The American research center Heritage Foundation published its annual rating of the most economically free countries of the world. This rating is annually compiled on the basis of calculations in ten main categories. It takes into account the degree of economic and trade freedoms, investment openness, state intervention in the economy, the factor of corruption, and so on. Below are 10 countries...

The well-known financier George Soros turned his attention to the United Kingdom. He decided to help British public organizations that oppose the country's withdrawal from the EU, and transferred them £ 400,000. Public organization Best for Britain, which opposes the country's withdrawal from the EU, reported about transfer of the large sum. "George Soros funds, like other major sponsors, have...

The French government announced plans to increase defense spending by more than 40% by 2025. This is reported by the television channel France 24 with reference to AFP. The promulgated bill provides growth of military spending from 34.2 billion euros in 2018 to 50 billion euros in 2025. From 2019 to 2022, the Ministry of Defense plans to increase spending annually by 1.7 billion euros, and from...

Cobalt is silvery metal, used for the production of batteries for almost all modern electronics. Over the past two years, the price for cobalt has risen more than threefold. Investors buy cobalt in thousands of tons, and analysts predict that soon it will become a deficit. The problem is that 60 percent of this metal is mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of the poorest and most...

2018 has just come, but avid travelers already make lists of places that they would like to visit this year. TripAdvisor portal recently published its annual list of tourist destinations that are gaining popularity, which included a variety of places - from Croatia to Kenya. TripAdvisor experts compiled their rating based on the annual growth of positive feedback about attractions, restaurants...

China is developing plans to tighten restrictions on harmful emissions for three years until 2020, an official from the Ministry of the Environment said. This is happening after the five-year plan on pollution control helped the agency achieve the air quality targets last month. "Three-year plan to fight for the environment," developed by the Ministry of Environment, as the representative of the...

A study by the University of Oxford shows that up to 47% of jobs in Western countries can disappear within two decades. The reason lies in the automation of production, which deprives cashiers and cleaners, guards and train drivers of income. State payments may substitute compulsory employment. The UK, the Netherlands and France are considering plans for the introduction of unconditional basic...

The countries of Eastern Europe are leading in terms of economic development in the Old World. One of the reasons for the growth is investment in infrastructure. The governments of these countries are trying to increase their political weight. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe are not in Brussels’ good books in the question of protection and development of democracy. However, in...

The head of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, said at the meeting of the Board of Governors that the economy of the euro area is showing steady growth and he is not going to interfere with this, Bloomberg writes. After the IMF raised its growth forecasts, and the world elite in Davos highly appreciated the brighter economic outlook, Draghi said that raising interest rates this year...