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Right are slight favourites ahead of Portugal election

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PORTUGAL

Costa’s Socialist Party (PS), which is now led by Pedro Nuno Santos, is tied in opinion polling with the centre-right opposition Democratic Alliance (AD). The far-right Chega is…

Kyrgyz election brings new populism but no stability

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KYRGYZSTAN

Japarov rose to power during a period of turmoil and was elected on a promise of delivering swift relief from poverty, the COVID-19 crisis, political instability and external…

Petrobras undermines Brazil's investment efforts

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BRAZIL

A lagging economy, declining global commodity prices and the crippling corruption crisis affecting state-owned oil giant Petrobras (estimated at 17 billion dollars in losses) have…

Sierra Leone may use COVID-19 to centralise control

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SIERRA LEONE

Sierra Leone's COVID-19 response.

Zambian debt crisis could become entrenched

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ZAMBIA

Zambian debt crisis.

Brazil business will see no rapid recovery

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BRAZIL

Among those awaiting the beginning of the Rio Olympic Games on August 5, business leaders will be looking forward to a period of relative political and economic calm. They will…

Zimbabwe economic crisis may escalate further

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ZIMBABWE

Since the abandonment of the multi-currency regime in June, the new Zimbabwe dollar has lost almost 60% of its value relative to the US dollar. The parallel market for foreign…

Slovenia's window of opportunity to reform is closing

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SLOVENIA

The economy has been growing respectably, helped by rising exports, inward foreign direct investment (FDI), the ECB's quantitative easing and large inflows of EU structural funds…

Angolan privatisation will test Lourenco reform agenda

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ANGOLA

Lourenco’s government launched in August its flagship Privatisation Programme (PROPRIV), with 195 companies and assets set to be either fully or partially sold. With a legal…

Central Europe external risks still outweigh internal

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Investors are brushing off mounting political risks in Poland despite an erosion of democratic checks and balances under the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) government. In…