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bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – US Treasury Secretary Bessent blasts “Russian propagandist” special envoy Dmitriev in Washington PR debacle
Dmitriev goes to...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – Turkmenistan’s TAPI gas pipeline takes off
The long-awaited 1,800 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline (TAPI) is at last edging towards becoming a reality, writes bne IntelliNews’ editor-in-chief Ben Aris from the Turkmen...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – Serbian president calls shooting outside parliament a terrorist attack
A shooting and subsequent fire outside the Serbian parliament on October 22 has intensified political tensions in a country already deeply polarised after nearly a year of anti-government...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – The fall of Azerbaijan's Grey Cardinal
For nearly a quarter of a century, one man shaped the internal architecture of power in Azerbaijan while remaining largely invisible to the outside world, writes our correspondent Cavid Aga in an...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – EU sets 2028 deadline to end Russian gas imports
European Union energy ministers have agreed on a plan to phase out Russian gas imports by 2028, in a further step in Brussels’ drive to reduce dependency on Moscow. The measure, a core component...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – Ukraine’s growing energy crisis promises a cold and dark winter
Which energy crisis is worse: Ukraine’s or...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – No Tomahawks for Ukraine, Trump to meet Putin in Hungary
No Tomahawks for Ukraine, Trump-Putin deal talks in Budapest...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – Syria’s al-Sharaa seeks to rebuild ties with Russia in first Kremlin talks
Syria’s al-Sharaa goes shopping in...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – The Asian nations backing the Russian war effort – from India to Taiwan, China to Indonesia
Deepening divide between Asia and the...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – The EU needs to change to stay geopolitically relevant
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen intends to personally discuss espionage allegations with Hungarian Commissioner Oliver Várhelyi, Commission spokeswoman Paula Pinho said at a...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – Putin arrives in Tajikistan for meetings with Central Asia, CIS leaders
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tajikistan on October 8 for a three-day state visit that will include a Russia-Central Asia summit and a broader meeting of leaders from the Commonwealth of...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks – Trump shocked by China’s move on rare earths, threatens more 100% tariffs
The West is losing the competition race with the “emerging...