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How this country is emerging as a medical tourism hub

Kazakhstan is positioning itself as Central Asia’s medical tourism hub. The country attracted about 80,000 foreign patients last year and aims to increase that to 300,000 annually. Among the attractions is Astana’s National Research Oncology Center, which hosts the region’s

How Greece has shown that pragmatic politics is not dead

Greece has in the past been treated as a byword for fiscal excess, political instability, and the dangers of economic mismanagement. Today however, we are starting to show how a pragmatic centrist government open to moderate reform can restore credibility internationally, and a

Going down a treat...that's Belgium's chocolatiers

For one vital sector of the nation's economy it was Belgium’s equivalent of the Oscars. And, just as the Academy Award winners were celebrating their success this week, so too are some of the best chocolatiers in Belgium. The awards ceremony may not have had quite the