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Azerbaijan's oil refining upgrade will cost consumers

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AZERBAIJAN

Petrol pricing and Azerbaijan's oil refining industry.

Cost-of-living crisis will not hurt Hungary’s rulers

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HUNGARY

The largest annual rise was for food, by 30.9% (3.3% month-on-month). Many Hungarians are expecting their living standards to decline, with costs rising also for some public…

COVID-19 will hit northern Central America hard

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CENTRAL AMERICA

COVID-19.

EU threatens Slovakia with rule-of-law sanctions

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EASTERN EUROPE

The EU has warned Slovakia that it could face fines or blocked EU funds over concerns that the government’s judicial reforms, particularly those protecting politicians from…

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…

Kaliningrad upset warns Lithuania against recklessness

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LITHUANIA

Lithuania announced in June that it was applying EU sanctions to goods going by rail across its territory to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. Moscow complained that this violated a…

Russia will both contest and adjust to EU carbon tax

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RUSSIA

Additional EU taxes on carbon-intensive energy and other products could cost Russian industry up to EUR50bn (USD59bn) before 2030. With some corporate exceptions, Russia's…

External conditions add to Georgian economic growth

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GEORGIA

Georgia's positive economic outlook.

Boom will fail to put Romanian economy on firm footing

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ROMANIA

Shortcomings in economic management.

Commission will seek to drive EU integration again

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EU

Brexit was little more than a footnote in a speech that outlined several initiatives and a vision calling for the other 27 EU members to move forward together towards deeper…