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CENTRAL EUROPE
32 Trump's election complicates Tusk's foreign policy challenges
34 Draghi report recommendations could lift eastern EU members’ economies, says EBRD chief economist
35 Hungarian opposition leader claims Fidesz is wiretapping him for black propaganda campaign
36 Xi Jinping announces strategic partnership between China and Slovakia
37 Slovenia’s ex-foreign minister aims to capture centre ground with new party
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
38 So you want to get on the right side of Donald Trump? Try gift- wrapping a hotel
41 Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu wins second term
42 Elon Musk wants Italian judges who blocked migrant deal with Albania sacked
EASTERN EUROPE
44 Putin lays out his view of the new world order in Valdai speech
47 Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy switches rhetorical tack from victory to resistance
48 Finding workers in wartime Odesa
51 Belarus Election Committee registers six pro-regime candidates to run against Lukashenko in 2025 presidential election
EURASIA
52 Ukraine war fuelling a manufacturing and FDI boom in the CIS
56 What Trump’s return means for Armenia and the South Caucasus
57 Protesters attack parliament building in Abkhazia
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OPINION
58 Central Europe's populists clamour to applaud Trump's victory
60 Political, economic and security headaches Trump Europe’s mounting problems
62 How to awaken Europe's private sector and boost economic growth
64 What went wrong for the EU in Georgia's and Moldova’s elections?
67 Will COP29 become a milestone in Azerbaijan’s long-term energy strategy?
68 Trump 2.0 could be a blessing for Belarus
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
70 Germany's industry back to contraction in September
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