Rapid population ageing in Slovakia poses fiscal challenges and threatens long-term growth

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​emerging europe​​​ Slovakia’s immediate priority must be raising a low vaccination rate, while in the medium to long term, an ageing population will be the country’s biggest challenge. Over the →

Bulgaria ends golden passport scheme, CSTO begins to leave Kazakhstan: Emerging Europe this week

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​emerging europe​​​ Central Europe State-owned PKN Orlen, Poland’s largest oil refiner and petrol retailer, this week agreed to sell a number of assets belonging to fellow Polish refiner and retailer →

‘Massive’ cyberattack hits Ukraine as Russia says it has ‘lost patience’

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emerging europe As Russia says it has ‘run out of patience’ with NATO, Ukraine is hit by a ‘massive’ cyberattack. Ukraine was hit by a “massive” cyberattack on January 14, with the websites of →

The UK may implement Article 16 in N.Ireland trade talks

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global times By AFP UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Thursday hosts her first face-to-face meeting with European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic, aiming to break months of deadlock over →

Lithuanian govt faces growing domestic opposition over anti-China policy

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global times By Zhang Hui Growing opposition among Lithuanian politicians is tearing apart its government over the country's wrong move of allowing the opening of a "Taiwan representative office," →

The Ice Age: Russia and China’s Energy Cooperation in the Arctic

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​carnegie​​​ China has become Russia’s main foreign partner on liquefied natural gas (LNG) production projects in the Arctic, a development for which a number of political and commercial factors are →

N.Korea reports new hypersonic missile test; US, Japan hypes move

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global times North Korea on Wednesday reported the latest test of a hypersonic missile with the witness of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and missile analysts pointed out related data revealed that →

Apple Wants to Stream Major League Baseball Games

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national interest by Stephen Silver Amid ongoing discussions regarding what streaming service will end up becoming the new home of NFL Sunday Ticket, Apple has often been mentioned as one of the →

Hungary sets April date for parliamentary election, with PM Viktor Orbán facing his toughest challenge yet

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​emerging europe​​​ by Craig Turp-Balazs For the first time in more than a decade, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party face a genuine challenge from a united opposition. →

Silvio Berlusconi steps up Italy presidential campaign with threat to coalition

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​ guardian​​​ Silvio Berlusconi has reportedly threatened to withdraw his Forza Italia party from Italy’s governing majority if the current prime minister, Mario Draghi, is elected president later →

Turmoil in Kazakhstan Heralds the End of the Nazarbayev Era

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carnegie As recently as last year, Kazakhstan was considered a progressive autocracy: a model for other former Soviet republics, no less. The power transition model launched there in 2019 had →

Will the Crisis in Kazakhstan Signal Change in Its Foreign Policy?

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​carnegie​​​ The biggest protests in the history of modern Kazakhstan will not, in all likelihood, lead to regime change, but they will mean a change in how Kazakhstan positions itself on the global →

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