EU politics
Trita Parsi, Fridda Stranne: Sweden Is the Land of Ikea, ABBA – and China Hawks
It’s not just in NATO. It’s one of the alliance’s most confrontational members. Read HERE
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Economics
New Economy Brief: What if all wages went up by inflation?
Inflation-linked wages in Belgium should have produced a wage-price spiral…but they haven’t. In fact, inflation in Belgium is dropping faster than many other economies. Why? Read HERE Photo: EmDee/Creative Commons
Environment
DeSmog: Revealed – Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral
Some of the world’s biggest polluters are paying social media celebrities and environmentalists to promote their brands to billions of people. Read HERE Johan Eklund/Creative Commons
Economics
Economics
German Foreign Policy: “A Reliable Partner”
After the putsch in Niger, Berlin increases pressure on putschists. Ex-President Bazoum, extremely unpopular in the country, relied on Western powers and is considered a “reliable partner” by Germany Read HERE
Corruption
Kyiv Independent: Officials accused of using war as pretext for hiding ill-gotten wealth
As Ukrainian soldiers are defending their homeland on the front line, officials in the rear are accused of using the war as a pretext for hiding their wealth. They are able to do so because […]
Climate Crisis
Balkan Green Energy News – Guterres: Era of global warming has ended – era of global boiling has arrived
The hottest three-week period ever was registered this month, together with a string of hottest days, while ocean temperatures are at their highest-ever recorded levels for this time of year. The era of global warming […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: Overkill – The ECB is driving the European economy up the wall and everyone is watching
The economic situation in Germany is bad, very bad indeed. There are indicators such as the so-called Markit PMI that predict a similarly devastating scenario for German industry as at the time of the great […]
Climate Crisis
Net Zero Investor: Minsky moment: are pension assets at risk due to flawed climate analysis?
Professor Steve Keen and others warn that record heatwaves, floods, fires and intensifying storms halt commerce, damage crops, create uninsurable areas, and impair infrastructure. Pension funds rely too heavily on sanguine consultant forecasts and underestimate […]
Climate Crisis
The Grocer – Cereal crops decimated by Europe’s heatwave
Maybe it won’t be enough simply to give everyone air conditioning to counterbalance climate change. Read HERE