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Dinar ban will damage EU-led Kosovo-Serbia dialogue

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KOSOVO

A Central Bank regulation reaffirming the euro as sole legal tender has alarmed Kosovo’s Serbs who see it as a direct threat to their existence and is jeopardising already complex…

New Turkish Cypriot leader is chance for settlement

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CYPRUS/TURKEY

Reunion of the island is now an option, for the first time since the Turkish invasion of 1974. There is strong international support, but designing a deal acceptable to both…

Hungarian mogul’s success will be linked to premier’s

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HUNGARY

A profile of Hungarian businessman Lorinc Meszaros.

Next UK Labour leader will struggle to restore unity

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UNITED KINGDOM

Labour leadership race.

Policy mix will fail to tackle Balkan air pollution

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BALKANS

Monitoring detected an improvement in air quality, allowing the emergency measure against smog to be withdrawn.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…

Far-left divisions could alter German politics

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GERMANY

The resignation of Bartsch followed Amira Mohamed Ali’s decision to resign as co-chair. The Left is deeply divided, especially over the war in Ukraine, which triggered several…

Terrorist trauma will prove turning point for France

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FRANCE

Paris is on the highest terrorist alert after men armed with assault rifles killed twelve people at the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo -- eight journalists, a…

Anti-virus policies may hurt democracy in eastern EU

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EU

Eastern EU’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic.

Lifting COVID-19 measures may hit resilient eastern EU

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EU

Available second-quarter data indicate a shallower recession in most of the eleven eastern EU member states (EU-11) than the rest of the EU in January-June. This may be due to a…