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Content:
2 Top Stories
9 The Regions This Week 13 Chart
14 Central Europe
17 Southeast Europe
20 Eastern Europe 25 Eurasia
28 Opinion
30 Lists24 Lists
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Higher exports and investment push first-half growth in all EBRD
countries bar two
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Higher exports and rising levels of investment on the back of improving commodity prices have prompted the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to significantly increase its forecasts for economic growth in Emerging Europe. The bank made its case for the revised forecasting in its latest Regional
Where's Czechia heading? The plot thickens
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The week gone by did little to clear up the multi- plication of known unknowns that leave analysts scratching their heads as to what kind of gov- ernment the Czech Republic (or “Czechia” if we stick with the new official international name) can expect under populist billionaire Andrej Babis and
EBRD flies the flags at its 2017 AGM in Nicosia, Cyprus. A great many of the economies it is invested in have found new wind this year.
Economic Prospects report released on November 6 .
Countries across the entire EBRD region, with two ex- ceptions, are enjoying broad-based growth and rising
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Analysts says Czech President Milos Zeman's bid for re-election this coming January could prove even more vital than Babis's big general election win in deciding Czechia's geopolitical orientation.
his anti-establishment Ano (“Yes”) movement.
With a coalition seemingly ruled out for now given the stubborn resistance of potential partners –
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