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Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Escaping Russia's pull is Armenia's biggest challenge on its EU path Since February 2022, Russia has replaced the EU as Armenia’s most important trading partner — an unflattering result showing Moscow has diversified its sources of war-critical goods required for weapons production via smaller countries, Oliver Rolofs writes. 20/03/2024
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Now playing Next Economy Ranked: Which cities are Europe’s best financial hubs? The US has five financial centres in the global top 10 while Europe only pulls in two, but how do European cities rank among themselves? 16/03/2024
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Now playing Next Culture news Golden Bear 2024 goes to Mati Diop’s restitution documentary 'Dahomey' A strange set of choices for the winners of this year's Berlinale - but the Golden Bear is merited, with the French-Senegalese director Mati Diop providing a fascinating and multifaceted look at a timely issue centred around the ills of colonialism. 24/02/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU goes after Chinese companies in new sanctions on Russia The European Union agreed on Wednesday to slap Russia with a new round of sanctions, which for the first time target companies in mainland China suspected of helping the Kremlin get hold of forbidden items. 21/02/2024
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