Brian Cox: Science for the Masses

10 years ago

Amongst the remains of Kolmanskop, an old mining town in the Namib Desert, a scrawny metrosexual soliloquizes about the nature…

World Bank Supports New Innovative Financing to Reach SMEs and Exporters in Turkey

10 years ago

The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved a US$250 million equivalent loan for the Innovative Access To Finance Project for Turkey…

OECD: Achieving a Resilient Economic Recovery

10 years ago

The recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and arduous, and has at times threatened to derail altogether. However,…

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

10 years ago

Nigerian-born Dr Solomon Fubara did not quite set out to become a member of the UK diaspora community. In fact,…

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

11 years ago

In Chile, everyone knows the Luksics and their remarkable story that started with Policarpo Luksic who left his native Croatia…

European Policy Centre on Financial Transaction Tax (FTT): Why the EU Needs the FTT but the FTT Does Not Need the EU

11 years ago

Background The nature of the continuing crisis in the euro area has changed several times. With the collapse of Lehman…

From Armenia to France and Back – Francis Kurkdjian

11 years ago

Fragrances from the Past Though born in France, celebrated perfumer Francis Kurkdjian has remained in close touch with his Armenian…

Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action: Breaking Europe’s Imported Fossil Fuels Addiction

11 years ago

Europe is by far the largest importer of fossil fuel in the world. Recent developments in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq…

George Ryan: A Flawed Man Taking on a Flawed System

11 years ago

George Ryan is a hero tainted by scandal. As governor of Illinois, Mr Ryan followed in the wake of two…

From Somalia to the United States – Ayaan Hirsi Ali

11 years ago

The Big Questions of Our Time Barely twenty years ago, Ayaan Hirsi Ali aged 23 at the time, arrived in…