Tag: World Economic Forum
How bad will the crisis be for the global economy?
A storm through the world economy There is talk of a “perfect storm”. This is how the US economist Kenneth Rogoff describes the danger of a simultaneous recession in Europe,…
We also need to become less susceptible to blackmail when it comes to food
Wheat harvest in Egypt In 2022, a food crisis is hardly avoidable. (Photo: Bloomberg) Becoming less vulnerable to blackmail is one of the lessons drawn from Russia’s war in Ukraine…
“Government is looking for excuses” – Scholz is criticized for handling arms deliveries
Berlin In view of the ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is again confronted with demands to deliver more and faster weapons to the country attacked by…
Putin has missed all strategic goals – call for new international cooperation
Olaf Scholz The Federal Chancellor now sees the world before a new phase of globalization. (Photo: AP) davos In Davos, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a clear commitment to free…
Putin has missed all strategic goals – call for new international cooperation
Olaf Scholz The Federal Chancellor now sees the world before a new phase of globalization. (Photo: AP) davos In Davos, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a clear commitment to free…
Ukrainian defenders under pressure in the east
Kyiv In eastern Ukraine, massive Russian artillery and airstrikes are increasingly threatening the Ukrainian defenders. 95 percent of the Luhansk administrative region in the Donbass has been occupied by Russian…
Billionaire George Soros predicts the apocalypse in Davos
Apocalyptic Soros The star investor warns of the Third World War. (Photo: Bloomberg) davos In view of the many crises, it was foreseeable that the mood at the World Economic…
Wall Street is leaving Mark Zuckerberg
when money was still easy and big tech, sometimes just low tech, attracted investors, a photo app like Snap was a real stock market hit. It was like before the…
Ukrainian troops under pressure in the east
eastern Ukraine Russian military near Mariupol: Ukrainian front falters. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Kyiv For the Ukrainian troops in the east of the country, the situation is becoming increasingly precarious in view…
Ukraine needs a blank check in self-defense
The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has been in a new phase for several weeks. After the rapid advance against Kyiv failed, an intense war of attrition has now…
Von der Leyen wants to use the oligarchs’ assets for Ukraine
Davos, Berlin Ursula von der Leyen found strong words. “Hand in hand we will help Ukraine to rise from the ashes,” said the EU Commission chief on Tuesday at the…
Ukraine war: Germany’s abstruse arms delivery debate
The hope was that critics who accused Germany of failing to support Ukraine with heavy equipment would now fall silent. But this hope did not last long. On Tuesday, on…
The world fears a new famine
davos David Beasley is used to warning, but these days the director of the UN World Food Program is warning with a new urgency: “We are facing the worst humanitarian…
Ukraine war: Germany’s abstruse arms delivery debate
The hope was that critics who accused Germany of failing to support Ukraine with heavy equipment would now fall silent. But this hope did not last long. On Tuesday, on…
Oligarch fortune for reconstruction of Ukraine
Superyacht Eclipse owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in Marmaris, Turkey Berlin, Brussels The most recent meeting of the G7 finance ministers was dominated by the Ukraine war. The Ukrainian…
Von der Leyen wants to use the oligarchs’ assets for Ukraine
Ursula von der Leyen in Davos The head of the EU Commission called for all international forces to be pooled in order to put Russia in its place. (Photo: Bloomberg)…
Investment advisors rely on proven crisis management
World Economic Forum Adena Friedman, CEO of the New York technology exchange Nasdaq, speaks at the World Economic Forum. (Photo: Bloomberg) davos Deglobalization and decoupling of the major economic regions…
“Don’t see a recession in the euro area”
ECB President Christine Lagarde Lagarde stresses that the ECB is not lagging behind the US on interest rate policy. (Photo: dpa) davos Christine Lagarde does not currently see the euro…
The Greens learn free trade with Robert Habeck
Celebrities who come to Davos for the World Economic Forum like to make two commitments: one for a better world, the second for free trade. But never before has anyone…
Habeck’s plan for revitalizing world trade
Robert Habeck at the World Economic Forum The world needs to turn away from the “unbridled globalization” of the past few years, it must “become better, fairer and more sustainable,”…