Inflation in the Eurozone has surpassed the ECB’s 2% target, reaching 2,5%. The increase was driven mainly by higher energy prices and was smaller than markets had expected. Still, trade disruptions caused by the closing of the Strait of Hormuz are pushing up fuel costs for European consumers. “The war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market”. This is how the International Energy Agency described the effects of

Source: Benjamin Ashton; https://unsplash.com/s/photos/academic-research A new era for researchers In the 1930s, the draconian regimes of Nazism and Fascism provoked an unprecedented exodus of over 15,000 intellectuals to the United States. Among the Jew and non-Jew scientists and artists who found refuge there were Einstein, Fermi, Adorno and Marcuse. These bright minds enriched American history with scientific breakthroughs like the Manhattan Project, and cultural memorabil

On April 28, 2025, Spain and Portugal went dark. Not metaphorically. At 12:33 PM CEST, the lights went out in Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon,...