January, 2023

• 16 January

  Poland expects to get EU recovery funds in second half of 2023

    Bloomberg Poland expects to obtain a first tranche of European Union aid in the second half of this year, Premier Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday. A bill that promises to give the government access to €35.4 billion ($38.3 billion) in post-pandemic funding cleared its first hurdle on Friday after the ruling party secured a majority in parliament to push ...

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• 16 January

  UK gives rail firms permission to make new offer to unions

  

    Bloomberg UK Transport Secretary Mark Harper has given rail companies permission to make a new offer to unions this week in a bid to ending strikes. A “revised mandate” had been given to rail companies to go into negotiations in the coming days and it’s important to give the two sides space “to try and reach a conclusion,” Harper ...

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• 16 January

  US household formation late last year seen slowing further

  

  Bloomberg High inflation, rising interest rates and increased economic uncertainty may be telegraphing a further slowdown in US new household formation during the closing months of 2022. A slowdown in home sales due to high mortgage rates, coupled with the latest figures from RealPage Market Analytics that show a sharp decline in apartment demand — the first since 2009 — ...

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• 16 January

  China’s imports of ICs fall in two decades

    Bloomberg China’s imports of integrated circuits declined in 2022 for the first time in almost two decades. Imports of ICs fell 15% last year to 538.4 billion units from 635.6 billion units in 2021, according to data from General Administration of Customs released Friday. That’s the first annual drop since at least 2004 when Bloomberg started tracking the data. ...

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• 16 January

  Germany wants to reuse data centers’ heat. No one is buying it

  

  Bloomberg Germany wants to force its power-hungry data centers to harness excess heat for warming residential homes — an effort which the industry warns is likely to fall flat. The country has become one of the largest global hubs for data centers thanks to its clear data protection and security laws. Politicians are now trying to re-purpose some of their ...

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• 16 January

  Ukraine apartment tower strike by Russia kills at least nine

  

  Bloomberg At least nine people were killed and dozens others wounded after a Russian missile strike demolished much of a high-rise apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. The hit was part of Russian coordinated strikes on Ukraine after a roughly two-week pause, starting with what were called ballistic-type missiles aimed at Kyiv and the surrounding region in the ...

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• 16 January

  Pakistan Punjab legislature dissolved as political crisis grows

    Bloomberg Pakistan’s Punjab state has dissolved the local legislature on the advice of the chief minister, an ally of former premier Imran Khan, in a bid to force snap elections. The dissolution took effect after a 48-hour deadline for Governor Baligh ur Rehman to respond to Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi’s advice passed late Saturday night. The governor said ...

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• 16 January

  Malaysian deputy PM bolsters his position in win for Anwar

    Bloomberg Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is set to keep his party’s top job for another term, a move that will strengthen the position of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s coalition government. Delegates at the United Malays National Organisation’s annual general assembly on Saturday approved a motion to prevent anyone from contesting the party’s top two posts during ...

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• 16 January

  Turkey tells Sweden, Finland to hurry for Nato entry

  

  Bloomberg Turkey said Sweden and Finland should hurry on fulfilling promises for their accession to Nato, ahead of Turkish elections due to take place in less than six months. The Turkish parliament may announce a recess six weeks before parliamentary and presidential elections, leading to the need to rush to get it ratified, said presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin. Yet Sweden ...

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• 16 January

  Ex-Nato chief faces tycoon in Czech presidential vote

    Bloomberg A retired general who has pledged unwavering support for Ukraine won the first round of the Czech presidential election, advancing to the run-off against a billionaire ex-premier known for spats with the European Union. Petr Pavel, the former top general in Nato, won by a razor-thin margin with 35.4% of the vote, according to results by the Statistics ...

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