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British Ambassador: UK Aims to Strengthen Ties With Hungary After Brexit

The United Kingdom aims to strengthen its ties with Hungary as it leaves the European Union, especially in the security and economic sectors and through interpersonal ties, Paul Fox, the UK’s new Ambassador to Hungary, told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió.   Rather than letting bilateral ties wither, both countries have a vested interest in strengthening […]

Removing the scars of antisemitism remains as relevant as ever

The wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms on 9 November 1938 – the so-called ‘Kristallnacht’ – is a poignant reminder of why Europe needs to eliminate once and for all the persistent antisemitism that pervades society. Antisemitism makes many Jews question why remain in Europe. If Europe fails its Jewish community, the modern European project will […]

ECB publishes consolidated banking data for end-June 2020

Total assets of EU-headquartered credit institutions (excluding the United Kingdom) increased by 7.6%, from €27.6 trillion in June 2019 to €29.7 trillion in June 2020 EU non-performing loans ratio[1] (excluding the United Kingdom) dropped by 0.17 percentage points year on year to 2.87% in June 2020 EU average return on equity[2] was 0.58% in June […]