Greece’s centre-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a cabinet reshuffle today as his New Democracy party continues to fall in opinion polls. Last week, the government narrowly avoided a no-confidence vote brought by the opposition over its alleged cover-up of…
The first global oligarch, Elon Musk, is a global threat. It’s time to think about how to neutralize him. Column by Forbes Ukraine founding editor Volodymyr Fedorin A gift for true leaders Forbes Certificate — annual access to quality analytics,…
Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. They came into effect on March 4. The US President’s decision threatens an economic recession in the country, the destruction of supply chains and could hit Trump’s own…
Ukraine has agreed to a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, representing a potentially significant breakthrough in U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to end Europe’s worst conflict since World War II. The agreement on a potential ceasefire was reached after…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given a cagey initial response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s cease-fire proposal, backing the idea in principle but listing a series of additional demands that make any meaningful progress unlikely. Officials in Kyiv will be…
As tempers flared during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous Oval Office standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance last month, Trump offered a stark assessment of Ukraine’s limited options in any future negotiations with Russia. “You…
Shield AI’s new valuation nearly doubles the company’s previous valuation of $2.7 billion after it raised $200 million in a Series F round in October 2023. San Diego-based Shield AI builds a range of intelligent autonomous systems for the defense…
The purchase of the cash-generating Sval Energy portfolio could be followed by the acquisition of other assets in Norway and elsewhere to realise DNO’s growth ambitions. The deal will quadruple DNO’s North Sea production to approximately 80,000 barrels of oil…
Under CEO Vimal Kapoor, industrial giant Honeywell International has focused on expanding its presence in the aviation, automation and energy sectors while shedding unrelated assets. Honeywell last month announced plans to split into three independently listed companies, months after activist…
Zelensky’s visit to Washington was supposed to strengthen Ukraine’s relations with the US, but it turned into a diplomatic fiasco: a public dispute, an early end to the meeting, and hints of a review of aid. Was this risk justified,…