Economy

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde with a model of the new Croatian euro, depicting both the name of the current national currency and the Croatian word for morten, ‘Kuna’.Image courtesy of Reuters After 101 consecutive interest rate decisions in which the European Central Bank (ECB) did not announce a rate hike, it finally did on Thursday. No one doubts …

Schiphol has risen to the top of two rankings of troubled airports by US news channel CNN. When it comes to the most delays this summer, Schiphol is fourth. Additionally, the Dutch airport is among the top 10 major airports with relatively high cancellations. The lists looked at FlightAware data from late May. Since then, 41.5% of flights are delayed …

Governments are misusing the ‘comply or explain’ policy that applies to important Internet standards such as IPv6. That was the conclusion of the benchmarking forum. According to the organization, there are still no good reasons not to use Internet standards. Twelve years ‘Governments have twelve years to prepare their systems for the move to IPv6. There are no good reasons …

UN for Turkey The boss hopes to resume Ukrainian grain exports UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday, a UN spokesperson said. The United Nations and Turkey have been pushing for weeks for an agreement between Russia and Ukraine that would lead to the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea. Turkish Foreign Minister …

UN for Turkey The boss hopes to resume Ukrainian grain exports UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday, a UN spokesperson said. The United Nations and Turkey have been pushing for weeks for an agreement between Russia and Ukraine that would lead to the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea. Turkish Foreign Minister …

Photo: ANP Ford Motor has supplied enough batteries to produce 600,000 electric vehicles a year starting next year. The American automaker announced this in a statement on Thursday. Given that Ford sold only 27,140 plug-in vehicles in the U.S. last year, the production target is a big step forward in the coming years. The automaker has signed a deal with …

The Directorate of Sports Affairs is taking steps to lay a good foundation in women’s sports, starting with women’s football. Challenges for women in sports in Suriname’s sports community have demanded the necessary attention from Minister Gracia Emanuele and Director of Sports Gordon Towe Nki Djow. On behalf of the Minister, the Sports Director held talks with various organizations including …

Photo: ANP According to HelloFresh, higher inflation means consumers will spend less on food boxes this year. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the first German company cut profit and sales expectations as people’s lives became more expensive. Additionally, consumer confidence in the economy has clearly declined, HelloFresh argues. First, the company counted on a pre-tax profit of between 500 …

Under this project, according to the joint international economic agenda of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BZ) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (BZ), Dutch system providers, farmers and knowledge institutions can work together to accelerate the automation of fruit and greenhouse cultivation. EZK). This is a long-term strategy to develop cooperation between the Netherlands and the United …

Bannon, 68, faces two counts of contempt of Congress after refusing to testify or provide documents to a Democratic-led select committee of the House of Representatives last year. By afternoon, 17 potential jurors had been found eligible to serve on the trial, with a goal of reaching 22 after being questioned by attorneys from both sides. A 12-member jury, with …