Western freedoms in Russia are only partially appealing, since historically, Russians never had them. Instead, the Russian people are patient, stoic and often irrationally devoted to their cruel motherland.
Tag: economic crisis
By deciding to invade Ukraine, the President of Russia did so believing that money would protect his country. By trying to prove him wrong, the West is facing its own potential crash.
Prices have tripled on the staple product, as farmers and the government blame each other while ordinary Algerians struggle to put food on the table. It’s yet another crisis between economics and politics in the troubled North African nation.
The COVID-19 economic crisis has pushed the top Italian club to ask for tax payments to be deferred. It needs to pay coach Antonio Conte’s salary of 1 million euros … per month!
With the pandemic, survivalists around the world have new reasons to prepare for the day it all comes crashing down.
Joblessness is soaring in the western Asian nation, particularly among women, who are far more likely than men to be cut loose by employers.
CAIRO — Like many other laborers, delivery workers are not able to practice social distancing during the novel coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the service they provide helps protect customers — largely middle and upper-class citizens — by keeping those people out of busy shops where they might come in contact wth the illness. […]
Europe’s Central Bank chief acted in past years to absorb EU bank debts and keep money flowing amid a major recession. Stable growth now depends on responsible policies by EU member states.
Located in one of southern Italy’s poorest regions, once thriving Crotone has the worst youth unemployment rate for women in the entire country: 90%.
Venezuela, a land that made 19th-century travelers marvel at its natural treasures, has become one of the last places any tourist would visit these days.
CARACAS — It might be funny if it weren’t true — which Venezuelan reporter Nitu Pérez Osuna didn’t think it was before witnessing it with her own eyes: people lining up along a Caracas street to get a “shot” or “lick” of deodorant. “I’d seen something similar two years ago on Twitter and thought it […]
The twin problems of the economic crisis and university studies taking longer than expected have conspired to force many young adults to return home to their parents. Problem is, sometimes they bring their partners too.
Categories
The Worst Place In China To Do Business
In the provinces of Northeast China, the planned economy of the Mao Zedong era are still firmly in place.
Categories
The Myth Of The Greek Recovery
While European politicians have been hailing an economic uptick in the troubled Greek economy, Greeks themselves have yet to see any real signs of rebound. What explains the divide?
In Portugal, crisis or no, value is measured one can at a time.
More than 61% of Greeks aged 25 or younger are unemployed amid the country’s economic crisis. They are educated and demoralized, writes one young woman lucky enough to have work.