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PANDA co-founder and Chairman Nick Hudson received his first award for freedom of expression, decentralisation, and an evolutionary approach from the Free Market Foundation on Wednesday (June 23). PANDA  (Pandemics Data & Analytics) is a politically and economically independent organisation, established by a group of multi-disciplinary professionals in April 2020 who perceived the global reaction to Covid, and lockdown in particular, as overwrought and damaging

In the 23 countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE), GDP is expected to grow by 3.8% on aggregate this year, the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) said. The Austrian think tank for first-hand expertise on the CESEE region, CIS and the Balkans, in its spring economic forecast for Eastern Europe predicts that most countries in the region will

While the world economy remains frozen, the soaring shares of vaccine makers has created a new wave of billionaires. Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca have paid out $26 billion in dividends and stock buybacks to their shareholders in the past 12 months, according to Oxfam. The founder of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, is now worth $5.9 billion and Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel

Two IMF economists are concerned about the eye-popping debt level of most countries in the world, mainly due to the Covid-19 crisis and the risks it poses. Marcos Chamon and Jonathan Ostri, in their post titled “A Future with High Public Debt: Low-for-Long Is Not Low Forever” published on the Washington-based lender’s blog on April 20, warn of the possibility of a sudden

Concerns over potential divergence in the eurozone are valid despite strong fiscal response at national level all over EU, and the unprecedented fiscal package adopted by the European Council. Again, the North or the “core” eurozone countries, will get out of the crisis faster and stronger, while the South or “periphery” countries remain at risk of a prolonged slump, according to two