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bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Lufthansa to launch a First Class Corona Lounge in Moscow to immunise rich Germans
bne IntelliNews has gone a bit tabloid today with two scoops. In the first bne IntelliNews contributor Jason Corcoran reports that German national carrier Lufthansa is in the process of setting up a...
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Spring is here! At least it is in Western Europe. Eastern Europe remains in the grips of a brutal winter and the snow is still piled high in...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Police grab Georgia’s opposition leader after storming barricaded party offices
Georgia was plunged into a full blown political crisis yesterday after police stormed the barricaded officers of opposition leader Nika Melia and arrested him using batons and tear gas on supporters...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Mongolia's pitiless dzud
It's an important day today as EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels and are likely to impose an initial round of sanctions on Russia in retaliation for the jailing of anti-corruption...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Russian message service Telegram hopes to raise $1bn with a convertible bond private placement
I couldn't decide what to lead with today: Telegram to raise $1bn with a convertible bond or the political crisis that broke out in Georgia after a court ordered the arrest of the leader of the...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people rises across Europe and Central Asia
There has been a “stark rise” in abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people in the Europe and Central Asia region, including from politicians, says a new report from the International...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Ukraine and Lithuania imported record amounts of power from Belarus, but move to break ties with its power grid
Top story today is the kerfuffle surrounding Belarus’ Ostrovets nuclear power plant. Russia built and financed Ostrovets, which produces far more power than Belarus needs. President Alexander...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Ukraine’s Rada votes through bill to dismiss anti-corruption investigator NABU’s director
Ukraine is so frustrating. The country actually ended 2020 in a lot better shape than many feared. The GDP contraction came in at about -4.4%, not the -7% that was expected. The bank sector remains...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Kosovo general election delivers resounding win for ex-PM Kurti
There were elections in Kosovo at the weekend where the opposition Vetevendosje party scored a resounding victory, taking just over 48% of the vote according to preliminary results from the Central...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- BREAKING: Russia's Lavrov threatens to break off diplomatic ties with EU if sanctioned
Breaking News: Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on February 12 that Moscow is ready to sever relations with the EU if sanctions are imposed that threaten its economy in connection...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Navalny protests turn the screws on Russia’s “systemic opposition” ahead of September’s Duma elections
Our top story today is a very interesting comment from bne IntelliNews contributor Andras Toth-Czifra who explores the impact of the Navalny protests on the “systemic opposition”...
bne IntelliNews Editor's Picks -- Russia’s Megafon enters Uzbek telecoms market in $100mn joint venture with Ucell
The February issue of bneTech, a monthly newsletter covering all things tech in our region, is out. Read it here. Subscribe for free here. Check out the tech section on our website where we post new...