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Senior editorial board
Ben Aris (Berlin) editor-in-chief & publisher
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4 THE MONTH THAT WAS COMPANIES & MARKETS
8 Shareholders rebel against Wizz Air CEO's bonus payment
9 Poland to table restructuring plan for crippled miner PGG
10 Czech brewing industry posted loss of almost €180mn during coronavirus lockdown
10 VTB Capital sees complications with viability of Tajik eurobond amid weakening sovereign profile
12 Azerbaijani president slams State Oil Company, announces privatisation
13 Russia to raise tax on dividends transferred abroad, amend its double taxation treaties
14 Operations begin at Udokan, Russia’s largest copper deposit
15 North Macedonia’s wine industry faces huge losses due to coronavirus-related fall in sales
16 Debut green bonds issued on Astana International Exchange
16 Polish e-commerce giant Allegro’s IPO now expected in October
17 Russian recruitment platform HeadHunter goes unicorn, cements $1bn valuation
18 Iran buys six “Caspian Sea Monster” ekranoplans from Russia
18 Endava strengthens presence in SEE with Comtrade Digital Services acquisition
19 Ratings agencies serve warnings to Turkey in lira battle, officials told to stop “muddling through”
21 300 Belarus IT CEOs threaten to move their business out of the country unless violence ends, new elections are held
22 Estonia’s e-residency starts making money
23 Games developers in Turkey attract investments of $2.4bn in five years
24 IT group close to government establishes Hungary's first commercial satellite business
24 Lithuania’s Ignitis to invest €950mn in green energy in Baltics, Poland
25 MTS partners with Spotify in Russia, offers free six months for MTS subscribers
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