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Serbian prosecutors say they have obtained evidence suggesting a student group planned to stage a simulated “sound cannon” incident at a major protest last year in order to accuse state authorities.

Lebanese Hezbollah will respond decisively to any Israeli attack and rely on Iran's continued backing, a Hezbollah MP has said, while sharply criticising the Lebanese government's stance.

Venezuela's interim government held its first formal talks on June 18 with Dinorah Figuera, a former opposition lawmaker who returned from eight years of exile at the invitation of the US State Department.

Cuba's National Assembly has approved the country's most far-reaching economic overhaul since the 1959 revolution, ratifying a package of reforms designed to pull the island back from the brink of collapse,

CBR defies both market expectations and Kremlin pressure, saying despite easing inflationary pressures it will not tolerate out-of-control fiscal spending.

Tech

Hungary's e-commerce market grew 9.3% y/y in 2025 and was ten times larger than a decade ago, according to PwC's latest E-toplist ranking.

PM Kristen Michal says Estonia has an opportunity to help define standards for the next stage of the digital era.

New centre to support the EBRD’s operations across all business lines, with a focus on cloud technologies, software engineering, cybersecurity and AI.

Israeli AI stock catalogue company Artlist confirmed that it would lay off 200 of its 500 employees in what has been categorised as a strategic move rather than one influenced by financial pressure.

The global airborne geophysical services market was valued at more than $1.35bn in 2026.

Opinion

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan secured a decisive election victory, resilient pro-Russian opposition could slow his efforts to advance peace with Azerbaijan and deepen ties with the West, says Carnegie Politika analysis.

Syria envisioned as key cog in new energy distribution network.

Relations across the Gulf have been ruined following more than 100 days of war between Iran, Israel and the US with the Gulf neighbours to the south and east of the Islamic Republic left exposed following a new memorandum with the Trump admin.

A planned EU-backed gas pipeline linking Bosnia & Herzegovina to Croatia could intensify political divisions within the country rather than easing its energy vulnerabilities.

Compromised politicians in Ukraine and Europe see the continuation of the war as a lifeline for their expiring careers.

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The Czech National Bank changed the main interest rate for the first time since May 2025.

Public support for European Union membership remains robust across much of the EU’s eastern neighbourhood, with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova showing particularly high levels of trust and optimism.

Tourism from China fell for a sixth straight month, dropping 60.4% year on year to 313,000. The decline followed remarks last November by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding Japan’s potential involvement in a Taiwan-related contingency

This local depreciation is not an isolated event, as the Malaysian currency has traded lower against a comprehensive basket of major global and regional peers.

The shift was driven by elevated global crude oil prices. Vietnam remains reliant on imported crude to supply its refineries, leaving it exposed to fluctuations in international energy markets.

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Lebanon is stepping up preparations for a new round of negotiations with Israel, scheduled for June 22 in Washington. President Joseph Aoun is holding a series of high-level political and technical meetings aimed at securing practical results.

Uzbekistan-Korea Business Forum showed that for Seoul, Central Asia country has become a key partner.

Uzbekistan is seeking to transform itself from a supplier of raw materials into a producer of higher-value industrial goods as the global scramble for critical minerals accelerates.

Uzbekistan is seeking to transform its network of SEZs. Policymakers and investors are increasingly focused on how Central Asia can convert abundant natural resources into higher-value economic activity.

Local institution, not foreign import.

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Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government has been targeted by a wave of mass protests dubbed the "Flamingo Revolution".

The E3 European leaders met in London over the weekend to thrash out a new formula to take to the Kremlin and end the war in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the document they produced takes us all the way back to the very beginning of the process.

What began as an environmental campaign against the planned development linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has rapidly evolved into a broader protest movement.

He’s passionate but ultimately dull. While he’s directing matters, the regime can happily go about dismantling the opposition.

German businessmen are going to the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia’s premier investment forum, in a public show of the fraying commitment to cutting off commercial ties under the sanctions regime.

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The Philippines’ Department of Energy has welcomed the certification of 13 renewable energy projects valued at PHP344.62bn ($5.7bn) under the government’s Green Lane initiative in the first five months of 2026.

Country's plans to expand agricultural production, industrial output and exports are running into an increasingly uncomfortable and stark reality.

The Baltic power system is undergoing structural change following the 2025 integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the continental European electricity grid.

Vietnam is betting on wind power to fuel its green transition amid the energy uncertainty, while fuel price is changeable.

OMV Petrom will build a large-scale solar and battery storage project in Bulgaria, in a further expansion of its renewable energy portfolio in Southeast Europe.

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