All posts tagged: Reconstruction

Estonia calls on EU to tax Russian goods to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction – POLITICO

Estonia calls on EU to tax Russian goods to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

“We need to tariff the goods from Russia to pay off the damages,” he said. “This has been the talk in different kinds of corridors [and] different meetings, that different kinds of tariffs on Russian goods could fund the reconstruction of Ukraine.” Seven countries, including Estonia, called for tariffs on Russian products such as steel and fertilizer last November, but the push has stalled and was not part of a 20th sanctions package agreed by the EU this week. Michal argued that even the €210 billion in Moscow’s frozen assets, held in a Brussels-based financial depository, would not be enough to cover the gigantic bill. The full financial cost of Russia’s four-year-old invasion of Ukraine, which has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, displaced millions more and razed cities to the ground, is difficult to calculate. But a study commissioned by the Ukrainian government, the United Nations, European Commission, and World Bank, published in February last year, found it would cost €500 billion over a decade to rebuild Ukraine. The study also found …

‘I just want to feel like me again’: the women still waiting for breast reconstruction years after lockdown | Women’s health

‘I just want to feel like me again’: the women still waiting for breast reconstruction years after lockdown | Women’s health

Published by Sam Flores

Every time she lifts her arms to get dressed or hang out her washing, Julie Ford gets a painful reminder of one of the most terrifying experiences of her life. At 7am one day in April 2021, she had gone into hospital, alone and wearing a mask, to have her right breast and lymph nodes removed in a bid to stop breast cancer from spreading. Later that day, still groggy from the anaesthetic, in pain and with surgical drains hanging from both sides of her chest, she had staggered to the door with the help of two nurses. She was eased into a friend’s car and driven home to fend for herself. While Julie’s breast had been removed, it was not reconstructed. Usually, both procedures are carried out in the same operation. But as reconstruction using tissue from the patient’s abdomen is a complex, eight-hour procedure requiring a large surgical team, it was considered “non-essential” and paused by most NHS trusts during the Covid-19 pandemic. Like hundreds of women with breast cancer who underwent urgent …

Shares Of Infrastructure Developer Erupt On Gulf Energy Reconstruction Prospects

Shares Of Infrastructure Developer Erupt On Gulf Energy Reconstruction Prospects

Published by Jenni Sidey

The two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire looks more like a pause in the six-week conflict than a long-lasting agreement, with language so broad and vague that it remains unclear who conceded what. The one clear point is that Iran’s reported willingness to allow vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz was enough to send crude prices tumbling from triple-digit territory and spark a global relief rally across equities and bonds. Everyone is breathing a sigh of relief on Wednesday morning, and traders are already identifying the companies best positioned to reap massive rewards from rebuilding damaged oil and gas infrastructure across the Gulf. Shares of Chiyoda Corporation in Tokyo jumped 15.5% as traders assessed that the developer and builder of large-scale industrial infrastructure might be one of the major players in rebuilding damaged Gulf energy assets. Chiyoda is a project developer and builder of industrial infrastructure, including: LNG and natural gas processing plants, one of its flagship niches Oil refining and petrochemical facilities Energy infrastructure and environmental systems “Fundamentally, if the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, the …

Resilience and Reconstruction: What Now?

Resilience and Reconstruction: What Now?

Published by Jenni Sidey

This post is the third installment in a four-part series based on a 2023 qualitative study conducted by The Fund for Armenians Relief’s (FAR) Child Protection Center (CPC) to explore the psychological and social dynamics of forced displacement, using Armenia’s integration of over 115,000 displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) as a contemporary case study. What Now? What happens after the emergency tents come down, the triage support is completed, and the first wave of humanitarian response draws back from the spotlight? For displaced populations, the question “What now?” succinctly captures the difficult phase that often follows the meeting of basic short-term needs. Long-term psychological recovery, which fosters resilience, depends not on restoring what was lost but on cultivating an environment that honors past memories while providing resources, tools, and opportunities for individuals to thrive. Drawing on FAR Center for Child Protection’s qualitative research, we will explore how recovery unfolds across individual, relational, institutional, and cultural systems. Our goal is to help identify repeatable processes that clinicians working with displaced populations worldwide can implement. Reframing Resilience …

What Pompeii Looked Like Hours Before Its Destruction: A Reconstruction

What Pompeii Looked Like Hours Before Its Destruction: A Reconstruction

Published by José Betancourt

How­ev­er cel­e­brat­ed by his­to­ri­ans, scru­ti­nized by archae­ol­o­gists, and descend­ed-upon by tourists it may be, Pom­peii is not excep­tion­al — not even in the fate of hav­ing been buried in ash by Mount Vesu­vius in the year 76, which also hap­pened to the near­by town of Her­cu­la­neum. Rather, it is the sheer ordi­nar­i­ness of that medi­um-sized provin­cial Roman city that we most val­ue today, inad­ver­tent­ly pre­served as it was by that vol­canic dis­as­ter. The new Lost in Time video above recon­structs Pom­peii as it must have looked at the very end of its days, tak­ing a look at every­thing from its homes to its aque­ducts, its forum to its basil­i­ca, and its wine and per­fume pro­duc­tion facil­i­ties to its glad­i­a­to­r­i­al are­na. Unsur­pris­ing­ly, the Amphithe­atre of Pom­peii is much small­er than the Colos­se­um. But it was actu­al­ly built 140 years ear­li­er, at a time when local lead­ers across the empire were already start­ing to feel that any self-respect­ing Roman town ought to have its own venue for spec­ta­cles involv­ing one-on-one com­bat, feats of ath­leti­cism, exot­ic ani­mals, and …