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Political Upset in The Netherlands: Voters Turn to Firebrand Leader
In an election upset without precedent, Dutch voters on Wednesday chastised the ruling coalition of longtime prime minister Mark Rutte and handed the levers of power to political provocateur Geert Wilders whose Party for Freedom (PVV) unexpectedly secured 37 seats
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Right Place, Right Time, Right Attitude: Dutch Firm, Orange Capital Partners Plays Its Cards with Skill
Since its first acquisition in 2014, Amsterdam-based Orange Capital Partners (OCP) has been on a roll. Set up by two former Goldman Sachs executives, Victor van Bommel (founder and CEO) and Hedde Reitsma (CIO) the company employs 55 people at
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TANQIA: Blueprint for Sustainable Treatment is Blazing Trails in Water-Strapped Region
TANQIA – the first privately held wastewater collection and treatment Utility in the UAE, and across the wider Middle East Region – is a company that doesn’t lack vision. Executive chairman of the board Ibrahim Elwan says the firm is
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Double Dip Recession in the Making, UK Expected to Emerge First
The Deutsche Bundesbank expects a double dip recession. Analysing non-traditional indicators such as Google Map traffic data and air and water pollution, the German central bank detected a significant retreat of last week’s economic activity index. Consumer confidence is also
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Rainmaker: Revolutionary Water Supply Solutions That Are Needed Now More Than Ever
Across our entire planet, less than three percent of water is fresh. Of this, only 0.5 percent is accessible — and much of it has become contaminated by pollution and untreated wastewater. The reality is that over two billion people
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Uruguay: A Near-Perfect Country to Live, Work, and Play Post-Covid-19
The best countries to build a prosperous post-corona life include obvious choices such as Australia (#1), New Zealand (#3), and The Netherlands (#8), but also a few surprising ones: Mauritius claimed a top spot (#6) as did, remarkably, Spain (#5),
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EU Prime Ministers Beat a Path to The Hague
This month, The Hague has become the destiny of choice for EU prime ministers and presidents embarking on a pilgrimage to placate, woo, mollify or pay homage to Saint Mark – the self-anointed patron of the frugal. In his impressively
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Europe: Fig Leaves to Save Spain and Italy
Looking to score without breaking a sweat, European politicians of almost every ideological persuasion often turn on ‘Brussels’, assigning blame to the union for every conceivable domestic ill and castigating it for their own failings. Unable to put up a
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Resistance Is Futile as Berlin Backs EU Solidarity
For the third time in her 15-year reign, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sprung a major surprise and taken the lead whilst others dither. In 2011, she renounced nuclear energy and fossil fuels, promising to put Europe’s largest economy on
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Few Strings in US, Many in Europe
As trillions of dollars and euros were being doled out in state aid by governments and central banks trying to buy their way out of a recession, some of the cash ended in the wrong pockets. This morning, The New
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