OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
Research on the political, economic and social situation in Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia.
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About us - OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
The Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) was established in 1990 in Warsaw as a public institution. It was created to meet democratic Poland’s demand for analytical research on the processes …
A dwindling nation. Bulgaria is on the brink of a demographic …
Dec 16, 2024 · The greatest challenge Bulgaria will face in the coming decades is addressing the persistent negative trends associated with depopulation. The country’s demographic crisis has …
The vanishing Balkans. The region’s demographic crisis | OSW …
Mar 5, 2025 · The demographic situation in the six Western Balkans countries (WB6): Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia, has been …
Wojciech Konończuk | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
Director of the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) since 2022. Previously Deputy Director and Head of the Department for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, as well as an analyst on Russia’s …
Germany: the 2026 budget and rising debt | OSW Centre for …
Dec 5, 2025 · The federal budget for 2026, adopted by the Bundestag, envisages expenditure of €524.5 billion – €21.5 billion more than in 2025 (see ‘Germany’s budget: increased investment …
Europe compensates for losses in German exports | OSW Centre …
2 days ago · According to a report by the German Economic Institute in Cologne (IW Köln), in the first three quarters of 2025 Germany’s exports of goods and services increased by 0.25% year …
The shadow of recent glory: the Belarusian IT sector after 2022
Oct 1, 2024 · The rapid growth of the IT sector in Belarus – an ‘island of modernity’ within an outdated economic model, partly based on Soviet-era management and planning standards – …
Ukraine: another difficult wartime budget | OSW Centre for Eastern …
Nov 25, 2024 · On 19 November, the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) adopted (by a majority of 257 votes) the 2025 budget law, specifying that the country’s spending will amount …