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August 25, 2010
France approved the launching of the reactor of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at the 18th conference of French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace, RIA Novosti reports. Even before the launch the French Foreign Ministry said that Russian supplies of fuel to Iran is another reason why Iran should… » read more
The international company group Itera is constructing infrastructure facilities for the oil and gas industry and is realizing social projects, Trend reports, citing a press-release from the company. MRK-Engineering, which is part of the company group, is constructing a cross-country pipeline with a control and gas registration system in Central Karakum. The pipeline is 198… » read more
According to research of AVG specialists working on making anti-virus software, Armenia is in third place of the least safe internet-using countries, www.telecom.arka.am reports. The first place belongs to Turkey, followed by Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Bangladesh. read more
August 23, 2010
‘Rosneft’, the major Russian state oil company, has created a subsidiary in Ingushetia, RIA Novosti reports. The company purchased a 100% share of the Ingush ‘RN-Ingushnefteproduct’ company. read more
For the first time in several years a flight of a Russian air company (S7 airlines) to Georgia took place today. From now on flights will operate three times a week on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.Flights between the two countries were stopped after the conflict two years ago, but transportation has now been restored.
May 20, 2010
If all the recent events weren’t enough, a story in today’s Guardian poses another question mark against the long-term economic prospects of the eurozone. Germany, the EU’s economic powerhouse and ‘paymaster of the eurozone’, is shrinking and faster th…
The worldwide New Green Deal is becoming a reality. Global revenues from all climate-related businesses are now worth a stunning $530 billion. It could even exceed $2 trillion by 2020. In Europe 3.4 million jobs are already directly related to the low carbon economy, compared to 2.8 million jobs in polluting industries. Climate change has… » read more
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The CECIMO 2009 Spring General Assembly, which was held in San Sebastian (Spain) on 9th June 2009, was the occasion for the European machine tool builders and their representative associations from fifteen countries to analyse in-depth the impact of the economic crisis on their industry. The European Machine Tool sector has been sitting in the… » read more
April 15, 2009
The world is in a transition from industrial and information economy into conceptual economy. Value is in meaning, not in function. The resource of this economy are talents. They are empowered by information and communication technologies. The game is how to make use of all this talent. Businesses do open innovation, governments should do open… » read more
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January 16, 2009
Economic freedom is highly valued element especially in U.S. society and its imitators. Conservative politics claims that greater economic freedom generates opportunities for people, creates wealth and respect for human rights. In Nordic countries the approach is different and the economic freedom of one individual – human or company – can be limited if […]… » read more
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January 11, 2009
During the last days of 2008 Montenegro has submitted a formal application to join the European Union. Montenegro has gained independence in 2006 and signed a pre-accession Stabilisation and Accession Agreement with the EU in October 2007. It’s economy is doing remarkably good although it is highly dependent on Russian investors. EU enlargement commissioner Olli… » read more
December 14, 2008
The energy intensity of a country shows how much energy is needed to produce a single euro of gross domestic product (GDP). Central-Europe, which is more industry-oriented and has been addicted to cheap Soviet natural gas needs a lot more energy to produce its lower national income than Western Europe. This partly explains the worries… » read more
December 11, 2008
As negotiations at the UN Framework Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) draw to a close in Poznan, Poland and EU leaders kick off meetings in Brussels, all eyes and podcast feeds are assessing what, if any, progress can be made towards a new climate deal. Let’s face it, what were already difficult negotiations have become even… » read more
December 6, 2008
It’s worth taking a look a the last available national income figures in the world before the current economic downturn. The world map below shows GDP per capita adjusted with purchasing power, in other words, the per capita purchasing ability of gross income in countries. Countries with similar shades have an identical income, in other… » read more
Michal Lehuta has a very nice chart of a few selected EU member state’s long-term economic performance. Between 1997-2010 the gap between Central European and Western European GDP’s have diminished significantly. It looks that Slovenia will reach the EU average level at first, Slovakia and Estonia are the biggest relative winners. On the other side,… » read more
November 13, 2008
Obama + 6, Monday 10th, evening “Are we at the end? Is it over?”. I am asking the most capable people in the supervisory institutions. I am of course talking about the financial crisis. One such looked at me and answered; “no it is not over, may be we are half way”. And then he… » read more
Obama + 6, Monday 10th, early evening Of course, it is your fundamental right to be a member of a trade union. We in Europe regard this as a natural thing. This is not the case in the US. It is possible now that American workers will get the same trade union rights as European… » read more
November 7, 2008
Jean Quatremer, correspondant á Bruxelles pour le journal Libération, vient de publier un post très polémique sur son blog. Le sujet est une lettre de Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (Président du PSE) envoyée à Nicolas Sarkozy avant le sommet informel de l’Union Européenne sur la crise financière que le Président Français a convoqué aujourd’hui. Le journaliste… » read more
October 30, 2008
Oleg Deripaska – the Russian aluminium king, who is supposed to meet the latest British party finance scandalists in Corfu this summer – may shut down Aluminium Plant Podgorica, which gives a half of Montenegro’s export capacity. It’s not only his business. Here is the story from the new Montenegrin Blogactiv blog. I believe in… » read more
The financial and money markets have closed with a huge plus today after news came out that the IMF has reached a broad agreement with the Hungarian government. The scheme will involve the EU and possibly some EU member states, too. “A substantial financing package in support of these strong policies will be announced when… » read more
