Sweden, typically a poster child for healthy living, has been forced to defend its coronavirus strategy as the state finally begins to see the curve flatten. The fact that Sweden — a state that was rated 8.5 for healthy by...
For the first time in its history, the EU has committed itself to joint debts to fund the €750 billion coronavirus aid recovery package. Three hundred ninety billion euros of it will be paid in grants, which is less than...
The European Council has just finished the longest meeting that it has had since the Nice, France gathering in 2000 and agreed upon a €750 billion recovery package. The package consists of grants and loans to counter the economic impact...
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest-growing continents with a rapidly growing population at a rate of 2.7% a per year followed by Asia growing at 1.2% and Latin America at 0.9% according to UN estimates.The current outbreak of the...
They thought the pandemic had ended. Then, a second wave. Not just a second wave, but one much stronger than the first. Rather than being instructed to hunker down in their homes, the people of Croatia and Serbia were asked...
The Chinese network supplier Huawei has been banned from the 5G network in Great Britain. The ban applies from the end of the year. Even parts that have already been installed must be removed. With the UK banning the Chinese...
So far, the EU summit in Brussels has not made any progress. Austria and the Netherlands continue to oppose the current COVID-19 aid proposal worth 750 billion. Particularly Austria’s Chancellor Kurz is not inclined to transform the European Union into...
It came as no surprise, and has certainly been anticipated in the pages of this publication, that the British government decided to prohibit telecom providers from buying new equipment for 5G networks from Huawei Technologies. It is undoubtedly a U-turn...
Considering how her reputation was tarnished by the 2015 refugee crisis, the coronavirus has provided German Chancellor Angela Merkel with an opportunity to secure a positive legacy during her final days in power. 2021 will mark her last year as...
One of the most heated elections in Europe so far has ended in Poland, with the country’s National Electoral Commission declaring the incumbent President, Andrzej Duda, as the winner having achieved a vote share of 51.2 percent. It is Poland’s...