Special Reports

How the attitudes of West and East Germans compare, 30 years after fall of Berlin Wall

The FINANCIAL -- Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, people in former West and East Germany overwhelmingly say the unification of their country was a positive development, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Large majorities in both areas say the changes that have unfolded in Germany since 1989 have had a good influence on living standards, health care and national pride, ...

Smartphones help blacks, Hispanics bridge some – but not all – digital gaps with whites

The FINANCIAL -- Black and Hispanic adults remain less likely than whites to say they own a traditional computer or have high speed internet at home, according to a Pew Research Center survey ...

Cloud infrastructure services spend up by US$7.2 billion in Q2 2019, driven by cloud migration

The FINANCIAL -- The latest research from Canalys’ Cloud Channels Analysis service shows the worldwide spend on cloud infrastructure services grew 37.6% year on year in Q2 2019 to US$26.3 ...

New online training in green finance for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects

The FINANCIAL -- The Green for Growth Fund (GGF), to which the EU is a donor, has partnered with the Renewables Academy AG (RENAC) to pilot the GGF Green Finance Expert online training in green ...

Erasmus+: 22 new projects to promote European studies in Ukraine under EU-funded Jean Monnet Actions in 2019

The FINANCIAL -- The 2019 call for proposals of the Erasmus+ programme’s Jean Monnet Actions has announced 285 project-winners from all over the world. Among the winners are 22 projects from ...

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Zurab Tchiaberashvili’s statement is HALF TRUE.

The FINANCIAL -- Zurab Tchiaberashvili: In 2014, each baby in this country was born with GEL 2,630 in debt whilst in 2019 every baby is born with GEL 5,200 in debt. The External debt has ...

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Zurab Tchiaberashvili’s statement is TRUE.

The FINANCIAL -- Zurab Tchiaberashvili: In the last six years, the prices of antibiotics increased by 68% whilst prices increased by 11% in the last ...

The Warning Bells are Ringing: A Difficult Summer Season for the Georgian Electricity Market

The FINANCIAL -- Historically, the main concern in monitoring the Georgian electricity market derives from the negative generation-consumption gap arising in the winter season. However, persistent ...

New PwC report abouf how to keep citizens and business safe

The FINANCIAL--The ability of citizens and businesses to go about their daily lives with a sense of safety and security is vital to prosperity, but citizens in many countries feel unsafe¹. Whether ...

Rtveli made khachapuri expensive

The FINANCIAL -- In September 2019, the average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian khachapuri reached 3.64 GEL, which is 3.0% higher month-on-month (compared to August 2019), and 2.3% higher ...

Cushman & Wakefield Releases 2018 CSR Report

The FINANCIAL -- Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a leading global real estate services firm, today released its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report covering the firm’s global ...

War on plastic heats up as beverage giants push water in a can

The FINANCIAL -- As Ipsos notes, the world’s biggest beverage makers are about to take the war on plastic to the next level with the introduction of water in an aluminum ...

Most Americans have positive image of research scientists, but fewer see them as good communicators

The FINANCIAL -- What comes to mind when people think of research scientists? Studies have explored the idea that stereotypes of scientists – like the less-than-warm image of men in white lab ...