Shaun Richards: Ireland creates quite a problem for attempts to measure an economy via GDP

Large numbers of soldiers from a Ukrainian Waffen SS division fled to Canada after the Second World War. (What about the millions of Nazi criminals who fled to West Germany?) Read HERE

While hundreds of thousands of refugees risk their lives to reach the safety of Europe and hope to be allowed to remain, others fly in in their private jets and purchase EU citizenship Read here […]

France, once Europe’s top power exporter, may not produce enough nuclear energy this winter to help European neighbours seeking alternatives to Russian gas, and may even have to ration electricity to meet its own needs. […]