While international sportswear giants such as Nike, Adidas and Puma are bitter rivals, they all have one thing in common: they’re trying to cut out the middleman. Just last week, Adidas announced an ambitious four-year plan called “Own the Game”, which…
Knight Frank has released its latest House Price Index, which found that global residential property prices are rising at their fastest rate in nearly three years. The company analyzed prices in 56 countries and territories with 89 percent recording an…
The average price for a gallon of gasoline has continued to creep upwards in the United States and it hit $2.85 by March 15, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It was as low as $1.77 last April. Increasing oil prices are the prima…
In 2019, just over 706,000 people obtained citizenship of an EU Member State, an increase on the 672,800 applications granted in 2018. The majority were granted to citizens of non-EU countries and stateless individuals. 13 percent of the total number o…
Amid a handful of reports of blood clots, a growing list of countries, primarily in Europe, have suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine as the continent faces a third wave of Covid-19. The move plunges an already slow European vaccination drive into …
While the growth of COVID-19 infections is slowing down in some European countries, others are experiencing a swift increase in case numbers, prompting fears of third wave and renewed lockdowns. Italy, which employs a regional lockdown and national cur…
As we have entered the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a growing transatlantic divide in public mood. While the finish line appears to be in sight for the United States, where a rapid vaccine rollout and falling case numbers have sparked …
Out of 26 countries and the EU-28 analyzed by the OECD, agricultural subsidies were highest in the Philippines, followed by Indonesia. The government helped local farmers and consumers out to the tune of 3.1 percent of GDP in the Southeast Asian countr…
Thinking about online marketplaces, Amazon and eBay spring to the minds of most Americans and Europeans. And yet, they’re only ranked third and fifth in the world in terms of gross merchandise volume. According to estimates from Statista’s ecommerceDB,…
UK trade figures for January were released today, revealing a record drop in exports and imports to and from the European Union. At first glance, this may seem like a clear and ominous effect of the Brexit transition ending on 31 December. On closer in…