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COMPANIES & MARKETS
4 Polish banks go from resilience to vulnerability
6 Poland’s post-Gazprom strategy hinges on Baltic Pipe
7 Nordic banks hit by new money laundering scandal in the Baltic states
8 Romania receives gas from first new offshore development in 30 years
8 Albania trails neighbours in auto-parts production but economists see a chance
to catch up
9 Gas crisis: Can Europe store enough gas this summer to get through the winter?
12 Russian retailers launch “parallel import” electronic sales
13 Calls growing for a price cap on Russian oil exports
15 Artel becomes largest private company to place bond on Tashkent Stock Exchange
16 Kyrgyzstan: Pit wall cracks raise questions over future of giant Kumtor gold mine
17 Uzbekistan, Russia's Rosatom discuss 'cost optimisation'for nuclear plant
18 New CEO of PPF calls off takeover of Moneta Money Bank
19 Georgia to take management control of struggling mineral water company Borjomi
20 IKEA to sell off Russian inventory and plants
22 War and soaring prices take toll on Southeast Europe's listed companies
24 Croatia’s Rimac Group raises €500mn in series D investment round
25 Bulgaria’s ruling coalition divided over euro adoption plans
26 Croatia set to become the eurozone's 20th member in January 2023
27 European Commission says Romania meets none of the euro adoption criteria
28 Czechia to appeal €625mn international arbitration award over cancelled blood plasma contract
29 Estonia expected to have more than 100,000 e-residents in 2022
29 EU keeps market guessing with designation of Arkady Volozh
32 Albania to create Vjosa national park, blocking hydropower development
33 Energy efficiency: a central pillar of meeting green targets
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