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South Ossetia border with Georgia will stay tense

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GEORGIA/RUSSIA

Controversial moves to mark the South Ossetia border.

French role in EU nuclear defence will be limited

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FRANCE

France is the only EU country to possess nuclear weapons, while several others host US nuclear weapons under a NATO nuclear-sharing scheme. Macron has not provided detail…

UK and EU trade deals will be key priorities for India

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INDIA

Earlier this month, he visited Germany, Denmark and France. India has drawn closer to both the United Kingdom and the EU in recent years amid shared concerns over China’s growing…

The EU will encounter obstacles in the South Caucasus

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CAUCASUS

This follows years of the region being regarded as of peripheral interest to Brussels. Nonetheless, relations have not always been smooth.

Georgia will face serious obstacles to EU membership

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GEORGIA

Georgia officially embarked on the path to EU membership along with Ukraine and Moldova shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Despite Tbilisi not meeting the…

France will pursue a balancing strategy towards China

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FRANCE

President Emmanuel Macron wants to maintain dialogue with President Xi Jinping as well as boost trade relations between the two countries. When it comes to defence and security…

EU energy market reform would carry important risks

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EU

Southern European countries want to impose price ceilings and decouple the electricity market from gas prices. They face strong resistance from northern member states, who instead…

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…

Leading Kosovo politicians face war crimes indictments

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KOSOVO

Kosovo’s government has abandoned its attempt to block the work of a court set up to try former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) for war crimes. As a consequence, some…