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Schengen enlargement may be delayed further

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ROMANIA/BULGARIA

Austria vetoed both countries’ accession, ignoring the European Commission’s positive recommendation. The Netherlands opposed only Bulgaria’s entry. Schengen’s non-enlargement…

Poor data-sharing hurts South-east Asian security

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Outlook for the development of intelligence-sharing mechanisms in South-east Asia.

Albanian premier faces tough year ahead of elections

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ALBANIA

The PD has started healing some of the rifts that have divided it for nearly three years. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party (PS) is favourite to win…

Hungary must make real changes to unlock EU funds

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HUNGARY/EU

The first triggering of the EU’s rule-of-law mechanism and the possibility of losing billions of euros as Hungary teeters on the brink of recession have put the government under…

South African treasury changes may undermine targets

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SOUTH AFRICA

Since Gigaba controversially replaced Pravin Gordhan in March, the National Treasury has made a series of key personnel changes, including the position of chief procurement…

FATF mission may find Paraguay corruption worsening

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PARAGUAY

The controversial decision coincided with the start of a major international evaluation of Paraguay’s compliance with international guidelines on combatting illicit financial…

South African corruption fight depends on ANC politics

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SOUTH AFRICA

His four-year probe focused on large-scale corruption during the presidency of former President Jacob Zuma. It has implicated a number of high-ranking politicians and…

South Africa’s media terrain faces diverging fortunes

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SOUTH AFRICA

Manyi, a Zuma ally, bought the Gupta-owned The New Age newspaper and TV news channel ANN7 in August in a wholly vendor-financed deal. In recent years, The New Age and ANN7 have…

China's social credit system creates risk to business

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CHINA

Foreign media typically present China’s efforts to build the 'social credit' system as an Orwellian nightmare where the state uses information technology to conduct…

Uneven e-government will hinder South-east Asia trade

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ASEAN

E-government systems in ASEAN member states.