Poland says construction of “East Shield” border fortifications to kick off within days
Belarus’ Lukashenko sets polling date for probable re-election
Central and Southeastern Europe defies German economic weakness
Poland reveals details of its controversial migration strategy
MOSCOW BLOG: The EU loses its appeal
Putin’s guns-and-butter economics take a blow as Russia turns to Turkish dairy farmers
Russia convicts US consulate employee of espionage
KSE: Ukraine Macroeconomic Handbook October 2024
Russia “surprised” Turkey continues delivering weapons to Ukraine, says Lavrov
Lithuania’s incoming Social Democratic PM set to U-turn on China
Estonia's GDP shrinks by 0.7% y/y in Q3 as economy struggles to emerge from recession
Czech economy grew by 1.3% in Q3
INTERVIEW: Draghi report recommendations could lift eastern EU members’ economies, says EBRD chief economist
Xi Jinping announces strategic partnership between China and Slovakia
ING: The uncertain road to carrying out Poland’s ambitious energy strategy
Polish inflation rate inches up to 5% y/y in October, flash estimate shows
Fico calls for security guarantees for Russia on Kremlin propaganda channel
Expectations rise for snap elections in Slovenia in 2025
EBRD, EU to secure €400mn for Western Balkans’ green transition
EU enlargement progresses amid geopolitical tensions
Toxic waste containers rejected by Thailand now headed back to Albania
Meloni defends migrant deal with Albania after court ruling
Fears a Trump comeback could empower Balkan nationalists
Bosnia probes radical religious motives behind attack on police station
Bulgarian politicians demand recount of October 27 vote
Bulgaria’s political course hinges on US election result
Western Balkan countries’ growth paths diverge
Romanian online retailer eMAG to expand into Moldova in 2025 or 2026
Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu wins second term
US imposes sanctions on Bulgarian, Montenegrin and Serbian firms over Russia links
Bird flu outbreak forces closure of Skopje Zoo
Troll farm scandal stirs up lacklustre Romanian presidential campaign
UPDATED: Mass protest in Serbia’s Novi Sad over deadly station canopy collapse turns violent
Serbian infrastructure minister resigns over deadly train station accident
Serbia’s mourning turns to anger after deadly roof collapse
Turkish manufacturing still has it tough despite slight easing of pressure, October PMI shows
Turkey releases official October inflation at 49% y/y
S&P upgrades Turkey to three notches below investment grade
Taliban warn Uzbek border town to kill the music or face Afghan trader ban
Nine in 10 terrorist Tajiks recruited after migration period in Russia, study shows
Kyrgyzstan facing growing winter power shortfall as demand growth outpaces investment plans
Uzbekistan joins Kyrgyzstan in committing to October start on China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway construction
COMMENT: Biden makes last gasp attempt to reach Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal
COMMENT: The outlook for Armenia-Turkey normalisation
Armenia optimistic about imminent peace deal following recent talks
INTERVIEW: Central Asia to grow by diversifying, says EDB chairman
COP29: Baku’s balancing act between green energy and oil rents
Azerbaijan Railways releases the republic's first ever sustainability report for a major corporation
Climate activist Greta Thunberg appears at the Georgian opposition protests in Tbilisi
Georgia’s opposition announces daily protests as part of campaign of 'resistance'
Kazakhstan sustained manufacturing growth in October, PMI data shows
Kazakhstan: Wheat exports experience a big dip
PANNIER: Sparks fly in Moscow, Tashkent relations as consulate calls on Uzbeks to stay out of Russian Army
Central Asian states make progress in addressing hunger
Kyrgyzstan’s giant Kambarata hydro ambition awaits World Bank feasibility, cost updates
European transshipments head to Kyrgyzstan
Hit indirectly by sanctions, Mongolia struggles to find workarounds
HESS: Mongolia’s unique success story between rock and a hard place at risk
Mongolia copper-gold discovery hailed for “globally significant” prospects
Mongolia to launch open international bid to select management for coal giant
Tajikistan goes after grifters
Tajikistan’s “radioactive” city Istiqlol set for decontamination work 75 years after role in first Soviet atomic bomb
Not even a drop of Amu Darya river reaching Aral Sea, says report
Iran and Russia double down on strategic relations in first presidential meeting
Uzbekistan’s foreign trade $48bn in 9M24, exports grow amid $8.7bn deficit
NMMC takes Uzbekistan’s gold mining industry to the global stage
Russia's budget oil breakeven price world’s second lowest as oil revenues recover
Southeast European countries look to Algeria to diversify energy supplies
Slovenia turns back to Algerian gas after flirtation with Russian supplies
“Silent demise” of world’s vast rangelands threatens food supply of billions, warns UNCCD report
Global warming will increase crop yields in Global North, but reduce them in Global South
Hundreds of millions on verge of starvation, billions more undernourished as Climate Crisis droughts take their toll
Kamikaze marketing: how the natural diamond industry could have reacted to the lab-grown threat
The West is bleeding the Global South of wealth thanks to massive wage inequality, says study
Global access to energy starts to fall for the first time in a decade, says IEA
Saudi Arabia hosts kingdom's first Africa summit, to boost ties, promote stability
Putin at 2023 Africa-Russia summit: Wiping debts, donating grain and boosting co-operation
EBRD 2023: Bank to expand into the whole of Africa plus Iraq
Nelson Mandela worried about natural diamonds, Leonardo di Caprio defended them, makers of lab-grown stones demonise them
Botswana’s 2,492-carat diamond discovery is golden opportunity to replicate legendary Jonker diamond's global legacy
Have lab-grown diamonds changed the diamond industry forever?
Russia’s Rosatom to support nuclear projects across Africa at AEW2024
JPMorgan, Chase and HSBC reportedly unwittingly processed payments for Wagner warlord Prigozhin
Burkina Faso the latest African country to enter nuclear power plant construction talks with Russia
IMF: China’s slowdown will hit sub-Saharan growth
Moscow unlikely to give up Niger toehold as threat of ECOWAS military action looms
WHO declares "global public health emergency" owing to mpox outbreak in Central Africa, new virus strain
Rain, rain go away
Africa, Asia most people living in extreme poverty
10 African countries to experience world’s fastest population growth to 2100
EM winners and losers from the global green transformation
Malaysia seeks BRICS membership
Kazakhstan has no plans to join BRICS, says Astana
India highlights legal reforms at BRICS justice ministers meeting
AI will be a major source of GHGs by 2030, says Morgan Stanley
SDS storms fed by sand and dust equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza, says UNCCD
Southern Africa has 'enormous' potential for green hydrogen production, study finds
Sri Lanka to apply for BRICS membership
Russia revs up to test cross-border crypto payments
How France is losing Africa
Gabon coup attempt after the re-election of President Ali Bongo
Guinea grants final approvals to Rio Tinto for $11.6bn Simandou iron-ore project
Global solar panel glut caused by Chinese overproduction
US adds 17 Liberian-flagged bulk carriers and oil tankers to Russian sanctions-busting blacklist
Panama and Liberia vying for largest maritime registry
EBRD announces profit of €2.1bn in 2023
Where water stress will be highest by 2050
Italy's PM Meloni unveils "Mattei Plan" for African development ahead of Italy-Africa summit
Ukraine claims it was behind massacre of Wagner Group mercenaries in Mali
Russia's nuclear diplomacy binding emerging markets to the Kremlin
Can Morocco's phosphate wealth put it at the centre of the global battery supply chain?
Hajj aftermath: deaths, disappearances and detentions spark investigations across world
Sri Lanka's LTL Holdings targets African power sector
Can Niger's military junta seize the country's uranium opportunity?
Disaster season: heat waves sweep the world – in charts and maps
IMF: Carbon emissions from AI and crypto are surging and tax policy can help
Niger and beyond: Francophone credit delivers coup de grâce
OPINION: BRICS’ path to expansion
Can the BRICS beat the G7?
Half the world’s food production at risk due to mounting water crisis
SITREP: Middle East rapidly destabilised by a week of missile strikes
Air France diverts Red Sea flights after crew spots 'luminous object'
Serbian weapons found in Sudan, violating UN arms embargo
COMMENT: Tunisia on the brink of collapse
Tunisian President Kais Saied re-elected for second term
Climate crisis-driven global food security deteriorated between 2019 and 2022 and is even affecting the US
Kazakhstan’s big league fintech Kaspi acquires 65% of Turkish Nasdaq peer Hepsiburada for $1.1bn
Yen plummets as Ishiba signals no immediate rate hike from BOJ
Philippines eyes bold rate cuts as inflation slows
China unveils $71bn swap facility to revitalise flagging economy
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway makes waves with $1.9bn yen bond sale
Indian stocks hit another record high as auto and banking sectors fuel gains
Interview: Policy support, energy transition goals driving India towards renewable future
India eyes small modular reactors to boost clean energy transition
Global electricity demand is surging faster than expected, warns IEA
Russia and India explore Arctic shipbuilding cooperation
PANNIER: The great mirage that is the TAPI gas pipeline
India and the US bolster defence ties with preliminary Security of Supply Arrangement
Indonesian analysts favour Kamala Harris’s economic policies as the US votes
US elections and their impact on Indian equities
Rising gold ETF inflows set to drive global bullion prices
Papua New Guinea tribal conflict leaves 30 dead amid gold mine dispute
South Korean users flock to YouTube and Instagram as local platforms struggle
South Korea probes TikTok over alleged data consent violations
Bahrain and Iran to begin talks on normalising relations
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait set to offer Russians visa-free entry
Jaw-dropping discovery: 450,000-year-old tooth unearthed in Iran
China's COMAC eyes Saudi Arabia as launchpad for international expansion
Iranian opposition figure Sharmahd died before execution, judiciary says
TEHRAN BLOG: Why a Trump win may not be good for Israel
Iran leader Khamenei vows crushing response to Israel, US after airstrikes
EXCLUSIVE: Iran hedging bets on Trump or Harris victory in 2024
Iraqi parliament session suspended after physical altercation over property law
Germany steps up Iraqi Kurdish deportations under secret Baghdad deal
ISTANBUL BLOG: MI6 spymaster gets “healthy response” to tweet on Turkish Aerospace Industries terror attack
BEIRUT BLOG: Fear in Baalbek
Israel's El Al dominates Israeli market due to widespread cancellations
Global flights in disarray following Iranian missile strike on Israel
Saudi Arabia urges citizens to leave Lebanon immediately
Kuwait greenlights tax deal with Iraq to prevent double taxation
Iran demands 'equal footing' with Kuwaiti and Saudi plans to drill for gas in Gulf
Middle East power grid struggles as demand hits record high
Iraq braces for severe heatwave with temperatures to reach 49C
Israel signs deal for Iron Beam laser defence system
Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new secretary-general
Israeli strikes hit TV channel, southern Beirut suburbs
ANALYSIS: Regional escalation on the table following Israeli strike on Iran
Sea of Oman oil terminal boosts export resilience amid tensions with Israel
Saudi Arabia launches most expensive resort on Red Sea coast
Ankara okays Turkish, Israeli and Qatari co-sponsoring of Azerbaijan defence fair despite Erdogan’s Gaza “outrage”
Iranian president warns Israel of retaliation on Qatar visit
Turkey lowers flag at Tel Aviv embassy after Hamas leader's death, sparking Israeli rebuke
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Global launches first-owned luxury resort
PKK claims responsibility for terror attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries
ISTANBUL BLOG: Has Erdogan's nationalist ally recklessly pushed Turkey into fresh spiral of violence?
Thousands flee Lebanon for Syria amid intensified Israeli strikes
Israel launches biggest strike in Yemen, killing 40 people
TEHRAN BLOG: Pezeshkian's dilemma over Haniyeh's assassination
Iranian foreign ministry condemns Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran
Reactions to the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran
What would a Trump win mean for Latin America?
Argentina's Milei sacks foreign minister after unexpected Cuba embargo vote
LatAm faces two-speed recovery as Brazil outpaces Mexico in IMF outlook
China’s economic takeover in Latin America sparks opportunities and concerns
Latin America trapped in low growth cycle, ECLAC warns
Hurricane Beryl wreaks havoc in the Caribbean, leaves 10 dead as it heads for Mexico
Hurricane Beryl strengthens to Category 5, headed to Jamaica
Tropical storm Beryl intensifies to an “extremely dangerous” category 4 hurricane in an extreme weather first
Russia and China’s grip tightens on Bolivia’s nuclear and lithium dreams
BREAKING: Former Bolivian president Evo Morales survives apparent assassination attempt
Maduro’s BRICS ambitions hit Brazilian roadblock as Kremlin denies expansion talks
US election outcome may curb vital remittances to Latin America
Latin American dignitaries urge UN to suspend Russia over Ukraine war
Colombia hosts COP16 summit as nations tackle biodiversity crisis
Methane levels at 800,000-year high, accelerating the sixth extinction
US general calls for Marshall Plan in Latin America to counter China and Russia
Russian surveillance network in Nicaragua raises alarm
Who has the most prisoners? – Statista
Will Venezuela’s Maduro go out with a bang or a whimper?
Mexico’s semiconductor and tech industries attract billions in new investments
Brazil may derail Venezuela’s BRICS dream as bloc gears up for expansion
Horror in Paraguay as three-year-old girl dies after shocking family abuse
Peruvian TV star corruption probe uncovers Chechen links