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COMPANIES & MARKETS
4 Poland’s Orlen paid $400mn to scammers for oil that never arrived
5 Orban’s son-in-law and Russian oligarch reportedly attempted to buy stakes
in Spar
6 Polish energy stocks fall after government hints at dropping plan to carve out coal assets
7 Uzbekistan MTO: plastics in the steppe
9 Azerbaijan doubles down by expanding gas exports to Europe
12 French billionaire to acquire Ukrainian telecom businesses in one of country’s largest acquisitions
12 Court lifts EU sanctions on Russian billionaires Fridman and Aven
15 US investor to build $1bn magnesium mining complex in Romania
15 Smarter US sanctions seen driving down Turkey-Russia trade
16 Over 22,000 Serbs sign petition to save bombed Belgrade landmark from Kushner development plans
20 AI and cybersecurity to drive CEE tech sector
22 Baltic states aim to go nuclear but have to wait
24 Chinese investor buys licence for Slovakia’s flying car project
25 Banca Transilvania launches Romania's first neobank
26 Dubai airport, city and roads underwater from historic floods
27 Poland's first nuclear plant may carry €35bn price tag
28 Rain, rain go away
31 100,000 forced from homes in Kazakhstan by “biblical” flooding linked to climate change
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