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South-eastern Europe will focus on cross-border links

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GREECE/BULGARIA/ROMANIA

The EU seeks to improve connectivity among its members and partners in South-eastern Europe, with added impetus since the invasion of Ukraine. Improved cross-border connections…

China-US equity investment links will erode

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CHINA/US

Even if successful, this arrangement will not reverse the trend towards Chinese firms relying on investment within China rather than US financial markets. Regulatory pressures and…

Islamic State group could gain foothold in Pakistan

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PAKISTAN

The risk of ISG-linked activity in Pakistan.

Foreign cyberattacks will make US policy more coercive

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UNITED STATES

These sprints are part of a wider overhaul of national cybersecurity necessitated by the recently uncovered Russia-linked SolarWinds hack and the China-linked Microsoft Exchange…

East African rails could shape regional links

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EAST AFRICA

The announcement comes as neighbouring Ethiopia moves toward completing a rail link with Djibouti to increase access to the Red Sea port. Ethiopia's rail expansion is part of a…

North Macedonia may axe key transport link to Bulgaria

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NORTH MACEDONIA

The corridor is considered strategic by the EU, but Mickoski suggested that funding for the project be reallocated instead to upgrading the north-south Corridor X, which connects…

Gulf railway investment could promote more integration

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GULF STATES

Rail investment is growing across the GCC states, with the reinvigorated Gulf Railway aiming to link Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait…

Phishing threatens state and corporate cybersecurity

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INT

One group is based in Russia, the other in Iran. The advisory highlights how little some of the primary tactics and techniques used by cybercriminals and state intelligence…

Moldova and Ukraine to upgrade cross-border links

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MOLDOVA/UKRAINE

Chisinau is pursuing an overhaul of critical cross-border infrastructure. Modernising railway and road networks could provide neighbouring Ukraine with another corridor to the EU…

Critical infrastructure sees rising cybersecurity risk

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INT

The Belgian attack has been linked but not attributed to Chinese state-linked actors; the other two were apparently conducted by financially motivated, private ransomware hackers…