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Alternatives to a Tunisian IMF deal are few

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TUNISIA

The day before, Noureddine Taboubi, the leader of Tunisia's largest trade union, the UGTT, said the union backs the position of President Kais Saied, who rejected the IMF's…

Price protests may not bring down Azerbaijani regime

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AZERBAIJAN

Authorities took too long to adjust the exchange-rate regime under pressure from falling oil prices, wasting resources that could have been used to shore up the banking sector…

Tunisia’s leader will disrupt diplomatic establishment

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TUNISIA

The Tunisian president's foreign policy agenda.

Grassroots will drive North Africa women’s rights push

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NORTH AFRICA

The past year has seen women’s rights movements come to the fore across the Maghreb, a region where previous initiatives have been driven by Western political pressure and from…

Tunis faces a narrowing path to avert economic crisis

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TUNISIA

Formal negotiations with the Fund had been suspended for over three months after President Kais Saied froze parliament, sacked Bouden’s predecessor and unilaterally granted…

Long-term challenges will slow Germany’s economy

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GERMANY

German economy outlook.

Global airlines will need long-term productivity gains

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INTERNATIONAL

Airline industry outlook.

COVID-19 threatens to fragment the EU further

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EU

Euro-area unity.

Germany’s economic recovery may remain anaemic

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GERMANY

Germany, like its euro-area partners, has struggled to achieve anything resembling a strong recovery from the 2008-09 financial crisis. Forecasts for 2017 have been revised…

Extensive ECB response will reduce depth of recession

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INTERNATIONAL

Far from being nonplussed by Germany’s Constitutional Court ruling of May 5 that the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP) may be illegal, it doubled the programme on June…