EU
The ECB must navigate a very tricky path ahead
The July euro-area flash PMI fell, while the ECB hiked interest rates by 50 bp and launched its anti-fragmentation tool
EUAlbania and North Macedonia start overdue EU talks
A painful compromise between North Macedonia and Bulgaria opens the way to a long-coveted goal for Tirana and Skopje
North MacedoniaRussian leader says low gas supplies may continue
President Putin has offered a technical explanation of why the Nord Stream 1 pipeline may not resume full operations
RussiaWebinar: Global prospects in mid-2022
Prospects for the second half of 2022 include more superpower rivalry and central banks struggling to change course.
ChinaEU gas deal with Azerbaijan will have little impact
A deal to double Azerbaijani gas supplies to Europe has been hailed as a route to reducing dependence on Russia
AzerbaijanMore environment funds are opportunity for eastern EU
Neither applications for nor implementation of EU LIFE programme projects aiming at carbon neutrality will be easy
Eastern EuropeSkopje-Sofia deal clearing road to EU has high cost
A deal clearing the way for the opening of accession negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania was signed in Bulgaria
North MacedoniaEU, Poland and Hungary remain far apart on standards
Budapest and Warsaw protest that they are meeting concerns about their democratic standards, but the EU requires more
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