August 16-31

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• Sectoral and labor problems continue to increase in Germany. The IFO Institute, which takes the economic pulse of Germany, revealed in its latest survey that about %43,1 of companies are experiencing a shortage of qualified employees. The service industry, law and accounting sector, respectively, were the ones that felt the lack of qualified personnel the most on a sectoral basis. Another problem in Germany is the demand decrease in the construction sector. In June %34,5 of the companies complaining about the decreasing housing order, in July it increase to %40,3 and rise the concerns in the sector. The ongoing cancellations in housing construction orders continue to negatively affect the construction sector in the country.

• Some countries in the world are facing population decline due to both population policies and birth-death rates. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida made several warnings about his country's birth rate, population and labor force during this year's parliamentary session. While Japan's population peaked with 128.1 million in 2010, it has declined to 125.7 million in 2022. In addition, the population in the country is expected to fall to 119.1 million in 2030 and to 87 million in 2070. While the birth rate in 2022 saw the lowest level in history with 1.26%, the number of foreigners in the country broke a record and exceeded 3 million in the same year.

• Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative agreement last month had wide repercussions around the world. Many international media have turned their eyes to Turkey and the UN to ensure the restoration of the agreement. Turkey's distant approach to both the Russian side and the Western side contains strategic meanings. The UAVs that Turkey has sent to Ukraine and its warm attitude to NATO membership, as well as Sweden's green light for NATO membership, are contrary to Russia's interests in the region. It is not known whether there was a retaliation, but Russia's landing of troops on a Turkish-flagged cargo ship in the Black Sea was associated with this. Although the Turkish authorities did not make a sound about the issue at first, later they made various warnings.

• Prigozhin, who is known as the leader of the Wagner Group and recently attempted a coup in Russia, was killed in a plane crash with some top executives, become a very important issue. After the news, many sources emphasize that Prigozhin was killed because go against with Putin just like many managers who were odds with Putin. In addition to Prigozhin, the senior Wagner commander, the head of security, the logistics manager and some personnel were also confirmed to have died in the plane crash.

• In the last few months, various provocative actions against the Kuran-I Kerim have been carried out. After the recent burning action on Kuran-I Kerim in Sweden, was causes high reaction from Muslim countries to Sweden. Sweden has also raised the security situation in the country to the highest level while asking its citizens abroad to be careful. While there were attacks on the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad and Beirut, the Iraqi Government also expelled the Swedish Ambassador.

• Recently, forest fires that have occurred in many countries both in our country and abroad have caused the destruction of large-scale forest areas. University of Maryland researchers have warned that with the data they have collected, fires will gradually increase and destroy twice as many areas compared to two decades ago. in 2021, 9.3 million hectares of land globally were destroyed by fire, while the worst fire of our century was witnessed. It is emphasized that forest fire is not the only factor that causes the destruction of forest areas, agricultural lands have a great impact on the destruction of these areas by shifting to forest lands.

• Turkey is in an important position in the transition to clean energy both geographically and because of the resources it has. It is one of the few countries in Europe with renewable energy installed capacity. Thanks to its long and wide coastline, Turkey has an 54 gigawatts offshore wind energy potential. The majority of the $ 50 billion agreement signed by President Erdogan with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in July covers renewable energy investments in Turkey. In this regard, it is thought that the agreement will have a positive impact on the emission reduction targets to which it has committed by accelerating investments in Turkey. The UAE’s investment for support the damage due to the terrible earthquake that occurred in our country on February 6, shows that relations between the two countries are growing steadily.