At 7 AM on Tuesday, 11 April 2023, just after an extended Easter holiday weekend, “junior doctors” in England- a varied mix of…
The recent parliamentary elections in Finland might normally have passed largely unnoticed by the rest of the world. The Nordic nation of 5.5…
The UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was confirmed at a virtual meeting between Business and Trade Secretary Kemi…
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Proposed Judicial Reform in Israel: Recalibrating the Relationship between the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches
The Israeli government’s recent proposals for judicial reform have pitted liberal and secular left-wing and centrist elements in Israeli society against their conservative,…
France’s eight main labour unions went on the warpath in mid-January this year, only to be joined by a much wider section of…
The recent events at Credit Suisse (CS) might come as a surprise to those who have hitherto viewed Swiss banks as trusted models…
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Silicon Valley Bank: A Bank Failure that Prompted Rapid Intervention by Government Regulators
On Friday 10 March 2023 and on the day before, long queues of anxious depositors formed outside branches of the Silicon Valley Bank…
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lllegal Migration Bill: A New Law to Deter Asylum Seekers from Crossing the English Channel in Small Boats
The UK Government’s latest attempt to rectify a flawed system for identifying and processing potential asylum seekers was disclosed by Home Secretary Suella…
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The Windsor Framework: A Resetting of UK-EU Relations and an Attempt to End the Stalemate in Northern Irish Politics
It was inevitable that, sooner or later, the messy Northern Ireland Protocol would have to be renegotiated to end the resulting economic fiasco…
During the month of February 2023, judging by personal experience and those of other shoppers across the country, and further confirmed by images…