
BALKAN BLOG: Bulgaria’s two faces
The war in Ukraine has amplified the rift within Bulgaria between pro-Western liberals and illiberal pro-Russians.
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Russia remaking EEU trade relations in an increasingly fractured world
Russia took over the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) at the start of this year and is looking to the trade club as one of the ways it can expand its trade after the Western world has increasingly cut ties due to sanctions.
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Poland has its own Swiss credit problem
The issue of the country's Swiss franc mortgages is coming to a head just as financial contagion is spreading in the wake of the collapse of SVB and the forced takeover of Credit Suisse.
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The first German Leopard 2, UK Challenger 2 tanks arrive in Ukraine
18 Leopard 2 tanks promised by the German government and the first Challenger 2 tanks pledged by the UK have arrived in Kyiv.
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HESS: Xi’s visit to Russia was a failure for Putin
The 20-21 March Moscow summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin has garnered significant attention and rightly so. It marks a significant change in the unfolding geopolitics.
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Masha Tsigal: Moscow’s 1990s it-girl on how war has changed fashion in Russia
Decades on from Russia’s wild 1990s, the country’s cultural landscape continues to be largely shaped by the enduring influence of the giants that hogged the limelight in the shadow of the former Soviet Union.
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Retail booms off the beaten track in Southeast Europe
Investment into new shopping centres is going strong in the smaller markets of the Western Balkans and outside the main cities in Southeast Europe's EU members where demand for new modern retail space is high.
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INTERVIEW: Ruben Vardanyan, ousted state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
The status of the breakaway territory must be settled as part of any final peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and this will require a joint effort of Russia and the West in the UNSC, says Armenian billionaire.
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