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Russia will factor in 'usual' responses to UK spy case

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RUSSIA/UK

The government is under pressure to attribute the attack to Russia but has so far insisted on gathering full evidence before doing so and setting out retaliatory steps. The attack…

EU will avoid new Russia sanctions as long as it can

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EU/RUSSIA

EU responses to Russian actions around Ukraine.

Russia will continue cautious covert action in Balkans

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BALKANS

Russian espionage in the Balkans.

Arbitration row may hurt Zagreb more than Ljubljana

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SLOVENIA/CROATIA

The arbitration concerens the two countries' borders, most notably in the Bay of Piran. Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic claimed the process had been 'contaminated' by…

Bulgarian government faces losses in local elections

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BULGARIA

Incumbent Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova has won outright in the three elections since 2009. Tsvetanov, Bulgaria’s second-most-influential politician until his forced resignation…

Russia will find it harder to tackle US-EU coalition

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US/RUSSIA

Billed by US and UK officials as the largest-ever mass expulsion of Russian diplomatic personnel, this is an unexpected show of common will. The United States alone is expelling…

Crisis in Spanish party is a boost for the government

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SPAIN

Casado will likely be replaced by Galician President Alberto Feijoo, who faces the difficult task of restoring public confidence in the PP and undermining support for the…

Turkish foreign policy will seek a power balance

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TURKEY

Turkey’s confrontation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a key driver of regional and to some extent international policy. Erdogan’s comfortable victory in the May 2023…

Russia row will erode Czech trust in politicians

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CZECH REPUBLIC

The security services have revealed that Russia’s GRU military intelligence service was behind an explosion at an arms depot in Vrbetice in 2014, in which two Czechs died. The…

Turkey's authoritarianism will be harder to ignore

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TURKEY

The European Commission has upped its contribution to 1 billion euros, with Germany next at 428 million, and Italy fourth at 225 million, after securing agreement that it would be…