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COMPANIES & MARKETS
4 Europe needs Draghi’s reforms to boost growth, says IIF
5 Hungarian government to unveil economic action plan to boost faltering growth
6 Fallen gold output reported at flagship mine Kumtor seized by Kyrgyzstan government
7 Giant titanium deposit could earn Kyrgyzstan $88bn, says cabinet head
8 International consortium should build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear plant, says president
9 EBRD and IFC make biggest direct investment into Ukraine’s telecoms in wartime
10 “Made in Russia” label growing in popularity
11 Russia’s USM Group threatens legal action against Kyiv over seizure of its steel assets in Ukraine
12 Serbia signs MoU with North Macedonia for gas interconnector
13 Western Balkans emerges as nearshoring destination
14 Poland’s Zabka convenience store chain aims to raise €1.5bn in upcoming Warsaw IPO
15 Kazakhstan raises $1.5bn from return to dollar bond market after decade away
16 Serbia achieves first-ever investment grade rating
17 Uzbekistan’s Navoi gold mining giant issues debut $1bn Eurobond
19 Kazakhstan and Nasdaq- listed fintech Kaspi fight back against short seller’s report
20 Croatia startup raises €10mn to boost AI-driven adtech
20 German Dataciders acquires Bulgarian IT services provider ROITI
21 OCSiAI opens cutting-edge graphene nanotube facility in Serbia
22 Estonian Bolt CEO calls remote work 'insanity'
22 Half of Ukraine’s top IT firms see revenue drop amid war, relocations
23 LNG and bio-LNG: which gas will be the pillar of Poland’s energy transition?
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