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India will defy external pressure over climate policy

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INDIA

The G7 wants leading emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to achieve net-zero emissions by around mid-century, preferably 2050. India’s targeted Nationally Determined Contribution…

Factors encouraging Lithuanians to emigrate will fall

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LITHUANIA

Before COVID-19 intervened, economic growth, rising wages, the development of high-tech sectors and Brexit were encouraging immigration. In 2019, 51% of immigrants were…

Prospects for the EU to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for the EU to end-2017.

United Kingdom will contribute to Balkan security

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BALKANS/UK

The deployment raises the number of UK troops within NATO’s KFOR mission to 600. The move comes in response to escalating violence in Kosovo. Despite Brexit, the United Kingdom…

US sanctions will have limited impact on Balkan elites

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BALKANS/UNITED STATES

The US government has identified high-level corruption involving senior officials and politically connected tycoons as a key threat to Western Balkan stability. It sees the fight…

ECJ bugbear undermines London’s negotiating position

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UNITED KINGDOM

The role for the ECJ after Brexit will be a key sticking point as negotiations between London and Brussels progress.

Prospects for Europe in the third quarter

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PROSPECTS Q3 2015

Prospects for Europe in the third quarter.

EU is unlikely to change course on Russia sanctions

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EU

The sanctions, reviewed on a semi-annual basis, have now been extended until January 2018, despite speculation about divisions within the EU. This comes after the US Treasury…

UK Supreme Court ruling is unlikely to delay Brexit

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UNITED KINGDOM

The government had hoped to use executive powers known as the royal prerogative to begin the two-year process of withdrawing from the EU. Instead the court ruled -- by a majority…

German shift on austerity would risk 'wrong' lessons

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GERMANY

Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a rising tide of euro-area members in favour of a policy shift away from austerity and possibly towards more favourable debt deals for euro-area…