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What if Russia wins the war in Ukraine?

Mar 25, 2024 | nzz.ch | Georg Häsler |Cian Jochem

Negotiate just because Ukraine has run out of ammunition? Certainly not. Russian President Vladimir Putin feels he is in a position of strength. In a recent interview with Rossiya 1, the state-owned television channel, he set the tone for talks with Kyiv: «We are ready, but only on the basis of the realities that have emerged, as they say, on the ground.»Putin is assuming that he will be able to assert himself in Ukraine by military means.
Musk’s new satellite service could evade net censors

Mar 8, 2024 | nzz.ch | Gioia da Silva |Cian Jochem

No jokes, no overwrought emotions. Instead just a simple: «Hellow.» This was the first message sent by a smartphone via the satellite internet service offered by SpaceX, Elon Musk's spacecraft company. The firm published an image of the chat on Jan. 11, on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. «Much wow» and «Never had such signal» were other messages in the chat.
Europe is making plans to dispose of CO2 underground

Feb 20, 2024 | nzz.ch | Kalina Oroschakoff |Cian Jochem

Carbon dioxide is industrial waste. Europe is finally making plans to get rid of it In the future, countries must dispose of captured carbon dioxide in order to achieve their climate goals. Brussels and Bern are now beginning to act: New strategies aim to transport CO2 across Europe and store it underground. Norway is preparing for the future: CO2 from European industrial plants is to be stored in large quantities in the seabed in the future. Heidi Wideroe / Bloomberg The year is 2028.
Could conflicts in Congo, Brazil or Myanmar spread?

Feb 8, 2024 | nzz.ch | Georg Häsler |Cian Jochem

Read the first part of the data analysis here. In 49 B.C., Julius Caesar crossed a small river in northern Italy, triggering a civil war with his rival Pompey. In 1618, the Thirty Years' War broke out when rebellious Protestants in Bohemia threw their Catholic imperial regents out the window of Prague Castle. A leaked telegram served as the trigger for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 – 1871. These events are known as the crossing of the Rubicon, the defenestration of Prague and the Ems Dispatch.
Tomorrow’s conflicts may rise from today's forgotten wars

Feb 5, 2024 | nzz.ch | Cian Jochem |Georg Häsler

Long thought banished in Europe, the specter of war is once again haunting the continent. Sweden defense officials have issued warnings. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is calling for the Bundeswehr to get ready for war again. Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, wants to lead the country into a war economy in order to provide Ukraine with weapons and ammunition.
Geopolitical risk is increasingly shaping the world's economy

Jan 29, 2024 | nzz.ch | Peter Fischer |Cian Jochem

«It's the economy, stupid!» In 1992, Bill Clinton won the election for the U.S. presidency with this campaign slogan. Since that time, the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum have focused largely on economic issues. At last year’s annual meeting, many discussions revolved around inflation and interest rates, energy prices in the age of decarbonization, and even the metaverse project initiated by the WEF itself. The event was also overshadowed by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Is the Ukrainian army preparing a breakthrough strike?

Dec 18, 2023 | nzz.ch | Georg Häsler |Cian Jochem

The Dnieper offensive: Is the Ukrainian army preparing a new breakthrough strike? Ukraine is in a difficult situation. Military aid from Washington has been blocked, and the Russians have regained the initiative. Nevertheless, Kyiv could still win the war by relying on surprise and misdirection. A marine sails a boat on the Dnieper River.
Rising suicide rates represent looming U.S. healthcare crisis

Aug 25, 2023 | nzz.ch | Eike Hagen Hoppmann |Cian Jochem

The news from the U.S. health care sector is devastating. Around 110,000 people died of drug overdoses last year, the proportion of obese people has been increasing for decades and overall life expectancy is falling. This is despite the fact that the U.S. spends significantly more on its health care system than other industrialized countries, both overall and per capita. Now another emergency is emerging: suicides.
Wo die ukrainische Gegenoffensive auf Russische Stellungen trifft

May 18, 2023 | nzz.ch | Simon Huwiler |Adina Renner |Nicolas Staub |Cian Jochem

In der Begründung seines Feldzuges gegen die Ukraine beschwört Putin immer wieder eine Parallelrealität, wonach es in Kiew vor Neonazis und Antisemiten nur so wimmelt. Doch greift der Versuch, sich als Retter aufzuspielen, ins Leere. De facto ist die Ukraine das relativ «judenfreundlichste» Land in ganz Ost- und Ostmitteleuropa.
So entwickeln sich die Steuern in Ihrer Gemeinde

May 1, 2023 | nzz.ch | Florian Seliger |Nicolas Staub |Cian Jochem

Steuerland Schweiz: So hat sich die Steuerbelastung in Ihrer Gemeinde seit 2010 entwickelt Die NZZ-Steuerkarte zeigt, wie stark die Einkommen in den Schweizer Gemeinden belastet werden und wie sich die Steuern seit 2010 verändert haben. Prüfen Sie, wie sich die Steuerbelastung in Ihrer Gemeinde und bei deren Nachbarn entwickelt hat. Wie hoch die Steuerbelastung in Ihrer Gemeinde im Jahr 2022 für verschiedene Einkommen ausfiel, erfahren Sie in folgender Karte.