As local governments across Britain grapple with shrunken budgets, many are going into business, funding cooperatives and speculating in real estate.
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Capri Dispatch: Capri Welcomes 2.3 Million Tourists a Year but Wants to Limit the Trash They Leave Behind
Capri has decreed a ban on plastic and would like to limit boat traffic, too, in an effort to control those twin Italian ills: tourism and trash.
‘China’s Manhattan’ Borrowed Heavily. The People Have Yet to Arrive.
A largely empty urban district struggling with billions of dollars in debt demonstrates the breakdown of the Chinese economic growth model.
Erdogan Opponents Vow Rare Scrutiny of Istanbul’s Books
Losing Istanbul in Sunday’s election could cost Turkey’s president and his party. Opponents say they have warped the local economy through crony schemes.
Erdogan Tries to Ease the Pain of Turkey’s Bad Economy. It’s Still Hurting.
The president is trying to keep prices down in an effort to maintain support before municipal elections vital to his party’s hold on power.