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CENTRAL EUROPE
42 Eastern EU members secure key portfolios in new European Commission
43 Czechia invites Israeli minister on international arrest warrant for a visit
44 Poland says Germany’s border controls “unacceptable”
45 EU mulls sanctions against Slovakia over rule of law backsliding
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
46 Turkey will deepen ties with East while facing West, says Erdogan
48 Enlargement fatigue and the Western Balkan security vacuum
49 B9 Nato countries call for integrated air defence system to address Russian threat
50 Croatian president in new row with government for using army helicopter “like a taxi”
EASTERN EUROPE
52 Belarus and Russia strengthen security ties amid rising tensions
53 Navalny’s team accuses Khordokovsky ally Leonid Nevzlin of orchestrating attack on Leonid Volkov
54 Who is Ukraine’s new Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha?
56 Tusk says Ukraine won’t join EU without owning up to past atrocities
EURASIA
58 Central Asia is a big winner from the Ukraine war
61 Uzbekistan's textile sector booming, ready for the next phase
64 Nino Dolidze, of Georgia's International Society
for Fair Elections and Democracy
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OPINION
66 How Armenia helps Russia bypass Western sanctions
68 Russia gets ready to rebuild its military stockpile
71 Turkey, Iran and India vie for influence in Central Asia
72 War in Ukraine – where is the Western leadership?
75 Eurasian Development Bank and FONPLATA call for tailored approaches to expanding MDB lending capacity
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
77 Ukraine has both the highest mortality rate and the lowest birth rate in the world
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