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EU scrutiny of Chinese investment will increase

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EU

Investment screening in the EU.

Eastern EU economies may rebound quickly in 2021

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EUROPE

Following sharp contractions across Europe in the second quarter of 2020 and a strong rebound in the third, most CEE countries have been able to maintain some momentum in…

Radicals will continue to press for Bosnia's break-up

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BOSNIA

Reports leave it unclear whether the meeting lifted the threat, which arose from RS claims that a SIPA raid in Bosanski Novi on December 10 infringed RS jurisdiction. SIPA…

China's virus diplomacy has limited pull in Balkans

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BALKANS

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in the Balkans have mostly failed to deliver on promises of improving infrastructure. Chinese prestige in the region now relies…

Western pressure may ease Bosnia election blockages

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BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA

This unblocks one of several obstacles to countrywide elections scheduled for October, as the Federation court will have a role to play in the electoral process. There are…

Croat war criminal’s death will shake Balkans

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BALKANS

ICTY’s final verdict on six Bosnian Croat war criminals was a major blow to Zagreb, as it confirmed the Croatian wartime leadership’s responsibility for atrocities in…

Poland, Czechia and Hungary may join euro, but not yet

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EASTERN EUROPE

The Denkov administration that took office in June has set adopting the euro as a top priority, and blames the previous interim government for Bulgaria’s unpreparedness to join…

Croatia will watch whether euro adoption raises prices

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CROATIA

After implementing its anti-inflationary stabilisation programme in 1993, Croatia recorded stable and modest inflation rates. That changed in 2022, when inflation accelerated…

China will invest selectively in South-eastern Europe

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BALKANS/CHINA

Despite controversies and Western push-back, Beijing remains involved in infrastructure development across South-eastern Europe. Chinese investment is also flowing into the…

Bosnia’s flawed elections may force West to intervene

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BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA

CEC sources said the problem went beyond the Serb-dominated RS entity and ballots must be recounted from more than one in six of the polling stations across Bosnia. The…