Early bird: The volume of mortgages in February increased by 13 percent month-on-month. The Prime Minister of Greenland convened local parties to reject Trump's plan for annexation of the island
The volume of new mortgages in February continued at a brisk pace. It reached the number 5277, which is 37 percent more than a year ago. In addition, the average mortgage rate is still decreasing on average. Denmark refuses the annexation of its territory by the United States, all major political parties there will negotiate with the outgoing prime minister.
Mortgages were successful again
Banks and building societies provided mortgages worth 25.5 billion crowns in January, which is a 13 percent increase compared to January. In year-on-year terms, the growth of the volume of mortgages provided in February slowed to 62 percent from January's 72 percent. The number of new mortgages in February reached 5277, which is 37 percent more than a year ago.
"This increase reflects not only a further increase in the average mortgage, but we also observe a slight increase in the number of new mortgages,"
The main economist of the association, Jaromír Šindel, said.
Interest rates continued to decline slightly in January, dropping on average from 4.78 percent to 4.72 percent. This is according to the Czech Banking Association's Hypomonitor statistics. All banks and savings banks providing mortgages on the Czech market supply the data.
The Prime Minister of Greenland sounds the alarm after Trump once again talked about the annexation of the country
The outgoing prime minister of Greenland, Mute Egede, said that he, along with the leaders of other parties, will reject a plan for annexation of his territory. All dominant parties in the Greenlandic parliament have already declared that they do not want the territory to become part of the United States. Meanwhile, on Thursday, Donald Trump once again expressed the belief that the U.S. takeover of Greenland, where about 57,000 people live, will "occur". Trump's idea to annex this territory raised questions about its security, given that the United States, Russia, and China are competing for influence in the Arctic, CNN reported.
Syria has a temporary constitution
The interim Syrian president Ahmad Shara signed a temporary constitution, which will be in effect for a five-year transitional period. This happened three months after his forces led a lightning offensive that overthrew the government of Bashar al-Assad. Shara said he hopes that the constitutional declaration will mark the beginning of a "new history for Syria, where we replace oppression with justice," when he signed the document on Thursday. The temporary constitution retains some aspects of its predecessor, including the provision that the head of state must be a Muslim, and the provision of Islamic law as the main source of jurisprudence, reported in this context by Al Jazeera.
Versace brand will have a new creative director
Donatella Versace is no longer the creative director of the well-known fashion brand founded by her deceased brother Gianni Versace. Instead, she has taken on a new role as the main brand ambassador, announced by Versace's American owner Capri Holdings. Starting in April, Dario Vitale, who was last the design director of the Miu Miu brand owned by Prada Group, will replace Donatella Versace in her position. All of this comes at a time when speculation is starting about Prada Group negotiating to buy the Versace brand from Capri Holdings. Capri Holdings paid 2 billion euros for it in 2018, which is more than 50 billion crowns in conversion, pointed out by the agency AP.
Sources: CNN, Al Jazeera, AP
