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Political Risk / Estonia
POLITICAL RISK - Diplomatic Row Highlights Continued Tensions After several developments in March pointed towards improving relations between Estonia and Russia, a fresh diplomatic row highlights the tensions that continue to define the turbulent relationship between the two nations. Estonia's consul general was expelled from St. Petersburg after being declared persona non grata,...
2013-05-01Economy / Estonia
BMI View: High frequency data indicates strong momentum behind domestic demand growth through the first several months of 2013. Retail sales and industrial production in March are up...
2013-05-01Economy / Czech Republic
BMI View: Subdued economic activity in the Czech Republic throughout 2012 has prompted the Czech National Bank (CNB) to consider the possibility of intervening in the foreign exchange...
2013-05-01Political Risk / Turkmenistan
Elections for Turkmenistan’s legislative body, the National Assembly or Mejlis, are due to be held in December 2013, but we do not anticipate any alteration to the current makeup of the body. The assembly currently has 125 members, all from President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov's Democratic Party of Turkmenistan. Another party, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs...
2013-05-01Political Risk / Georgia
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili reiterated his view that Georgia's primary foreign policy aim should be normalising ties with Russia, whilst also moving toward NATO and...
2013-05-01Economy / Azerbaijan
BMI View: Azerbaijan’s state budget recorded a surplus of 0.3% of GDP in 2012, with our forecast for this surplus to narrow marginally in 2013, to 0.2% of GDP as year-on-year...
2013-05-01Political Risk / Bosnia-Herzegovina
POLITICAL RISK - Another Scandal The troubled political climate in the Muslim-Croat Federation was stirred again in April as president Zivko Budimir and other key officials were arrested as part of a police investigation into corruption and bribery. The incident is the latest in a series of setbacks - including the walkout of Prime Minister Nermin Niksic - that have led to effective...
2013-04-29Economy / Bosnia-Herzegovina
BMI View: Central Bank estimates confirm that the Bosnia-Herzegovina economy slid back into recession in 2012, contracting by 0.5%. We hold our view of a return to growth in 2013, though...
2013-04-29Political Risk / Slovenia
POLITICAL RISK - In At The Deep End The new four-party coalition faces an immediate test to its stability as it prepares an emergency plan to rescue the country's banking sector and...
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