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CENTRAL EUROPE
50 Anti-science collusion by oil producers blocks progress at UN climate talks in Poland
51 European court rejects Czech Prime Minister Babis's complaint, leaves him on StB spy list in Slovakia
52 Castoff clothing a $770mn business in Eastern Europe
56 Hungarian president signs controversial law raising overtime threshold
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
58 Thousands protest against Serbia's "autocratic" regime
59 Romanian government survives no-confidence vote
60 Kosovan parliament gives nod to formation of army
60 State Department okays possible Turkey purchase of Patriot missile systems
EASTERN EUROPE
62 Plastics in the snow – Sibur takes the lead in Russia's burgeoning petrochemical sector
67 Smaller Russian equity market pie, but bigger pieces
68 The revival of Russia’s cinema industry
71 Two out of three Russians regret the fall of the Soviet Union
72 Belarus-Russia energy dispute snowballs
EURASIA
74 Russian telecom major MTS packing up its kit, exiting Turkmenistan
75 Velvet revolutionary’ Pashinian clear victor in Armenia’s general election
76 Kazakhs to challenge Uzbek automaking dominance as Chinese pump in capital
77 Iranian Twittersphere goes berserk over claims BBC Persian is Islamic Republic outlet
OPINION
78 Now the hard part starts for Nikol Pashinian, Armenia’s Robin Hood
80 The state is back in the banking business in Central and Eastern Europe
82 NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
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