OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
Research on the political, economic and social situation in Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia.
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 …
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 …
A disappearing country. Moldova on the verge of a demographic ...
Jan 8, 2025 · [3] For more details on the evolution of the Moldovan economy during the first 25 years of independence, see: K. Całus, The unfinished state. 25 years of independent Moldova, …
The costs of war are driving the economy: Russia’s economic …
Feb 28, 2025 · [4] For more see I. Wiśniewska, ‘Russia’s budget for 2025: war above all’, OSW, 22 November 2024, osw.waw.pl. [5] For more see K. Chawryło, ‘Short-term stability and long …
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 …
Cluster, open up! Ukraine’s opportunities and risks on the road to …
Apr 10, 2025 · [7] K. Całus, K. Nieczypor, ‘A window with a view of membership: Ukraine's and Moldova's progress on the path to the EU’, OSW Commentary, no. 634, 29 November 2024, …
Ukraine halts formation of new brigades. Day 1077 of the war
Feb 4, 2025 · Fighting continues for control of the communication routes on Pokrovsk’s flanks. Russia has increased its holdings, but has failed to advance deep into the defenders’ …
Russian progress on key front lines. Day 1056 of the war | OSW …
Jan 14, 2025 · The Russians have occupied the built-up area of Toretsk. The north-western outskirts of the town and the mine in its northern part remain under Ukraine’s control and …