Tag: economy

The Dominican Republic first came onto my radar in 2005. It was the country’s undervalued beachfront property that got my ...

Before I start writing about Panama's economy, I really must insist upon a few things: no yawning, no snoring, and ...

Zimbabwe is about to see quadrillions of its dollars disappear as its citizens exchange the inflation-plagued currency for U.S. dollars. ...

As Greece endures its fifth year of recession, the worst hit are doing what they can to survive. One visible ...

It has been nicknamed "Africa's Silicon Savannah.” Kenya's president has launched a US$14.5 billion project to build a new city ...

Ireland fell down hard in the 2008 global finical crisis. It had gone from one of the golden children of ...

Nothing captures Ireland’s fall from Celtic Tiger grace like this. Sean Quinn the formally celebrated self-made billionaire has been sentenced ...

Forbes has published their list of the top 10 richest countries in 2012. The results are based on each country’s ...

“For the 25 years I’ve been in Turkey, EU accession has been 10 years away,” said Hugh Pope, Turkey/Cyprus project ...

Ireland seems to be close to cashing in on its own “black gold” off the Cork coast. Tony O'Reilly Jr, ...

Croatia has completed the lengthy accession process and is set to join the E.U. on July 1, 2013. It will ...

“Panama is expected to grow by double digits at the end of 2012 and continues to reduce its poverty and ...

In June 2010, the European Council (a body that defines the general political direction of the European Union) launched a ...

The Spanish government is expected to announce severe austerity measures today in a climate that already teeters on the brink ...

France went over the dreaded three-million-unemployed level in August - with 10.2% of the population recorded out of work. As ...

The euro area’s (E17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 11.3% in July 2012, stable compared with June, 2012; 1.2% up compared ...

As satellites revealed dramatic photos of the melting northern Polar ice cap this week both environmentalists and marine developers went ...

Greece's Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, has asked for more time for his country to meet the requirements needed in order ...

Spanish companies have long had an association with the Dominican Republic (which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti) and ...

Back in May of this year Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff invited 50 of Brazil's leading businessmen to the capital Brasilia ...