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The role of art conservator & restorer in cultural heritage preservation

Venizelos G. Gavrilakis Artwork conservation and restoration is a scientific field where it is essential, first and foremost, to fully and clearly understand the exact meaning of the term ‘conservation…

Unemployment triples in the EU, and unemployed young people raise alarm bells

Levent Gürses Unemployment in Turkey has tripled compared to the European Union (EU). The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has published the results of its Household Labour Force Survey for the…

High interest rates for production means turning a blind eye to unemployment and poverty

Osman Şenkul According to the latest data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the seasonally adjusted narrowly defined unemployment rate, which was announced as 8.6% in the second quarter…

Hot money heated by high interest rates does not create production or employment

Osman Şenkul According to the Balance of Payments Statistics announced by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) on 12 August, the situation can be summarised as follows…

Can we force a climate breakthrough?

A group of international researchers has developed a new method to identify so-called positive tipping points, when small shifts in behaviour, technology or policy could spark sweeping, self-sustaining climate progress.…

More meetings means less thinking

Joe Wiggins Perhaps the defining feature of modern corporate life is the meeting. Meetings have come to dominate how companies (and all types of groups) function. While frustrations are consistently…

The year-end inflation target remains at 24% on track for first place in the G20

Levent Gürses While the government is struggling to bring inflation below 30%, the Central Bank reported in its inflation report that the year-end inflation target remains at 24%. As of…

The codes of the riddle

Can Baydarol Finally, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a peace declaration with the initiative of US President Trump and found a temporary solution to the most intractable issue, the Zangezur corridor.…

Do I hear a distant bell?

Alexander Elder In the top area of every major rally, a mass media story comes out that most people ignore but which in retrospect looks truly bizarre, a sign of…

Where is fintech¹ going?

Chris Skinner I went to a conference the other day where the organiser left a load of beer mats with questions about fintech. I picked them up and decided to…