On Tuesday, the Ministry of Finance of Greece issued 10-year bonds, which happened for the first time in the last 9 years. According to the Athens Stock Exchange, the demand for bonds exceeded 11.3 billion euros, although it was expected to receive at least 2 billion euros. At the end of last month, Greece entered the market with 5-year bonds. For several years, the country hasn’t had any...

Among the proposals of the French President to reform the European Union were reorganization of trade policy and creation of a body aimed at protecting EU elections from hacker attacks and manipulations. Less than three months before the European Parliament elections, French President Emmanuel Macron presented an action plan for reforming the European Union. In particular, he expressed support...

Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaidó have been fighting for power in Venezuela for already a month. However, despite influential support from abroad, helplessness of Guaidó is growing. Is the revolution really going according to plan? The Venezuelan opposition and foreign assistants do not want to give up. They are planning new actions in order to deliver humanitarian aid to Venezuela surrounded by the...

After the Indian air force raided a camp of Islamist terrorists in Pakistan on Tuesday, Islamabad promised to respond to this “act of aggression” from India. Moreover, high-ranking Pakistani officials, who commented on the situation, said that Pakistan’s reaction would surprise everyone. It seems that Islamabad is no less determined than India, which accuses the Pakistani authorities of...

Australian companies are having difficulties supplying coal to China. Beijing is delaying the customs clearance of goods. If it usually took from 5 to 20 days, but now it is as much as 45 days, Reuters writes, citing traders. A manager of a Shanghai trading company, which usually bought about 400,000 tons of Australian coal per month, said that the company stopped ordering coal from Australia,...

Brussels is calling on EU countries to revise the system of granting residence permits in exchange for investments. How this will be implemented in practice? At the beginning of the year, the European Commission submitted a report to the European Parliament. The paper proposes to toughen the procedure for issuing “golden visas” that allow obtaining a residence permit or a European passport in...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not rule out that the United States could use military force "to restore democracy" in Venezuela, calling President Nicolas Maduro "the worst version of a tyrant." The list of "concrete measures" to resolve the crisis should be proposed by Vice President of the United States Michael Pence at a meeting of the leaders of the Lima Group in Colombia. Among the...

The growth of the British economy in 2018 was 1.4%, the National Statistical Service reported: “Such low growth rates were observed only in 2012, and lower growth rates were observed only in 2009.” Investments of the companies have been falling for the fourth quarter in a row, and many began to prepare for tough Brexit. Not only European, but also American corporations sounded very worried about...

The United Arab Emirates announced defense deals with local and international companies worth about $ 1.35 billion on the opening day of the IDEX defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi, according to CNBC. Of the 33 deals announced on Sunday, 18 were made with local firms, 15 - with foreign companies, which accounted for just under $ 1.1 billion, an IDEX spokesman said during a press conference. The US...