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Ukraine reconstruction needs money and tough oversight

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UKRAINE

The Lugano conference was an important launch-pad for efforts to mobilise international support. The Ukrainian government presented a Recovery and Development Plan, a lengthy but…

Bulgaria’s biggest post-1989 arms spend widens deficit

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BULGARIA

Bulgaria’s F-16 purchase.

Serbian government faces hurdles at home and abroad

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SERBIA

The new government sworn in on August 11.

Alternative may emerge to full Turkish accession to EU

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TURKEY/EU

Erdogan has not softened his line towards the EU, but there has been some vacillation in the EU's approach. While EU signals on Turkey have been becoming sharper, at the informal…

Greece's voters may reject Syriza tactics out of fear

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GREECE

The referendum is nominally a vote on the bail-out proposals of the EU and IMF. Yet Tsipras also wants Greece's creditors to respond to the latest Greek offer, submitted on June…

Reforms' concrete impact on Turkey may not be obvious

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TURKEY

The outlook for economic reform.

EDP could bring about a Rome-Brussels agreement

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ITALY

The Commission recommended an EDP on November 21, on the grounds that Italy was in violation of the debt-reduction target set by the Stability and Growth Pact. This is the first…

Early UK vote is set to bolster May’s mandate

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UNITED KINGDOM

This move came as a surprise, as the prime minister had previously repeatedly denied that she was even contemplating such a step.

Amazon-NYC reversal will aid PPPs in other cities

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UNITED STATES

Corporate incentives to cities.

Russia spillover, low oil price will challenge Astana

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KAZAKHSTAN

The slowing down of Kazakhstan's economy continues against a background of slow global growth, the turbulent economic situation in Russia and low oil prices. Lower-than-projected…