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COMPANIES & MARKETS
4 Spontaneous euroisation of the Czech economy undermines Eurosceptic prejudices
6 Danske Bank pays $2bn to settle Estonian money- laundering scandal
7 Hungarian PMO unveils size of Russian assets frozen in Hungary after months of silence
8 Reports say Russia offered Uzbekistan gas deal but wanted Gazprom to take over country’s transmission system
9 Analysts say Turkmenistan told US diplomats ‘it’s not interested’ in Caspian gas- to-Europe connector project, wants major pipeline
10 IEA expects an inflection in oil markets in 2023 when demand will exceed supply
11 Foreign investment has transformed Eastern Europe, says wiiw report
14 McDonald’s revokes licence of Bosnian franchise after series of scandals
15 Romania’s car production accelerates past 500,000 for the first time
16 Southeast Europe sovereigns start 2023 with return to capital markets
17 Uzbekistan fights gloom as stock market fails to spark
19 Croatians start shopping in neighbouring Slovenia after euro price hikes
19 Remittances between the EU and Ukraine expected to recover in 2023 after 10% fall in 2022
20 Russia’s VTB bank defies US sanctions on Iran with cross-border Iranian rials transfers
21 Mutual FDI in Eurasia has been dominated by Russia, but war and sanctions make the outlook uncertain
23 Mercedes plans to build €1.3bn e-van factory in Poland
24 #boycottAustria campaign goes viral after Vienna blocks Romania and Bulgaria from joining Schengen
25 Serbia reports massive cyberattack on interior ministry
26 Albania’s first satellites launched into space
26 Turkish defence firm celebrates maiden flight of ‘fighter jet drone’
27 Bulgaria raids offices of crypto lender Nexo
28 Apocalypse 2050: World on course for 15% GDP fall
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