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Equatorial Guinea’s VP will consolidate his position

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Despite the public criticism, Obama Asue was soon reappointed. This was due largely to the reported intervention of the president’s son, Vice-President Teodorin Obiang, a…

EU-led reform will be loser in Bulgarian elections

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BULGARIA

The change of president and government in late January has shifted the power balance in favour of the Socialist Party (BSP), but the centre-right Citizens for Bulgaria’s European…

Ukraine leaders delay reforms and consider tactics

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UKRAINE

The Rada is dragging its feet on legislation on the special court and electoral reform, despite pressure from the IMF and EU. The two months remaining before parliament goes into…

Presidential vote may not break Montenegro’s impasse

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MONTENEGRO

Depending on who wins, the election could end an impasse created when Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic lost a confidence vote in August and President Milo Djukanovic refused to…

Erdogan is on path taking Turkey away from the West

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TURKEY

The Turkish leadership believes that a new US administration may stand back from its predecessor's criticisms of Turkey and be better placed to strike a deal with Russia and…

Iran’s relations with the EU will worsen

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IRAN

IRAN: Relations with the EU will worsen

Erdogan may emerge from pandemic even stronger

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TURKEY

Official figures give Turkey a case fatality rate of 2.7% or 49 deaths per million, well below Western European figures and by no means the catastrophe predicted by outside…

Rows over EU funding abuse may affect budget reform

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EU/CEE

The misuse of EU structural and cohesion funds in eastern member states.

Kamerhe arrest will destabilise Congo’s presidency

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Dynamics within Congo's coalition government.

Opposition split may mean more violence for Kosovo

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KOSOVO

Kosovo's violent and fragmenting opposition.