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26 Uzbekistan’s e-commerce market leader Uzum Market the most downloaded app
in 2023
27 Low-emissions electricity to outpace demand increase for next three years at least
28 Biden suspends four LNG export licences to burnish his green credentials
30 Serbia signs €2bn renewable energy deal with Chinese companies
COVER FEATURE
33 Ukraine’s new long-range
drones threaten Russia’s northern oil and gas facilities
CENTRAL EUROPE
36 Poland set for tumultuous year as Tusk and Duda lock horns
37 European Parliament approves resolution attacking release of EU funds to Hungary
39 Slovak premier says he will veto Ukraine’s Nato bid
41 Estonia says it will not repatriate mobilisation age Ukrainians
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
42 Moldovan president says “new page” opens in country’s history as it gets go-ahead for EU talks
44 Serbia to ramp up military spending in 2024 in standoff with Kosovo
45 Over a quarter of Kosovan adults consider emigrating after gaining visa-free travel totheEU45
46 Tiny Moldova stands up to Russia’s might
49 Hundreds of children still missing year after Turkey earthquake disaster, say anguished families
EASTERN EUROPE
50 Russia imports a third of battlefield technology from western companies
53 Tens of thousands of Russians freeze as hot water pipes burst around the country
54 Bashkortostan demonstrations grow into largest since the Ukraine war started
EURASIA
56 Tokayev for first time discusses power struggle said to lie behind Kazakhstan’s “Bloody January”
57 Georgia's richest man is back in formal politics for the third time
58 Azerbaijan demands are a 'blow' to peace process, Pashinyan says
59 Controversy over Georgian cathedral’s icon depicting Stalin
61 Kyrgyz security agents raid 24.kg news agency, detain editor as Japarov media crackdown tightens
OPINION
62 Slovakia can't afford another four wasted years
65 Rising prominence of Tajiks in terrorist attacks abroad may reflect loss of hope back home
67 Washington Post says Kyrgyzstan “worrisome example of democracy’s global retreat”
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