Hosting Ukrainian refugees cost France $672M in 2022: Report

France spent €634 million ($672 million) last year on hosting Ukrainians displaced by the war with Russia, according to official data released on Tuesday.

Trump-Kim Summit Will Cost about $20m to Host

La Marina turca minaccia di speronare l'italiana Saipem 12000

Se non è un atto di guerra, poco ci manca. La nave per ricerche petrolifere dell’Eni, Saipem 12000 è stata costretta a cambiare rotta, dopo essere stata questa mattina intercettata e minacciata di speronamento da cinque navi della Marina turca, mentre tentava di dirigersi verso il Blocco 3 nelle acque della Zona economica esclusiva di Cipro.

Saipem 12000, ecco quanto costa ad Eni la follia di Erdogan

Non solo crisi diplomatica, la mattana di Erdogan ha anche ripercussioni economiche importanti, come spiega l’articolo di Giusy Caretto...

Spain says police reinforcement during Catalan referendum cost $118m

The deployment of up to 6,000 extra police in Catalonia during the affluent region's banned independence referendum cost the Spanish government 87 million euros ($118m), the country's interior minister said Thursday, insisting that the blame for the extraordinary fees lay at the feet of the Catalan leadership at the time.

Catalonia Independence Crisis Cost Spain €1B, FM Says

Spain's foreign minister claimed Monday that the Catalan independence crisis had cost the country "a billion" euros as fallout from the turmoil continued to hamper growth in the wealthy region.

Luis de Guindos said the slowdown in growth in Catalonia, which accounts to around a fifth of Spanish GDP, was hampering the Eurozone’s fourth largest economy as a whole.
 (Tasnim)

Brexit: Londres prêt à améliorer son offre concernant la facture du divorce

Le gouvernement britannique est prêt à améliorer son offre pour régler la facture du Brexit en échange de garanties de la part de l'Union européenne sur un futur accord commercial entre le Royaume-Uni et l'UE, ont indiqué mardi des sources concordantes.

La Commission veut des clarifications de Londres sur la facture du Brexit

Le négociateur en chef de l'UE sur le Brexit, Michel Barnier, a besoin d'une réponse de Londres dans les deux semaines sur la facture du divorce, a-t-il affirmé vendredi à l'issue d'un sixième round de négociations, sans réelles avancées, entre les Européens et le Royaume-Uni.

Barnier: Britain must accept economic status quo during transition

EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said Britain must accept the full economic and legal status quo in a transition period after it leaves the EU.

Theresa May propose une période de transition de deux ans après le Brexit

La Première ministre britannique Theresa May a proposé à l'Union européenne une période de transition de deux ans après le Brexit, dans un discours prononcé vendredi à Florence (Italie), soulignant qu'un accord était "dans l'intérêt de tous".

The cost of leaving the European Union : EU warned not to 'blackmail' UK over Brexit bill

Britain will not be blackmailed into agreeing on the cost of leaving the European Union, Britain's International Trade Secretary has said.

Brexit could cut €200m a year from govt. purse : ESRI

The ESRI says growth in tax revenue has slowed down this year - which it says will have implications for October's budget.

France's Hollande says Britain must pay price for Brexit

French President Francois Hollande warned Saturday that Britain must pay the price for Brexit as EU leaders met to adopt guidelines for negotiations.

EU Counts Up to €20bln Cost of Permanently Scrapping Schengen Area

The suspension of the Schengen agreement amid Europe's migration crisis is costing the EU billions of euros, the RAND Europe research organization reported.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Search for missing plane to be suspended not shut down

The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be suspended rather than shut down if the plane is not found in the current search area, officials say.

Refugee influx to cost Germany 10 bn euros (Report)

The cost of Germany taking in a record number of asylum seekers could hit 10 billion euros ($11 billion), four times what Berlin spend looking after refugees last year, a German newspaper said onr Sept. 5. 

Quake-ravaged Nepal needs 6,663 mln USD for reconstruction, government says

The cost for reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged Nepal is approximately 6,663.1 million US dollars, according to a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) carried out by the Nepal Planning Commission on Saturday.

Secretary General calls on Europe and America to renew their commitment to transatlantic security (a revisionist Russia is breaking international rules)

NATO Homepage, 07 Jul. 2014:

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called on America and Europe to renew their commitment to shared security in light of the new threats the world is facing, in a speech delivered at the Atlantic Council of the United States in Washington on Monday (7 July) ahead of his meeting with president Barack Obama.

In his speech titled “A strong Transatlantic Bond For An Unpredictable World”, Mr. Fogh Rasmussen said that since World War Two, “the solution to every strategic challenge has been transatlantic” with, “America and Europe working together, trading together and when necessary fighting together.” “But we cannot take our transatlantic bond for granted. We must renew our commitment. And continue to invest time, energy, and resources, to keep it strong”, he added.

NATO urges Russia to change its course in Ukraine (SG: All allies to take responsibility for their share of the cost of security...)

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged Russia to reverse its course on Ukraine policy and to take steps towards rebuilding trust.
"Russia’s actions threaten the peace and security we have built after the fall of the Berlin Wall," Rasmussen said Wednesday in a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "And let me stress: nobody wants to return to the Europe of the Cold War. We cannot have new dividing lines across our continent."

Defense Chief Hagel Warns Against US Isolationism. -"A mistake to view our global responsibilities as a burden or charity."

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says it would be a mistake for the United States to turn to isolationism to avoid involvement in the world's conflicts.

After 13 years of U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hagel told a foreign affairs forum Tuesday in Chicago that Americans are increasingly skeptical of foreign military engagements.

But he said it would be "a mistake to view our global responsibilities as a burden or charity." He said failure to engage in world affairs would prove costly.