their notice in protest for pay rises, has ended with LOK... 2011-02-22

Fitch, the bond-rating agency, has described Poland's public finances as being on an unsustainable trend, but left its A- rating (its seventh highest) unchanged. In our view, Poland's... 2011-01-28

The citizenship dispute rumbles on between Bratislava and Budapest, with Slovakia claiming that a Hungarian law that encourages ethnic Hungarians to apply for citizenship in Hungary... 2011-01-28

The three ruling coalition parties have agreed on key principles in reforming the pension system, including diverting a part of the social insurance payments to private pension schemes... 2011-01-27

Efforts to liberalise Lithuania's energy market as part of an EU wide strategy adopted in March 2009, have resulted in a diplomatic row between the government and Russian energy company... 2011-01-27

According to the polling agency Tarki, public support for Hungary's ruling Fidesz party dipped slightly in January to 38% from a previous 43% back in December. However, this did not... 2011-01-26

We hold to our core view that the centre-right Reform Party will win the upcoming general elections due in March and remain in control of the coalition government. A series of scandals... 2011-01-25