Dubai aims to increase companies in the creative economy from 8,300 to 15,000 over the next four years, increasing the percentage of its GDP due to the creative economy from 2.6% to 5%. The Arab emirate is therefore launching new creative zones for cultural content, […]
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Brexit and pandemic: huge impact on British economy
After the definitive exit from the European market last January, together with the inevitable blows of the virus also to the economic life of the United Kingdom, the British financial situation has changed considerably compared to the past. London’s leadership appears to be threatened by […]
A Netflix tax in Spain will fund country’s film industry
Since Netflix arrived in Europe, it has outperformed traditional competitors. Then came Amazon Prime, HBO, Disney+ and other streaming platforms, leaving traditional television operators on the sidelines. TV broadcasters have been denouncing for some time that it is unfair competition since new digital suppliers are […]
5G: Huawei and Zte banned in Sweden too
Huawei 5G is further and further away from Europe. It seems that European countries are gradually turning their backs on the Chinese society, following overseas recommendations on (not) doing business with Beijing. The former US president, Donald Trump, had in fact been waging a war […]
Biden’s Plan for Economy
The fate of America, and of the whole world, is changing again. On 6 November 2020 Joe Biden sent the now former US president Donald Trump home, with 50.7% of the vote compared to 47.7% of the latter. While Trump continues to claim on Twitter […]
A trip to Kazakhstan? “Very nice!”. The country encourages tourism thanks to Borat
In a difficult situation for international tourism, one of the economic sectors most affected by the coronavirus, there are still those who do not lose heart and think of original ways to attract tourists to their country. Kazakhstan in fact decides to exploit the famous […]
Italians love online shopping but they are still afraid of it
According to a survey carried out by the Osservatorio Multicanalità, promoted by the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with Nielsen, there still are many Italians too reticent towards online shopping. 20 million Italians still feel newbies to e-commerce and the […]
The US-Italy-China triangle: Italy between the two superpowers
The friendship between Italy and the USA is quite rooted. In fact, the two nations have worked side by side since the postwar period to fight external dangers: from the fight against the Soviet Communist Party in the 40-50s to that against Islamic terrorism, which […]
G20 and covid-19: the key is to go digital
The coronavirus pandemic that, starting last January, swept across the world and that does not seem to stop, has had important implications not only in the everyday life, but also and above all on an economic level, with repeated strong setbacks in different sectors. G20, […]