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CENTRAL EUROPE
30 Andrzej Duda wins Polish presidential election
48 Famous ex-defence reporter arrested, accused of treason
49 Evidence of massive ballot stuffing emerges in Russia's referendum on constitutional changes
51 Russia’s “passportization” of the Donbas
EURASIA
52 Mongolia to go ahead with Naadam festival, but with no tourists
55 The bubonic plague has swapped its rats for marmots in Mongolia where two cases reported
56 Macron accuses Erdogan of massively importing jihadists into Libya
57 Turkmen President Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedov takes
a holiday as WHO mission finally arrives in Ashgabat
OPINION
58 Borrower beware: Uzbekistan’s dollar debt binge could spell long-term trouble
31 Poland’s coal production falls to all-time low in May
32 Czech PM Babis earned "pocket money" of €3.4mn from Agrofert in 2019
33 Skype co-founder Toivo Annus dies suddenly at the age of 48
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
34 A deep dive into Turkey’s latest credit boom
36 Serbia’s hijacked protests
38 Moldova’s ruling Socialists accused of “abducting” MP after he defected to Pro Moldova
EASTERN EUROPE
44 Reforms stall as Zelenskiy actively undermines NBU independence
46 US intelligence memo admits there is “no evidence” of Russian payment of bounties to Afghans for killing US soldiers
60 Five reasons why Zelenskiy is failing in Ukraine: Zelenskiy faces a political future that
is no laughing matter
62 Russia’s opportunistic MENA policy: scavenging, not strategising
63 Morgan Stanley warns Turks MSCI Frontier Markets status may be around corner
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
67 Russian President Vladimir Putin has regained his lead in the popularity rankings over Russia’s regional governors
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