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CENTRAL EUROPE
40 Central and Southeast European companies
eye lucrative Ukraine reconstruction opportunities
45 Orban calls US a friend after he pulls out of Russian- dominated IIB
46 Slovak central bank chief under pressure after conviction for bribery
47 Babis’ fraud case to be reopened after state prosecutor appeals January acquittal
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
48 Surge in PPP investments in the Western Balkans threatens fiscal stability
49 Four Western Balkan countries pledge “100% compliance” with EU foreign policy
50 Montenegro expected to speed up EU membership talks as Milatovic takes presidency
51 Angry Erdogan wants election victory ‘to teach America a lesson’
53 Romania’s former top politician Liviu Dragnea now presenting YouTube cookery channel
EASTERN EUROPE
54 IMF board approves $15.6bn EFF agreement for Ukraine
55 Kremlin releases a new foreign policy concept outlining its plans for
a “multipolar” world
59 Kyiv willing to start peace talks with Russia if its forces reach Crimea
60 "The Devil is on Earth": Zelenskiy and European leaders mark anniversary of Bucha massacre
EURASIA
62 Azerbaijan accuses Iran of "sponsoring terrorism"
63 Economic derailment prices Mongolians out of family life
65 Top EU official says 'real divergence' between Georgian rhetoric and reality on accession
66 BRICS bloc advances another step as Saudi Arabia joins China’s SCO
OPINION
68 Bulgaria’s two faces
71 Poland’s economy has bottomed out but anaemic growth lies ahead
72 Mongolia, surfing the seven Cs
74 Is war between Iran and Azerbaijan out of the question?
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
77 It will cost $411bn to rebuild Ukraine
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