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Cabinet makes a loan of €25 billion available to state participation TenneT | News item
News item | 12-01-2024 | 5:35 PM Substantial investments will be needed in the coming years in expanding and strengthening the electricity grid. This is important to meet the growing…
More than 100 million winners together won more than one billion euros: National Lottery pays out record amounts of winnings to winners
The turnover of the National Lottery has remained virtually stable over the past year, but is still below the record year of 2021. The annual turnover reached 1.489 billion euros…
Brexit will cost the British dearly: by 2035 they will be as much as 361 billion euros worse off, according to a new report
The United Kingdom is paying a high price for leaving the European Union. This is evident from a new study reported by the British news channel ‘Sky News’. Brexit has…
Expected turnout this year is around two billion voters. And at stake: democracy
First the good news: the turnout is likely to be historic. In 2024, more people worldwide will go to the polls than ever before. Half of the world’s population lives…
The outcome of the vote of more than a billion people in Asia could also have consequences for the rest of the world
In Bangladesh, banners and posters are already hanging everywhere on the streets. Voters in Bhutan are preparing for the second round of national elections. Elsewhere in South Asia, elections are…
Ethiopia is broke, receives UN aid and builds an insane ten billion dollar palace | Abroad
Ethiopia is struggling with an economic crisis, warring militias and struggles with neighboring countries. Resources are extremely scarce. But Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (47) wants to build an expensive monument…
Stricter controls on multinationals earn the government 1 billion: “The loopholes have now become much smaller” | Domestic
PoliticsActually good news from the Vivaldi government: it is successfully pursuing the profits that international companies move abroad. This stricter approach yielded no less than 1.03 billion euros in four…
The ‘miracle’ of photosynthesis began 1.75 billion years ago
At the dawn of time, when our planet was a blank canvas, some primitive microorganisms managed to find a formula that, little by little, would radically transform the globe’s atmosphere…
A market value of more than 51 billion euros by 2031: from ‘vulgar’ garment to fashion item, the leggings have made a gigantic comeback | Domestic
Leggings are indeed pants. Say Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian and fashion experts worldwide said it. The once maligned garment has grown into a billion-dollar business. From haute couture on the catwalk…
The Government’s new nuclear plan increases the cost of the power plant blackout by 3.7 billion
The Government has finally approved the new General Radioactive Waste Plan (PGRR)the roadmap for the coming decades on the closure and dismantling of nuclear power plants, the management of the…