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Controlled optimism in Suriname

Controlled optimism in Suriname

Report suggests more investments eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 15 july 2023— In order to develop Suriname’s rich offshore oil potential, a higher level of financing is required and its state-owned company Staatsolie is readying itself to ensure it is prepared. Outlined in its updated 2022 Annual Report, Staatsolie said it has amended and extended its corporate loan…
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Can an AI Chatbot Pass a Data Science Interview

Can an AI Chatbot Pass a Data Science Interview?

Modern AI Chatbots are astounding, as we are reminded almost every day. But they also are criticized for their (lack of) accuracy, their tendency to just make things up, their banal song lyrics, and their lack of true intelligence. On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Professors Joao Sedoc and Foster Provost interviewed a data science chatbot…
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Estonia, the Digital Republic

Estonia, the Digital Republic

Its government is virtual, borderless, blockchained, and secure. Has this tiny post-Soviet nation found the way of the future? By Nathan Heller The Estonian government is so eager to take on big problems that many ambitious techies leave the private sector to join it. Illustration by Eiko Ojala Up the Estonian coast, a five-lane highway bends with…
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TotalEnergies in Suriname

Suriname could do much better

But a distressful lack of confidence plays its part eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 28 May 2023–Why is TotalEnergies seen as Suriname’s golden ticket to kickstart its Guyana-like offshore oil production operations and why are proceedings so  slow? TotalEnergies is seen as a potential solution to kickstart offshore oil production operations in Suriname, similar to those in Guyana. However,…
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Brazil to become a Switzerland of Latin America?

Brazil is on track to become the Switzerland of Latin America. A huge trade surplus is emerging, unlike any other country in the region. This is going to give Brazil external stability and a strong currency unlike the rest of Latin America. Brazil will be the region's anchor… pic.twitter.com/gvGDE0ZKs3 — Robin Brooks (@RobinBrooksIIF) May 25,…
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Suriname & the IMF

Suriname & the IMF

eyesonsuriname The IMF staff team and Surinamese authorities reached a staff-level agreement on the second review of the authorities’ economic recovery program supported by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The review is subject to approval by the IMF’s Executive Board.. Suriname’s economy continues its slow post-pandemic recovery, but the shock of higher commodity and food…
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International visibility increases Finland’s influence

International visibility increases Finland’s influence

Helsinki could do a little bit more in Suriname   eyesonsuriname   Amsterdam, May 17 2023 — The other day eyesonsuriname.com was chatting with a new friend from Finland. He was kind of puzzled about the role of his home country in the world and said something in the order of: ” Yes, but those strong…
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Sweet Suriname…Switie Sranan

For Whom and When ? eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 9 May 2023– Suriname’s state oil company Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., TotalEnergies Suriname and QatarEnergy signed production sharing contracts for offshore blocks 6 and 8 on Monday May 8, 2023. In 2021, a Shallow Offshore Bid Round was completed offshore the South American country. Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) have already…
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Totally Total Teeters

Totally Total Teeters

Oil & Gas for Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, May 8th 2023– France’s TotalEnergies is continuing drilling operations offshore Suriname in Block 58 as it tries to develop an oil pool, CEO Patrick Pouyanné said on the company’s first quarter of 2023 webcast. The last appraisal well in the block is being drilled, but the difficulty in…
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Suriname Food For Thought

Suriname Food For Thought

A Most Precious Gift geert camerlinkcx/ eyesonsuriname Amsterdam May 2nd 2023–Perhaps it was not experienced as such by most, but the most precious gift Surinamese society has received in the past year comes from the Constitutional Court.  More specifically when its president announced on 5 August that the most recently used electoral system had not passed…
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