The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced an expansion of the list of European Union officials and politicians banned from entering Russia in response to the latest package of European sanctions against Moscow. European Union member states approved a 13th package of sanctions against Russia, imposing restrictive measures on 200 people and companies accused of helping … Read more
[Voice of Hope, February 23, 2024](Comprehensive report by our reporter Chang Qing) On the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military announced on the evening of the 23rd that the Ukrainian Air Force shot down a fighter jet over the Sea of Azov. A Russian A-50U radar detection and early warning … Read more
The government will spend much more in the coming years than it brings in if nothing changes, says the CPB. The Netherlands will thus exceed new European budget rules. Should we fear punishment? Economists call for discipline. The Netherlands will face large budget deficits in 2026, 2028 and the following years. If policy remains unchanged, … Read more
An hour before the official start of the sixtieth Munich Security Conference (MSC), a greeting arrived from the Kremlin. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison. His widow Yulia Navalnaya took to the stage in tears shortly afterwards and called for justice and for the world to unite and “fight against this appalling regime”. … Read more
Bogotá — The financing that CAF will provide to Colombia will be US$2,000 million this year. This was confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg Línea by the president of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), Sergio Díaz-Granados. These resources will be allocated to sovereign financing for nearly US$520 million; non-sovereign, with another US$500 million; … Read more
The problems in the US commercial real estate market, which have already hit banks in New York and Japan, have begun to spill over into Europe, raising fears of wider contagion. The aggressive rise in interest rates has led many financial institutions to now receive increasing provisions for debt that mainly concerns property owners and … Read more
Finance by Stefania Blasioli and Paolo Paronetto Tokyo closes negative. China’s central bank cut the 5-year prime lending rate (LPR) by 25 basis points 3′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – The handbrake is on European stock exchanges at the start, the day after a session already characterized by caution which saw the absence … Read more
The new liberal and pro-European government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Poland is facing a difficult task. After eight years of rule by nationalist Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, the country returned to democracy and Europe in mid-December when the Tusk government was sworn in. Kaczynski’s Poland – like the far-right … Read more
In conjunction with the exposure of two new attacks on Monday to two American and British ships in the Red Sea region within less than 24 hours, the European Union officially decided to launch a mission to help protect international navigation in the strategic waterway. This European mission comes two months after Washington established a … Read more
All eyes are on Berlin regarding the future of the European Union, as it appears from circles of the European People’s Party (EPP), at the meeting of the Christian Democratic Party of Germany scheduled for tomorrow Monday, the Ursula von der Leyen will announce her candidacy for a second five-year term as president of the … Read more