Sri Lanka’s Budget Navigates Challenging Economic Crisis
London, (16/11 – 57) Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has laid out the bankrupt country’s budget for 2024, drawing mixed reviews as he strives...
EU Fiscal Deal: France and Germany at Odds on Investment Spending
After a long night in Brussels, EU finance ministers haven’t sealed the deal on a new fiscal framework. European Union finance ministers moved closer...
Hezbollah and the Reluctance for a Wider War: Cui Bono?
Brussels (4/11 – 25) It’s an old story, a broken record: war crimes in the Middle East, encouraged and stoked by outsiders with their...
Israel’s Muddled Strategy in Gaza
Time to Make Hard Choices If devastation is the goal, Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip has been a resounding success. More than...
A Tit-for-Tat with Uncle Sam: China Puts the Screws on Exotic Mineral Exports
Brussel, Frankfurt (16/11 – 23) A levying of embargoes and export bans, the imposition of sanctions, erection of fearsome “license” (= restriction) protocol: there’s...
EU Ministers Narrow Gaps on Fiscal Rules, Eye End-year Deal
BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – France, Germany and the EU executive expressed hope on Friday that EU governments would reach an agreement on the...
King Charles’s Tie and a Cancelled Meeting With the Greek PM Reignite Debate Over the Return of the Parthenon Marbles
When King Charles III appeared at COP28 wearing a matching tie and pocket square emblazoned with the Greek flag, he sent a message — whether...
Greece, Cyprus to Start Construction on $2.05b Power Connector Next Year
Electricity cable is ultimately planned to connect with Israeli power grid Construction of a 1.9 billion-euro ($2.05 billion) section of an electricity cable that will connect...
President Wickremesinghe Delivers IMF Deal for Sri Lanka
Copenhagen (13/11 – 37.5) When Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as Sri Lanka’s president in July after a popular uprising ousted his predecessor, the South...
UNESCO Presented in Sarajevo the Project “building Trust in Media in South-east Europe: Support to Journalism as a Public Good”, With the Support of the European Union
On 1 December 2023, UNESCO officially presented in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the project “Building Trust in Media in South-East Europe: Support to Journalism...