Category: International

December 22, 2017//-The EBRD provided US$ 30 million to the fourth largest financial institution in Uzbekistan, Joint-Stock Commercial Mortgage Bank Ipoteka-Bank (Ipoteka-Bank).

December 20, 2017//-Damian Green, one of Theresa May’s closest allies, has resigned from the cabinet after an investigation found he breached the ministerial code.

December 18, 2017//-Train carriages have plummeted on to a motorway in Washington state, causing “multiple” fatalities, police say.

December 14, 2017//-A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, killing at least four children, the interior ministry says.

December 8, 2017//-Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank and Gaza after Friday prayers to protest against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

December 7, 2017//-Northern Ireland has been an FDI hotspot over the past decade, but is facing the prospect of the return of a physical border with Ireland to its south in the wake of the UK’s Brexit referendum. Jacopo Dettoni looks into how the country is preparing for this possibility.

December 6, 2017//-US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital has been met with indignation by world leaders, drawing strong criticism in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Occupied East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017// – No shock, no surprise and no complacency.

December 6, 2017//-President Donald Trump has announced that the US formally recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will begin the process of moving its embassy to the city, breaking with decades of US policy.

December 6, 2017//-US President Donald Trump is expected to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday, and announce his plans to move the US embassy to the city.