Kit Knightly IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva has called for every government to implement some form of carbon taxes or “carbon pricing” in the near future. Yes, we’re into week two of the UN’s COP28 climate change summit, and the hits just keep on coming. For example, yesterday it was announced sixty-three world governments have pledged …
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Here are the economic records of growth over the past 25 years, in Gross Domestic Product calculated at Purchasing-Power Parity (GDP PPP), for 7 regions of the world. In each of the seven regions, the information-source is the Trading Ecnomics Website. Each country or region is identified in the URL […]
By Rhod Mackenzie The supply of gas via pipelines to Europe from Russia for many years was consistent and stable in both pricing and in volumes. However, after the significant decision to halt the supply of Russian gas through pipelines to Europe the supply and price situation has worsened considerably. Europe may even experience echoes […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator In the immediate aftermath of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israeli soldiers and civilians, the US President Joe Biden, and all the American allies repeated the same mantra on cue: ‘Israel has the right to defend itself’. Much later, the UN human rights expert pointed out that in […]
By Rhod Mackenzie Europe has officially acknowledged its member economies face a significant economic downturn: by year-end, GDP will decrease in ten EU member states. These include not only “lagging behind” nations, such as Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, but also some of the leading leading economies. Conversely, predictions for the Russian economy are optimistic. The […]
Brussels has been left reeling by what EU politicians see as a "nightmare" victory for Geert Wilders and his 'Nexit' supporters in yesterday's Dutch general elections, reports in the Netherlands say.
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By Rhod Mackenzie The European Union persists in attempting to introduce sanctions against Rosatom and the Russian supply of nuclear fuel. They previously tried to implement sanctions against them during the tenth package of sanctions, and now there is discussion concerning the 12th package. In light of this, who will benefit or who will suffer […]
By Rhod Mackenzie Siemens Energy has taken on debt to protect its sustainable business. The energy division of Siemens Energy AG, which is the biggest unit of the German engineering corporation Siemens, has agreed a deal worth €15 billion with a group of banks, the German government, and its shareholder Siemens AG, to compensate for […]
