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Kenyan president urges 'reciprocal' relation between Africa and Europe

William Ruto, the president of Kenya, called on Tuesday for a "reciprocal" and "balanced" relation between the African continent and the European Union.

21/11/2023

China

Euroviews. Cash, corruption, crumbling dams — that's China's BRI, 10 years in

As the celebrations for the BRI’s 10th anniversary kick off, attending countries would do well to ask whether their citizens have anything to gain from 'win-win' cooperation with China, Elaine Dezenski writes.

17/10/2023

Nature

Portugal leads way for Europe with Cape Verde debt-for-nature swap

Cape Verde's €140 million of debt to Portugal will be redirected into an environmental fund.

26/01/2023

Nature

What are debt-for-nature swaps and how do they work?

Debt-for-nature deals are increasingly seen as silver bullets for debt and biodiversity crises.

27/11/2022

Russia

Fears of Russian debt default for first time since 1917 revolution

Moscow has reportedly missed a Sunday night deadline to pay interest payments, further alienating the country from the global financial system.

27/06/2022

Russia

Russia makes last-minute bond payment to avoid default

Russia staved off a default on its debt by making a last-minute payment using its precious dollar reserves sitting outside the country, US Treasury officials said.

30/04/2022

Europe Decoded

Russia claims it has made first debt payment and avoided a default

There were fears that Moscow would default on its bond payments after having its assets frozen due to the invasion of Ukraine.

17/03/2022

United Kingdom

Ratcliffe down after meeting about securing wife's release from Iran

Ratcliffe has been on a hunger strike since October 24 outside Britain's Foreign Office in an effort to ratchet up the pressure on the British government to secure her release.

12/11/2021