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If you’ve ever dreamed of leaving everything behind and living on a remote island, now might be your chance. Ireland will give you a grant of up to 84,000 euros ($92,297) if you settle one of the country’s coastal islands. But there are conditions attached to the deal, as well as a few factors that may deter people from making the move. The islands in question are cut off from the mainland by the tide on a daily basis, and aren’t connected to it by bridges or causeways, according to the Irish government. Around 300,000 visitors come to these islands…

Economic freedom is the fundamental right of every human to control their labour and property. In economically free societies, individuals are free to work, produce, consume, and invest in any way they please. These countries have implemented pro-business policies, have diverse economies, and stable political environments, but still face challenges such as high levels of debt, corruption, and political instability. Here are the top 10 African countries for economic freedom in 2023: Mauritius: Mauritius ranks first in Africa with an overall score of 70.6 out of 100. Mauritius has implemented various measures to promote economic freedom, including having a well-developed…

Greeks are voting for a second time in little more than a month to elect a new parliament, with voters expected to give former Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s conservative party a second term in office. Polling stations across the country opened at 7am (04:00 GMT) on Sunday and will close 12 hours later, with results expected by about 17:00 GMT. The vote is overshadowed by a boat wreck off the coast of western Greece about a week ago in which hundreds of refugees and migrants either died or went missing. But the disaster is unlikely to significantly affect the overall…

A count of 3,374,258 voters out of an estimated population of 8.7 million went to the polls on Saturday, June 24, 2023 to elect a new President, Members of Parliament and Local Councilors. Thirteen candidates from 17 registered political parties are running for the Presidency, while 135 seats in Parliament and 493 in the Local Council are also in contention. The participating International Observers from the African Union (AU), the European Union, the Commonwealth, the Carter Foundation, the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (RESEAO/ECONEC) and Sierra Leonean Civil Society reported no major incidents throughout the polls. Voting took place in…

    THE East African Community (EAC) has stepped up the push for member states to adopt local currencies in trading with one another, in the latest push to drop the bullish US dollar that is hurting economies in the region.     David Ole Sankok, a Kenyan member of the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala), has tabled a resolution recommending the EAC use local currencies to boost cross-border trade.     The legislator’s recommendation to the EAC’s council of ministers and partner states adds to the push by emerging and frontier economies to dump the use of dollars in…

There have been no reports to the Namibian government of the country’s expatriates, particularly the Ovaherero, being harassed, stigmatized, or criminalized as trespassers and delinquents in the United Kingdom (UK). However, international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said the ministry was only made aware of the potential of Namibian asylum seekers facing deportation from the UK. Nandi-Ndaitwah told parliament last week her ministry has been engaging the British High Commission on the matter of the Namibian asylum seekers. She said they are in the process of “negotiating the most amicable process that is in line with Namibian rules and regulations, as…

Prince William, on Thursday, marked the 75th anniversary of the arrival of 1,027 Caribbean people on the Empire Windrush ship in 1948, by speaking out about the “hardships” they experienced settling into the U.K. in the 1950s and 1960s and celebrating their role in helping to rebuild Britain after World War II. “Many of the young people on that historic voyage knew Britain well. They had fought by our sides in World War II,” William said in an Instagram video released Thursday. “They and the generation of Commonwealth citizens who followed in their footsteps chose this country to start new…

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has revealed the trend of narcotics crimes in Bali. Until mid-2023, the number of Indonesian citizens languishing in correctional institutions has decreased while foreign citizens have increased. “Until the middle of this year, there are 117 people from outside Bali and 110 foreign nationals languishing in prison,” said Head of the National Narcotics Agency, Police Commissioner General Petrus Renhard Golose, after closing the Smash On Drugs International Table Tennis Championship 2023 at the Auditorium of Udayana University Denpasar, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Golose said that the number of Indonesian citizens outside Bali who became perpetrators…