It is difficult not to feel a twinge of sympathy for Iran as the Obama brokered Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2015 to curb Iran’s nuclear programme and in particular, its Uranium Enrichment continues to disintegrate. This following the US decision to withdraw in 2018 in what looks like pandering to its middle…
Germany’s largest financial institution Deutsche Bank has announced it will pull out of all share dealing activities putting several, thousand jobs at risk, and leaving Barclays as the only major European bank still in this market. This comes fast on the heels of the failed merger talks with rival Commerzbank which the German government had…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the unusual and potentially dangerous to the economy step of firing the governor of the supposedly independent central bank due to a dispute over interest rates. Murat Cetinkaya who had been in the position since April 2016 has been replaced by his deputy. President Erdogan has been calling…
Greece’s dalliance with Left-Wing Politics has ended following the re-election of the New Democracy Party at the recent snap General Election. The Grek people voted for radical change back in 2015 electing Syriza – an acronym that stands for “Coalition of the Radical Left” on the basis of their proposed end to austerity and possibly…
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is now a reality after Nigeria – the largest economy in the region signed up meaning that 54 of the 55 eligible countries are now members. This is not only a significant boost for Afric but also for World GDP as prior to the agreement only 16% of regional trade…
The Foreign Office will explore how memos from the UK’s envoy in the US were published by a paper. BBC News – UK