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Italy's Renzi will face critical tests before year-end

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ITALY

This is a crucial step for the government before year-end, together with long-term banking issues and slowing economic recovery. The European Commission has allowed Italy…

Normal politics will not return to Ukraine soon

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UKRAINE

The invasion has consolidated public opinion around President Volodymyr Zelensky and increased the power of the security apparatus, helping kickstart some reforms but also…

Hungarian opposition will make gains in EU elections

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HUNGARY

A scandal engulfing the ruling right-wing Fidesz party and the subsequent meteoric rise of Peter Magyar as a key opposition player have marked the run-up to the polls, which until…

Slovak parties may draw lessons from election upset

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SLOVAKIA

Liberal and centre-right parties supported the civic activist Caputova, who gained 58.4% of the vote. European Commissioner Sefcovic, who had been nominated by Direction-Social…

Moldovan government has window for reform

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MOLDOVA

A possible period of respite for Moldova.

Putin is unlikely to tempt Russia’s wealthy to return

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RUSSIA

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Leonid Volkov, among others, contend that imposing sanctions on critics of the war is unfair, and that other sanctioned elites might be encouraged to…

Palestinian media freedom is heavily constrained

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PALESTINIANS

Actions by Palestinian and Israeli authorities have suppressed media freedom and freedom of expression in the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) in the last 15 months. This has restricted…

Romania’s political renewal is still unlikely

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ROMANIA

The PNL is on the verge of replacing the former communist Social Democratic Party (PSD) in office. The change is more apparent than real. Both wish to lower expectations and…

New Estonian government will be cautious until polls

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ESTONIA

A coalition between the Reform and Centre parties, it replaces Centre’s coalition with the populist radical right-wing Estonian Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) and the…

Centre-right government takes power in Slovakia

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SLOVAKIA

The February 29 parliamentary elections resulted in the defeat of ruling left-nationalist Direction-Social Democracy (Smer-SD), which has led Slovakia’s government for 12 (3…