Tag: Economy

Categories Middle East

Taliban wants Afghan professionals to help boost country’s investment potential & create economy ‘roadmap’

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Faced with an economic crisis and mass emigration, the Taliban has declared attracting foreign investment to Afghanistan and creating a “roadmap” for national development as priorities, calling on professionals to work with them. … Read More >Taliban wants Afghan professionals to help boost country’s investment potential & create economy ‘roadmap’

Categories EU

Google, Facebook & Microsoft top EU lobbying spending amid clampdown on Big Tech’s powers by Brussels – study

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Tech firms have allocated almost €100 million to lobby the EU over the past year in an attempt to counter new tough laws regulating their activities, with Google, Facebook and Microsoft laying out the most cash, a study has found. … Read More >Google, Facebook & Microsoft top EU lobbying spending amid clampdown on Big Tech’s powers by Brussels – study

Categories Middle East

Israel agrees to ‘strengthen’ Palestinian economy in first top-level talks since 2010 held after PM Bennett’s return from US

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met late on Sunday in the first such top-level talks in over a decade, with Israel agreeing to work toward boosting the crumbling PA econom … Read More >Israel agrees to ‘strengthen’ Palestinian economy in first top-level talks since 2010 held after PM Bennett’s return from US

Categories World

New crisis in Kiev: Ukraine’s inflation spike spells trouble for the embattled nation because of its dependence on foreign cash

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Ukraine has its peculiarities. In one of Europe’s poorest nations, corruption and the influence of tycoons has hurt efforts to turn the country around. Like everywhere else, there’s a clear link between politics and economics. … Read More >New crisis in Kiev: Ukraine’s inflation spike spells trouble for the embattled nation because of its dependence on foreign cash

Categories Shows

The eviction moratorium, Nina Turner’s loss, the opioid epidemic

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Lee Camp takes a look back at how Congress played economic brinkmanship with the eviction moratorium over the past week. Millions of people were threatened with eviction without the moratorium. If it weren’t for Representative Cori Bush and the people who slept at the Capitol with her, evictions would be in full swing right now. … Read More >The eviction moratorium, Nina Turner’s loss, the opioid epidemic

Categories World

Tunisian president tells businessmen they won’t be prosecuted if they return billions of dollars ‘looted’ from people

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Tunisian President Kais Saied, who seized control of the government last weekend, said that billions of dollars had been stolen from the country and offered businessmen an option to return the money if they wanted to avoid prison. … Read More >Tunisian president tells businessmen they won’t be prosecuted if they return billions of dollars ‘looted’ from people

Categories EU

Hungary demands money Norway ‘owes’ after Nordic nation suspends financial aid over NGO funding row

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Hungary’s government has criticized Norway after the Nordic country announced on Friday that it will refuse to pay €220 million ($259 million) in financial aid, due to Budapest’s failure to resolve a disagreement over NGO funding … Read More >Hungary demands money Norway ‘owes’ after Nordic nation suspends financial aid over NGO funding row

Categories EU

Hungary’s PM condemns EU’s ‘ideological war’ after bloc seeks two-month delay to country’s recovery-plan talks

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Hungary’s Viktor Orban has accused the European Union of engaging in an “ideological war” after the bloc sought to delay talks over his country’s recovery plan, amid ongoing disagreement about Budapest’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law. … Read More >Hungary’s PM condemns EU’s ‘ideological war’ after bloc seeks two-month delay to country’s recovery-plan talks