The Euro – A Paradox Checks Into Hotel California

It could have been conceived a bit more thoughtfully, but as a project the European common currency is not altogether farfetched or indeed destined for failure. The euro was specifically created to offer an alternative to the erstwhile all-mighty US

Read More

The European Conundrum

The European Union is an interesting project that – once logic is duly applied – must end up with the foundation of a United States of Europe (USE). Strangely enough, very few of the union’s citizens actually want to live

Read More

Mikkelson Brothers: Doing Good through a Chance Meeting

Danes David and Christopher Mikkelson are solid heroes for the humble and conscientious work they have done in establishing Refugees United (REFUNITE) in 2008. This organisation helps family members search online for refugees in order to connect and communicate with

Read More

World Bank Policies Include Screening for Climate Risks

The World Bank Group has made a priority of helping countries adapt to and mitigate the risks of climate change, and it is increasingly viewing its lending through a climate lens. Over the past few years, it has started implementing

Read More

Norton Rose Fulbright: EU Sets New Financial Laws for Non-EU Entities

Introduction The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) is one of the cornerstones of EU financial services law setting out which investment services and activities should be licensed across the EU and the organisational and conduct standards that those providing

Read More

Boris Johnson: Fast and Furious, Reasoned and Smart

He did inhale. London mayor Boris Johnson did, being – in his own words – no stranger to cannabis. He also argued, in one of many silly moments, that if gay marriage was ok, there should be no reason not

Read More

Brian Cox: Science for the Masses

Amongst the remains of Kolmanskop, an old mining town in the Namib Desert, a scrawny metrosexual soliloquizes about the nature of the universe in a Lancastrian accent. After another minute of establishing shots, the presenter sits down on a dune

Read More

OECD: Achieving a Resilient Economic Recovery

The recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and arduous, and has at times threatened to derail altogether. However, the major advanced economies are finally gaining traction and momentum. Private-sector confidence is rebuilding. After years of weakness, investment and

Read More

From Nigeria to UK – Dr Solomon Fubara: Helping the Diaspora Break into Business

Nigerian-born Dr Solomon Fubara did not quite set out to become a member of the UK diaspora community. In fact, he came to get a university degree in 1983 and had every intention of using his education to get ahead

Read More

From Croatia to Chile – The Luksic Family: From the World’s Driest Desert to the Forbes List

In Chile, everyone knows the Luksics and their remarkable story that started with Policarpo Luksic who left his native Croatia as a young man to try his luck in the mineral-rich Atacama Desert in Chile’s far north. Here, in purportedly

Read More