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EU Israel-Palestine policy will remain contradictory

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EU

The lack of a clear strategy is systemic, arising from the lack of a functioning common EU foreign policy. Stuck in the parameters of the two-state solution and refusing to…

EU-China trade war over electric vehicles is unlikely

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EU/CHINA

The EU’s investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), due to suspicions of unfair subsidies and dumping practices, has raised trade-related concerns. An EU-China trade war…

'Near-shoring' may bring FDI to Eastern Europe

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EASTERN EUROPE

Countries such as Poland, Romania and Hungary have attracted major investment into manufacturing. A new wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) could drive functional upgrading of…

Central Europe is cutting dependence on Russian energy

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EASTERN EUROPE

The four Visegrad (V4) countries -- Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia and Poland -- have built up gas stocks to prepare for the winter. Once the EU states most dependent on Russian gas…

NATO’s east European allies are to upgrade air forces

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EASTERN EUROPE/US

EASTERN EUROPE/US: Air forces upgrade

Eastern Europe’s defence industries will modernise

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EASTERN EUROPE

FSVTS explicitly mentioned facilities in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. Both countries are sizeable arms manufacturers and exporters, but also rely on certain Russian supplies…

Czech-US security and defence ties will grow

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CZECH REPUBLIC

This DCA, facilitated by a change of government in Czechia, is part of US efforts to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. It will deepen ties in…

Central Europe will focus on small nuclear reactors

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EASTERN EUROPE

EASTERN EUROPE: Small nuclear reactors gain support

Central Europe may cut rates despite high inflation

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EASTERN EUROPE

Lower wholesale natural gas prices have improved balance-of-payments and fiscal positions and driven down inflation rates in Central Europe (CE). Financial markets are pricing in…

Rates may stay high in Eastern Europe for many months

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EASTERN EUROPE

Rising tensions over monetary policy in Central-Eastern Europe have burst into the open in Poland. The National Bank of Poland (NBP)’s controversial decision to halt a year-long…