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The Hong Kong economy has lost at least $ 2.8 billion ($ 357 million) because of the riots over the last six days. This was reported today by the South China Morning Post, citing local experts, TASS reported.
Analysts say the damage to retail, transportation, restaurants and hotels over the weekend and Monday reached $ 1.9 billion ($ 242 million).
Losses to Hong Kong subway operator - Em Tire Company (MTR) over the weekend could reach HK $ 500 million ($ 63.7 million). On Saturday, for the first time in the history of the subway, it stopped working completely after acts of vandalism by protesters, and on Sunday the system was partially operational.
Due to the chaos and the collapse of the city, many shopping malls, shops and restaurants remained closed. Hotel occupancy has plummeted from 95 to 50 percent, despite the heavy depreciation of overnight stays.
Support for the ongoing protests in Bulgaria remains strong, according to the latest data from the independent sociological program of the “Myara” agency
On the occasion of International Migrants’ Day on December 18, migrant business owners in Sofia released a Manifesto of Foreign Entrepreneurs in Bulgaria
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has suggested that Ukraine’s economy could overtake Russia’s within the next decade
The chairman of GERB’s Sofia youth organization, Nikola Skorcheliev, accused former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov indirectly of stirring unrest during Monday’s protest
Bulgaria’s government has officially decided to withdraw the draft budget for 2026 following widespread public protests, one of the largest demonstrations in recent decades
Georgi Kuzmov, mayor of Sofia’s Oborishte district, commented on the aftermath of last night’s protests
Michal Horvath, chief economist at the Slovak National Bank and executive director responsible for the institution’s monetary policy, emphasized that the adoption of the euro has acted as a stabilizing anchor through several major crises
A majority of Ukrainians remain committed to enduring the ongoing war for as long as necessary
A recent survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) has revealed that a significant majority of Ukrainians reject any “peace plan” that includes concessions such as the withdrawal of troops from Donbas
Police believe the deadly shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was carried out by a father and son who used legally owned firearms, raising serious questions about Australia’s gun licensing system and intelligence oversight
President Volodymyr Zelensky wrapped up a lengthy round of talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Berlin on December 14, as negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine moved into a decisive phase
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made clear that Kyiv cannot allow itself to assume the current peace efforts will collapse, stressing that such thinking would be both dangerous and counterproductive
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