Posts Tagged ‘News’
 

 

Cuba’s new economic reforms: What’s really changing?

Within the next few months the Cuban government will ditch the Cuban convertible peso (CUC), one of the country’s two currencies, and one which is pegged to the US dollar. The CUC is designed to separate the heavily subsidi...
by Marcel Plichta
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Daily News Roundup – 18 July 2012

  Europe Germany ordered to boosts benefits to asylum seekers Germany’s Constitutional Court has ordered the country’s government to pay a 50% rise in benefits to asylum seekers, who have for two decades received less ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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International Political Forum

Saudi Arabia: The Next Arab Revolution

The Arab Spring clearly demonstrated a yearning for freedom in the Middle East. Whilst the Gulf was largely unaffected by bloody uprisings, the most bound and voiceless sector of Saudi society is still hungry for change. On t...
by Nadia Hasan
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Daily News Roundup – 6 September 2012

  Europe Mario Draghi to unveil bond-buying plan for the eurozone Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, is expected to unveil details of a new bond-buying plan later today.  The ECB is expected to help cut...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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With An Eye On China’s Future, Mainlanders Brave Arrest To Support Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution

Mainland Chinese activists are skirting censorship and risking arrest to publicly declare their support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. 
by I-fan Lin
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 5 JULY 2012

Latin America Mexico to face partial recount in Presidential election The recount has been announced after Mexico’s electoral authorities said there were inconsistencies in Sunday’s election. It comes just two days after En...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 1 October 2012

   Europe Eurozone unemployment reaches new heights Unemployment in the eurozone hit a fresh high of 18.2 million in August, according to the EU statistics agency.  The number of people out of work rose by 49,000, but re...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 1 August 2012

  Europe Scheme launches in UK to prompt lending  The Funding for Lending initiative, a new scheme to prompt banks and other lenders to make more money available to homeowners and businesses, has come into operation in th...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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International Political Forum

A Free or Responsible Press?

“A great victory for the forces of oppression”, that’s how Trevor Kavanagh the associate editor of the Sun Newspaper described the Royal Charter drafted by UK politicians in the wake of the Leveson enquiry. “...
by James Walker
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