Capital Markets
Figures released by the UAE Central Bank indicate that bank deposits have reached their highest level in almost two years....
The UAE and the emirate of Dubai in particular are likely to experience a mini-boom as a result of the regional situation....
Bahrain’s Central Bank announcement that it is introducing corporate governance regulations is a positive move that will likely strengthen Bahrain’s position as a leading financial center....
Dubai has successfully accessed the international bond market again, raising US $ 2 billion from international investors....
Dubai's announcement that it plans to start a stock market for small and medium size companies is a good move in consolidating Dubai's position....
The UAE announced that a committee tasked with unifying the country’s financial laws has met....
Fierce debate in the Kuwaiti parliament is likely to spill into major crises after the summer recess....
Political Capital expects the Hungarian government reacts to the crisis fast and will announce austerity measures to stabilize the budget and the exchange rate. ...
The collapse of talks between Kuwait banks and the troubled Saudi Saad and Algosaibi group will likely lead to court action, increasing the possibility of dragging major institutions across the GCC....
Qatar is about to relax rules relating to the trading of stocks on its stock market. Although overdue, this will increase Qatar’s competitiveness and contribute positively to the economy....
Dubai government appears to have solved an immediate debt repayment issue as it effectively takes control of some Dubai World entities....
Saudi Arabia has indicated that it plans to move to allowing indirect foreign investment in its stock market, Tadawul....
Neither the hardships of the global economic crisis nor a scathing IMF report on Montenegro’s fiscal performance has managed to loosen the governing Democratic Party of Socialists’s grip on power....
Al Gosaibi family has filed a court case against Al Sanea in New York in their long running family business dispute....
Kuwait's parliament last week passed a $104bn four-year development plan, the first for decades, proposed by the government....
The Kuwaiti parliament unanimously passed the first reading of the Capital Market bill that calls for stringent supervision and regulation of the Kuwait Stock Market....
Montenegro in 2009 saw positive developments in its bid to EU-accession. However, the economic outlook hasn't improved for 2010, which forecasts numerous conflicts in the new year....
The contest between incumbent Traian Băsescu and his Social Democratic opponent, Mircea Geoană, was a nail-biter until the very end. However, it failed to result in a clear cut situation....
Hopes that Romania's presidential election would break the political logjam were dashed as accusations of election fraud undermine the credibility of incumbent President Băsescu’s slim victory....
The new PM Jadranka Kosor is facing largely the same problems as his predecessor, such as economic slowdown, fight against corruption and organized crime, and EU accession. ...
Ungheria, ali tarpate per la Malev (February 4)
A Revised Portrait of Hungary's Right-Wing Extremists (February 3)
Verden er blevet mere udemokratisk (January 24)
Hungary PM backs down (January 20)
Circunscripciones a medida (January 19)
Uma lei eleitoral desenhada à medida do Fidesz (January 16)
