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SPECIAL FOCUS: COP28
38 All the climate crisis warning
lights flashing red
45 Turkmenistan joins Global Methane Pledge
46 Cities in the face of the rising tide
48 The EU's climate goals and the Western Balkans challenge
49 Turkey assessed as “critically insufficient” on all climate crisis goals by scientific analysis
CENTRAL EUROPE
50 Kallas looks for an international way out as domestic sharks circle
52 New Slovak cabinet axes latest military aid package for Ukraine
53 Slovenia’s rightwing opposition SDS received funds secretly channeled from Hungary
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
54 Bosnian Serb leader accused of waiting for Putin’s nod to break up Bosnia
55 Zelenskiy warns Russia planning to destabilise Balkans and Moldova
56 Rights report means Turkey’s EU bid will stay in deep freeze
57 Greece reportedly stalls start of accession talks with Albania
58 EBRD survey reveals surprising surge in life satisfaction in Emerging Europe
EASTERN EUROPE
60 Ukraine and Moldova recommended for EU accession talks, Western Balkans urged to speed up reforms
62 Report links Ukraine’s top general Zaluzhny to the Nord Stream 1 & 2 pipelines bombing
63 Putin pardons Politkovskaya's killer
64 The World Bank says Ukraine can attract only $73bn in
a “no reforms” scenario
65 EC mulls punishing Poland for blocking transit of Ukrainian trucks
EURASIA
66 UK engagement with Central Asia “lacks seriousness” says report by British MPs
67 Macron compliments Kazakhstan on not bowing to Kremlin
68 Kazakhstan: Death of ex-official’s wife sparks conversation around domestic abuse
OPINION
70 Aliyev could still lose in the Great Game he started
72 US, Europe, and Russia jostle for influence in the South Caucasus
74 Andrew Michta, director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative
75 Piece by piece, Japarov is dismantling Kyrgyzstan’s celebrated independent media
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
79 Businesses increasingly concerned over geopolitical and economic risks to the global economy
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