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SOUTHEAST EUROPE
32 Borrell says EU committed to launching accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia
33 Balkan flashpoints after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
34 Bulgarian far-right MEP accused of giving Nazi salute in European Parliament
36 Armenian businesses see both opportunity and threat from opening of Turkish border
EASTERN EUROPE
38 What now for Belarusian potash?
40 The sanctioned Belarusian economy
41 Russian e-commerce keeps growing fast: market leaders doubled sales in 2021
42 Russia expelled from Council of Europe
EURASIA
44 Russian invasion dealing China a Silk Road economic setback
46 MENA countries’ stances vary as Russia-Ukraine war escalates
47 Georgia to apply for EU candidate status
49 Russia agrees final points of nuclear deal with Iran
OPINION 63
50 “Ukraine will never join Nato”. Five simple words we refused to say. Are we now about to double down on our mistake?
53 The world has changed, it’s time for EU enlargement to change, too
56 Beijing performing a delicate balancing act in its support for Moscow
58 War-fueled surge in food prices to hit poorer nations hardest
59 Implications of war in Ukraine for Africa
61 From rubble to petroruble: towards the birth of a new monetary order?
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
Russia's GDP expected
to drop 8-15% in 2022 on Ukraine invasion, inflation at 20%
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