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1 – 10 of 17The government regards joining the OECD as a national objective. Having opened accession negotiations in January 2022 and received its roadmap that June, the publication last…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286221
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Norway’s importance as Western Europe’s only significant hydrocarbons exporter has increased in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Its contribution might be good for Europe’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281931
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The French government is using its emergency powers to break a two-week strike at five of the country's eight refineries, which has caused fuel shortages nationwide. Union action…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273321
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Although her victory -- as an independent candidate -- is not what the governing Freedom Movement (GS), Social Democrat (SD) and Left (Levica) parties hoped for, they are relieved…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274063
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Central-East European (CEE) economies grow faster than most in good times but are more vulnerable in bad times, lacking the political and financial capital and competences to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274456
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National efforts, EU-wide measures, warm weather and low Chinese demand helped them weather the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but partly at the expense of progress on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB277919
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Slovakia’s Soviet inheritance has exposed it to the massive economic fallout from the Kremlin’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, its efforts to squeeze natural gas supplies…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273565
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Monitoring detected an improvement in air quality, allowing the emergency measure against smog to be withdrawn. However, atmospheric pollution is a chronic problem in the Western…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274991
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Regional economic disparities in Europe.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241376
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An agreement in principle in 2018, to modernise a 2000 trade deal to deepen trade and investment, is yet to be implemented. At the same time, controversial energy reforms pushed…