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        <title><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik - Bureau Chief:Czech/Slovakia/Estonia/Balkans]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tech Boom Boosts Youth Job Market in Balkan Trouble Spot]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Kosovo, Europe’s youngest country, is now the continent’s trailblazer for tackling unemployment among 15- to 24-year-olds.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-01/kosovo-tech-boom-cuts-youth-unemployment-in-pristina</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 04:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Commercial and residential buildings in Pristina, Kosovo, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Kosovo&apos;s Prime Minister Albin Kurti, whose tenure has seen tension with allies and ethnic strife, aims to secure a majority in Feb. 9 parliamentary election. Photographer: Atdhe Mulla/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jobless Grads Get Lifeline From Tech in Europe’s Youngest State]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gresa Kraja]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The warehouse of startup Gjirafa, a regional leader in e-commerce.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Orban’s Son-in-Law Waits Out Hungarian Wealth Probe in New York]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/wealthy-orban-acolytes-weigh-future-with-riches-under-threat</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Kasnyik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Lorinc Meszaros, right, with Viktor Orban, in 2019. Photographer: Laszlo Balogh/AP Photo</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Baltic States Urge Allies Not to Go Soft on Russia]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The three countries have shifted economically and warn that the threat from Moscow is still very much alive.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-24/russia-s-neighbors-warn-against-europe-rapprochement-with-moscow</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Motorists are made aware that they are entering ‘Borderland.’  Photographer: Alan Crawford/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Magyar Says Hungary Should Eventually Adopt the Euro]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-13/magyar-says-hungary-should-eventually-adopt-the-euro</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:57:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Peter Magyar speaks at a news conference following his election victory, in Budapest, on April 13. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hungary’s Election Winner Is Not Seeking Changes to Central Bank]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:42:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Peter Magyar during a news conference following his election victory, on April 13.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Viktor Orban Faces His Day of Reckoning]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sunday’s election is being closely watched from Washington to Moscow via Brussels and Kyiv.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-10/hungary-election-2026-will-viktor-orban-lose-on-sunday</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Viktor Orban, Hungary&apos;s prime minister, at a European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. EU leaders plan to discuss the Middle East upheaval and bolstering competitiveness at the summit. Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kosovo FDI May Top 2025’s Record €1 Billion, Central Banker Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-31/kosovo-fdi-may-top-2025-s-record-1-billion-central-banker-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gresa Kraja]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Kosovo&apos;s central bank Governor Ahmet Ismaili Source: Kosovo Central Bank</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[After Autos, Slovakia Turns to Ammo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The country makes more cars per capita than anywhere else. Now it’s eying the defense industry.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-27/car-industry-hub-slovakia-turns-to-making-ammunition</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>ZVS holding focuses on special-purpose production, and especially the production of large and medium-caliber ammunition for tanks, artillery, and rocket launchers, and on the production of mortar rounds. Dubnica nad Vhom, Slovakia on Wednesday 11 March by Michaela Nagyidaiov for Bloomberg.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Europe’s Carmaking Powerhouse Wants to Become Its Ammunition Hub]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Slovakia makes more autos than anywhere else in the world relative to its size. Now defense firm CSG is scaling up production of shells to become a key European supplier.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-26/europe-s-carmaking-powerhouse-slovakia-wants-to-become-its-ammunition-hub</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Hornak]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The ZVS large-caliber ammunition production line in Dubnica nad Vahom, Slovakia, on March 11.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zelenskiy Threatens Lawmakers Over IMF Aid]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Desperate for money, Ukraine needs to pass changes to legislation in order to unlock more funding.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-20/zelenskiy-threatens-lawmakers-over-imf-aid</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine&apos;s president, during a meeting with Keir Starmer, UK prime minster, at 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. The International Monetary Fund raised concern about Ukraine’s ability to continue receiving aid from its $8.1 billion package as lawmakers stall on measures needed to release the financing, its representative said. Photographer: David Cliff/EPA/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Defiant Orban Tells EU He Won’t Back Down From Ukraine Aid Veto]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/defiant-orban-tells-eu-he-won-t-back-down-from-ukraine-aid-veto</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:17:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Viktor Orban in Brussels on March 19. Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Strange Tale of $82 Million Heist on a Hungarian Highway]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Relations between Budapest and Kyiv were already frosty. They just got chillier.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-13/gold-cash-seizure-before-hungarian-election-angers-ukraine</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The seized euros and bars of gold. Source: Government of Hungary</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Czech Premier Shrugs Off Defense Calls to Focus on Health]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-10/billionaire-czech-premier-shrugs-off-defense-calls-to-focus-on-health</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michal Kubala]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Andrej Babis in his office, in Prague on March 6.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Oil Shutdown Troubles Putin’s Allies in Europe]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-08/russian-oil-shutdown-troubles-putin-s-allies-in-heart-of-europe</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Hornak]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran War Spooks Markets at Bad Time for Romania]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Once a dynamo of the region, economic growth has ground to a halt.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-06/romania-s-recession-comes-at-bad-time-with-war-in-iran</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The parliament building during parliamentary elections, in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. In the final days before Romania�s parliamentary elections this weekend, the governing parties� leaders both quit, pollsters gave up on projecting the results and the nation�s top court cast serious doubt on the integrity of the voting process. Photographer: Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Viktor Orban Running Out of Road?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Europe’s longest-serving prime minister is in the fight of his political life.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-27/is-viktor-orban-going-to-lose-election-in-hungary</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Viktor Orban, Hungary&apos;s prime minister, during his annual international news conference at his office in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. Hungary is in talks with the United States on a financial shield, Orban said. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Czech Superrich Just Got Richer]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Billionaire Michal Strnad doubled his fortune after Europe’s biggest defense IPO.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-30/czech-billionaire-doubles-his-fortune-after-europe-s-biggest-defense-ipo</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Dudik]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Michal Strnad, chairman of CSG NV, during the company&apos;s listing ceremony at Euronext Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. Armored vehicle and munitions maker Czechoslovak Group is set to start trading in Amsterdam on Friday morning, after the firm and its owner raised €3.3 billion ($3.9 billion) in an initial public offering Photographer: Lina Selg/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Defense Tycoon Strnad’s Wealth Soars to $37 Billion On IPO]]></title>
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