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CENTRAL EUROPE
36 CEE-4 growth pulls ahead of the rest of Europe
37 Viktor Orban floats idea
of bilateral agreements
if rule of law conditionality blocks approval of €750bn recovery fund
38 Poland, Russia heading for long-running legal dispute over Nord Stream 2
40 The office isn’t dead, but it is evolving
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
42 Turkey’s bid to join EU now further away from success than ever says Commission
43 Turkey's economic data compiled by loyal officials and “detached from reality” says ex stats chief
44 European Parliament committee gives unequivocal support to Bulgarian protesters
45 Accessed data shot shows Turkey’s Covid rate 19 times worse than officially presented says opposition MP
EASTERN EUROPE
46 Putin launches damage control, as Biden looks set to win US elections
47 Fokin sacked as Ukraine’s representative to Trilateral Contact Group on Donbass
48 OMON sent in to break up Khabarovsk protest for first time in three months
49 Fire nearly destroys legendary Fischer ski factory in Ukraine
EURASIA
52 Kaspi on the cusp? Assessing the significance of Kazakh fintech firm's smash stock market debut
54 Uzbekistan one of only two countries in Europe and Central Asia to put in positive economic growth this year says World Bank
56 Amid war, Armenians closely watching the signals from Russia
57 Nagorno-Karabakh’s previously flourishing economy hit by coronacrisis but supported by Armenia
OPINION
58 EEU riven by instability from Bishkek to Belarus
61 The billionaires' club, where the mega-wealthy go to meet each other
63 AFC CAPITAL: Uzbekistan’s “Golden Cross”
64 Why the Balkan region should be on investors’ radar screens
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
67 Research group finds Turkish inflation running at triple official rate
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