The Intelligence: who wins The Economist’s country of the year?
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 26 December 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Which country improved the most this year? Nominations poured in from across the editorial department, and the competition was tough, but who came out on top? And our correspondent takes us on a train ride through Europe
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| 0:30.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:34.0 | Hello, and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:37.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host, |
| 0:44.6 | Ora Ogambi. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events |
| 0:49.9 | shaping your world. Today we're taking you on a ride, specifically a train ride |
| 0:59.2 | through the continent of Europe. Sit back, get comfortable, close your eyes and be transported. |
| 1:07.0 | First up though, though. |
| 1:24.4 | Let me tell you, it's been quite the year for news. Should we run through some of the main moments of 2023? |
| 1:28.0 | There was that one day armed uprising in Russia. |
| 1:30.5 | It's a stunning turn of event, says Vladimir Putin accuses the head of the Wagner military group of Guinea |
| 1:36.4 | Pergojan of an armed mutiny. |
| 1:40.4 | Mr Putin's war continued in Ukraine, a new one started in Sudan, and in October |
| 1:46.6 | Israel suffered its bloodiest ever day and a brutal retaliation has followed. |
| 1:52.3 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a state of war with Hamas. |
| 1:57.0 | That declaration comes after Hamas launched a major surprise rocket attack earlier today. |
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