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By Rhod Mackenzie

The long-anticipated meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is finally going to take place. On Friday, the two presidents will meet in Alaska and finally be able to talk face-to-face.
Now lets remember that over the last 3 years the US has introduced some 30 thousand sa...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The US attempts to lure European industrial production have borne fruit — the German auto industry is preparing to move. Despite serious financial problems and waves of layoffs in Germany, the Vollswager owned Audi AG is negotiating the construction of a plant in the States. What...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Switzerland, is a country that has traditionaly produced cuckoo clocks fine and expensivel chocolate and plus it had many of what used to be secretive private  banks ,its society has always been thought of as predictable and reliable plus it has also historically been both prospe...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The International Securities Depository Europclear based in Brussels has exhorted the European Commision not to steal and use Russia's assets frozen in the depository as they would be legally held responsible as the custodian for the return of the assets once the conflict is over...

By Rhod Mackenzie

China continues to demonstrate its not afraid of a trade conflct with the USA  and is strangling the US military industrial complex by restricting the supply of rare earth metals to the US companies . The impact of this is causing particuar  problems for the US defence industry,...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The population of the Baltic states is declining rapidly, with many of the people choosing to disperse to other places in the EU and others are opting out of becoming parents. Local authorities have expressed verballly their concerns about the current situation, but their actions...