Economy
Mine tailing dams: the giants we ignore at our peril
Monday 08 February 2021 |
Marco Ranocchiari | OBC Transeuropa
Tailing ponds are among the largest and most dangerous structures engineered by humanity, but their operation is virtually unknown to those who don’t live in their vicinity. Europe is no less at risk from incidents than the rest of the world.
Migrants amidst COVID-19: heroes, just for one day
Tuesday 12 January 2021 |
Alexander Damiano Ricci Daniele Ruzza
| VoxEurop
Fresh data released by the Migration Data Portal highlight the positive role migrant workers have played during COVID-19 crisis in Western societies, as well as their exposure to the pandemic.
How Croatia plans to spend €22 billion in EU funds
Wednesday 16 December 2020 |
Toni Gabrić | H-Alter
Croatia is expected to receive a good wealth of EU funds in the coming years. However, the strategic priorities doesn't appear very bold and clear, and the plan for the use of the Recovery Fund is not ready yet.
Brexit: Can supply disruptions be avoided?
Wednesday 23 December 2020 |
Aude Martin | Alternatives Economiques
Who exports and who imports? A German economics think tank, the Ifo institute, has looked at the interdependencies between the European Union and the United Kingdom.
The foreign companies awarded contracts for the Covid-19 response in Italy
Monday 21 December 2020 |
Openpolis Since the beginning of the pandemic, Italian authorities have allocated almost five billion euro for the supply of materials necessary for containing the spread of the virus. 1.7 billion went to foreign companies. An analysis of the public contracts awarded in response to Covid-19 in Italy.
UK’s north-south divide will worsen outside the EU
Friday 11 December 2020 |
Aude Martin | Alternatives Economiques
The most recent research suggests that Brexit will further deepen Britain’s already yawning regional inequalities, especially between London and the North of England.
Brexit: The dream of British Conservatives is in trouble
Friday 27 November 2020 |
Aude Martin | Alternatives Economiques
The handful of trade deals that the British government has so far concluded with non-EU countries will not fully compensate for the loss of the European market.
Can the green transition help in solving fiscal and monetary divergencies in the EU?
Thursday 27 August 2020 |
Petter Aspestrand | OBC Transeuropa
The COVID-19 pandemic may have opened a window of opportunity for the European Union to strengthen its fiscal cohesion and to put the climate transition on the right track.
What will the Euro effect be in Croatia?
Tuesday 06 October 2020 |
Toni Gabrić | H-Alter
Within the next two or three years, Croatia will enter the Eurozone, with the euro becoming the country’s official currency. Entry is expected to have an impact on both foreign trade and society at large, coming with increasing constraints and opportunities.
Big Tech’s aggressive EU lobbying has caused a power shift
Tuesday 20 October 2020 |
Andreas Vou | VoxEurop
The drastic increase of lobbying expenditure by Big Tech companies is denting Europe’s traditionally strict privacy laws and shifting more power into the hands of corporations. And the COVID-19 is playing in the latter's hand.
