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COMPANIES & MARKETS
Dollarisation in Turkey surpasses record set during country’s 2001 economic crisis
Kosovo faces worst energy crisis in a decade
Romania to postpone euro adoption target until 2029
Serbian media tycoon takes over Southampton football club
Corruption probe launched at Bosnia's biggest pharmaceuticals manufacturer
Russia reports poor harvest, Ukraine bumper crop in 2021
Inflows into EM and Russian securities resume after Christmas sell-off
Norwegian fertiliser producer Yara initiates wind-down of its sourcing of Belarus-ian potash
CEE banking: As good as it gets in (post-) crisis times and the challenging geopo- litical environment
PPF still has the deal- making mojo after death of founder Petr Kellner
Owner of Russia's largest car dealer Rolf forced to sell
17 Russian retail consolidation continues as Lenta buys e-grocer Utkonos
18 Two investment funds buy Bulgarian IT company Chaos
19 Russia’s Otkritie bank rescued and ready to IPO
21 Omicron variant ends Romania’s stock market rally
22 Romanian antivirus company Bitdefender prepares $2bn IPO in the US
23 Is viral video of 'Kazakh terrorist group' KLF Russian disinformation?
25 Internet blackouts amid Kazakhstan crisis ‘knock 13.4% off Bitcoin hashrate’
25 Russia’s e-commerce trade growth expected to slow to 10% in 2021
27 Romanian software producer Arobs lists shares on Bucharest Exchange
28 Avito becomes world’s most visited classified site
29 Russia's $6.5 trillion decarbonising plan will launch next year
32 Gas and nuclear still in the running to be included in EU green taxonomy
33 Bonum continues investment spree with Russian coking coal
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