Новости за 13.04.2018

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The Nobel Prize institution is in crisis as the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, was forced to resign on Thursday. “There are other things to do in life,” Danius said, making clear that the board asked for her resignation. Danius held the post since 2015. Danius’ leadership was undermined by her predecessor,

In line with trends across developed economies, Italian inequality has surged since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, according to an OECD report published on Friday. “… Since the crisis, trends towards greater wealth inequality have continued,” the report reads, in line with trends in the Netherlands, Britain, and the United States. One

President Donald Trump is apparently considering rejoining the legacy multilateral agreement negotiated by his predecessor, Barack Obama, according to a Friday Tweet. A few hours later, Trump clarified that TPP would need to be improved – getting a “better deal” – recalling that there is already a system of Free Trade Agreements with six of

A 49-year-old man from China was charged with spying on Tibetan refugees in Sweden, Swedish Radio reported on Thursday. The case is pursued by the counterespionage department of the Swedish security service, Säpo, and creates a precedent for other EU member states; this is the first time a Chinese national is being brought to trial

Dutch exports have surged by an impressive 10% (€43.5bn) to a total value of €469bn in 2017, the Dutch Statistical Service (CBS) reported on Friday. The surge was driven by exports in emerging economies, outside the EU, which grew by 16%. That is not a pattern unique to the Netherlands. The share of German exports

With only three months to go before a critical NATO summit in Bucharest that could potentially approve the admission of new members, the foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia/FYROM continued to press for resolution of the bilateral Name Dispute that has long held up both NATO and EU accession for Macedonia/FYROM. Meeting on April 11

The European Commission presented a plan to help small-scale food producers that will ensure that all food sales contracts are honoured while tackling several types of unfair supply and distribution practices. “Today’s proposal is fundamentally about fairness – about giving a voice to the voiceless – for those who, through no fault of their own, find

Have you ever wandered which passports make it easier to cross borders than others? Or which nationalities are more advantageous than others when traveling? Traveling has become easier. But this does not mean that we can all fairly go to the countries of our choice. Thus, traveling in the Schengen area is simple for nationals of the member

Amnesty International’s latest annual report has found that fewer executions were carried out around the world in 2017 than the year prior. The number of people sentenced to death also went down. Last year Amnesty International recorded 993 executions. Although that number is high, in 2016 the human rights organization registered 1,032 more. The London-based human rights

In his first meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker only weeks after a political crisis toppled the government of his controversial predecessor Robert Fico, Slovakia’s new Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini fully committed his country to the EU and is prepared to send more money to the bloc’s budget if required following Brexit cuts. With the Finance Minister Peter Kazimir