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CENTRAL EUROPE
32 Orban’s new right-wing alliance meets legal threshold to set up faction in EP
33 Slovak PM’s Smer party isolated in European Parliament after split from S&D group
34 Slovakia's populist government tames the broadcasters
36 Hungary vows to use its EU presidency to "Make Europe Great Again"
38 Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas resigns
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
40 Egypt and Serbia add their voices to the growing number of calls to end the fighting in Ukraine
42 Parade of Serbian army troops in Bosnia sparks outrage among Muslims
43 Economic shock therapy makes 2024 most trying in a generation for Turks
EASTERN EUROPE
44 Modi spends a busy day doing deals with Russia
48 Nato directly accuses China of supplying Russia with arms for the first time
50 EU expands sanctions regime on Belarus
53 US to develop cheap "ERAM" glide bombs for Ukraine
EURASIA
54 China’s Xi uses SCO summit trip to further build Central Asia ties
55 Uzbekistan parliament remains unreformed ahead of the October general election
59 Georgia’s president to challenge government’s “Russian” law in constitutional court
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OPINION
60 Can Europe stand firm in its support for Ukraine as
it struggles to contain Russian aggression?
62 Israel emerging as source of tension in Azerbaijan’s special relationship with Turkey
63 Georgia’s dreams dying as EU accession suspended
65 Armenia needs a green light from Brussels to fulfil its European dream
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
69 wiiw sees brighter growth prospects for ‘resilient’ Emerging Europe
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