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Global climate goals are on course to be missed

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INTERNATIONAL

Amid rising energy and food prices, the report reaffirms the magnitude of the climate change challenge. Building on the previous two working group reports, it sets out potential…

Serious EU-China trade conflict is unlikely

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EU/CHINA

The Commission claims that Chinese EVs are much cheaper than EU ones because of subsidies, which is damaging EU industrial competitiveness in an unfair manner. The announcement…

Anti-virus policies may hurt democracy in eastern EU

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EU

Eastern EU’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic.

German-French defence tensions will persist

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GERMANY

Berlin argues that Arrow 3 will close a capabilities gap in its air defence, though some analysts regard it as unnecessary. It is stepping up defence spending after years of…

Austria will be slow to change neutrality stance

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AUSTRIA

Such investment will be spread across key areas including aviation, cyber and ground warfare. Increased defence spending does not point to changes on Austria's policy of…

Green hydrogen may gain ground in South-eastern Europe

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BALKANS

GH is a means to store renewable energy and is vital for decarbonising manufacturing, transport, shipping and other key industries. The technology could boost the EU-promoted…

Sweden will stick closely to its COVID-19 strategy

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SWEDEN

Sweden’s cases have been consistently higher than those in neighbouring countries while at one stage it had the highest death rate in Europe. However, case and death numbers have…

Prospects for the euro-area to end-2023

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PROSPECTS H2 2023

Tourism and other customer-facing sectors are growing solidly even though above-target inflation is squeezing disposable incomes. However, strong services activity is keeping core…

Russia worries will promote closer Sweden-US ties

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SWEDEN/US

Sweden-US defence cooperation.

EU incentive will calm Serbian relations with region

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SERBIA

While building good-neighbourly relations in the Balkans requires painstaking efforts, the hard work can be undone extremely quickly. Hence the alarm in many Western capitals…