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Europe hurt itself in its confusion

A local view from the Dutch-German border with its self-inflicted problems, a summary on the newest craze in the retail mining space and an economic summit in the south Caucasus.

A needed self-reflection

NATO raises defence spending to 5%, will this calm the tension within the allies? China, allegedly, helping their biggest oil merchant. Mali restarts its mining ambitions. And Iran's nuclear situation becomes even more secret, even for the IAEA.

Back to the sandbox

With the escalation in the middle-east and no de-escalation in sight, it's hard to keep track of everything that is going down and what their effects will be. This is the first restart of the Maric's Weekly, to inform everyone not in the loop on the latest happenings that might have gone under your radar.

The Middle-East is heating up, once again

A broken Antarctic taboo

Trouble in the land of the rising sun