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Czech inflation accelerates to 2.8% y/y in October. Czech consumer prices (inflation) increased by 2.8% year on year and by 0.3% month on month, accelerating from the 2.6% rise in September. The development came as largely expected by local market analysts.
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Ukraine becomes the poorest country in Europe again
In 2018 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) briefly ranked Ukraine as the poorest country in its October World Economic Outlook, when it estimated per capita income at current prices in US dollar terms stood at $2,964.193, just behind that of Moldova with $3,226.717 and bottom of the list. However, after the 2019 Ukrainian election of ...
How the Mongols punch above their weight in military diplomacy
Mongolia's population is only 3.25mn-strong, with 35,000 active-duty military personnel and 135,000 reserves. Despite the country's small size, Mongolia has participated in more than 20 UN peacekeeping operations worldwide and is ranked as the 23rd largest contributor to UN peacekeeping. Mongolian peacekeepers have served in South Sudan, Mali ...
bne IntelliNews - Running out of ammo
Running out of ammo. The war is raging in Ukraine but so far it has been fought by taking Western materiel off the shelf, but as the first year anniversary approaches the cupboard is starting to look a bit bare. / bne IntelliNews. By Ben Aris in Berlin January 19, 2023. Ukraine could face a shortage of ammunition in the second half of this year ...
bne IntelliNews - Pashinyan refuses to sign CSTO declaration after …
Romania’s grand coalition to get easy electoral ride, followed by tough choices. Not even “cancer explosion” warnings deterring Turkey from coal power expansion, says HRW. Turkey cuts 2024 growth target to 3.5%, pushes up inflation target to 41.5%. Egypt, Turkey speak of “new era” of relations as el-Sisi visits Ankara for first time ...
Putin’s approval rating ends 2022 at 81%, boosted by support for …
Opinion: How Trump’s return to White House could affect India-Russia ties
bne IntelliNews - INTERVIEW: Russia’s independent news outlet …
INTERVIEW: Russia’s independent news outlet Meduza reinvents itself again. Meduza's team, blurred for security reasons. / Meduza. By Linas Jegelevicius in Riga October 10, 2022. For Meduza.io, an independent Russian and English language news website, life in Riga, where it was founded in 2014, has been a true rollercoaster.
bne IntelliNews - Ukraine's oligarchs fleeing the country
Ukraine’s richest men are fleeing the country with their families as the number of private jet charters jump after the possibility of war spiked in recent days, according to flight traffic information posted on social media on February 13. Michael Bociurkiw, an analyst at the Atlantic Council, tweeted on February 13 that, "Ukrainian oligarchs ...
bne IntelliNews - OUTLOOK 2023: Turkey
By Akin Nazli in Belgrade January 9, 2023. bne intellinews’ annual Outlook series of reports looks ahead to what 2023 holds for the countries in our news regions. Below is an introduction. Read the full report on Turkey here (Flipbuilder) or in PDF (see links at foot of this article). In 2022, Turkey continued to collapse in all fields.