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Balkan Mini-Schengen is second-best to EU enlargement

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BALKANS

Meeting in Ohrid on November 10, the leaders of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania pledged to abolish border controls and work towards an integrated economic area. Such regional…

Costa Rica's socioeconomic problems will outlast Solis

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COSTA RICA

Midway through his term, Solis is a lame duck president.

Exports become priority task for Russian agriculture

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RUSSIA

After four years promoting food import substitution, Russia's government is looking to expand exports of foodstuffs including but not restricted to grain. State funding for the…

Poland, Czechia and Hungary may join euro, but not yet

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EASTERN EUROPE

The Denkov administration that took office in June has set adopting the euro as a top priority, and blames the previous interim government for Bulgaria’s unpreparedness to join…

New Five-Year Plan will set China on course to 2049

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CHINA

Sectoral and regional five-year plans drafted on the basis of the national plan will then set out in detail measures that change the policy, regulatory or competitive environment…

Berlin will reorient its policy vis-a-vis Washington

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GERMANY/US

This comes after German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said in December that the “retreat” of the United States under Trump marked a fundamental break in Euro-Atlantic relations…

Deteriorating external environment is main Greek risk

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GREECE

ND development plan.

Recovery plan will meet EU priorities not Greek needs

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GREECE/EU

The plan, otherwise known as Greece 2.0, is reportedly the most detailed national plan EU officials have yet seen. It contains 175 investment projects and reforms. Green…

Critical EU report on Turkey may trigger 'Turexit'

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EUROPE/TURKEY

Turkey's faltering EU accession process looks more at risk than ever, following Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn's warning that Ankara had "clearly chosen to move away from…

India will step up economic diplomacy

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INDIA

He has retained S Jaishankar as his foreign minister, in line with a broad trend of preserving continuity within the cabinet. Although his parliamentary majority is reduced and…