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EU will need to shift Hungary on Ukraine accession
It is unclear whether Hungary will back down in December on starting talks on Ukraine’s EU membership, or its EU critics
HungaryBosnia’s path to EU still requires tough reforms
The door to membership is “wide open” but Bosnia must meet the 14 conditions set out at the award of candidate status
Bosnia-HercegovinaBig tech antitrust scrutiny is yielding patchy shifts
All major 'big tech' firms are facing a variety of antitrust-related scrutiny
InternationalGaza war and GenAI test anti-disinformation efforts
Disinformation, including AI-generated content, is thoroughly testing legislators and social media
InternationalEU membership talks will progress very slowly
The European Council announced that Ukraine and Moldova will be granted EU candidate status
CISLarger ECB balance sheet than pre-2008 is needed now
The ECB is reviewing its operational framework and considering the size of its balance sheet
EUEU loss fuels strategy challenges for large telcos
The European Commission will not be obliging 'big tech' firms to share their revenue with telcos, at least for now
EUHopes of any rate cuts increasingly fade in the West
The UK, euro-area and US central banks are all adamant that rate cuts are not on the near-term agenda
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