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Brussels, my love? Greek election fever & Belgium’s secretive diamond sector

In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discect the outcome of the Greek elections and the reasons Belgium won’t sign off on a Russian diamond import tire.

This week, we were joined by Karel Lannoo from the independent think tank CEPS, Panos Tasiopoulos from the Wilfried Marten Center for European Studies and Alia Papageorgiou, the President of the Brussels Press Club.

Panelists discussed the outcome of the recent Greek elections which saw the centre-right party of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis come out on top. The left-wing Syriza party received only 20.1%.

“It is good that the Greeks realize they

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‘A Beautiful Noise’ cast performs Neil Diamond at the 2023 Tony Awards

The 2023 Tony Awards turned into a massive “Sweet Caroline” singalong during a live rendition of the Neil Diamond musical “A Beautiful Noise.”

Jessica Chastain, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Barry Manilow were among the stars singing in their seats Sunday at Washington Heights’ United Palace as star Will Swenson strummed on stage.

“Ladies and gentleman, this might be the greatest ‘Sweet Caroline’ singalong in history!” Swenson proclaimed.

The rousing rendition was included at Sunday’s show despite “A Beautiful Noise” not receiving any nominations. Many considered the shutout among the biggest snubs at this year’s ceremony.

Swenson and Mark Jacoby, who played

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Watch live streaming and telecast in India

Indian long jumpers Murali Sreeshankara Commonwealth Games 2022 silver medallist, will compete at the Paris Diamond League 2023 in France on Saturday. The Paris Diamond League events will be live streamed in India.

the DiamondLeague is an annual series of top-tier track and field competitions organized by World Athletics.

The competition in Paris will be the fourth leg of the 2023 Diamond League season. The Diamond League Final will be held in Eugene, USA, on September 16 and 17.

It will be Murali Sreeshankar’s second Diamond League appearance. On his debut in Monaco last year, he finished sixth with

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The Koh-i-Noor and Cullinan diamonds: Crown jewels have fraught history

For decades, Britain has been giving back its spoils of empire: the Stone of Scone to Scotland in 1996, Hong Kong to China in 1997 and, most recently, some of the Benin bronzes, with perhaps more to follow.

But, so far, that spirit of returning what was taken has not extended to the British crown jewels — specifically to the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which will be kept out of sight during King Charles III’s coronation Saturday, and the Cullinan diamonds, which will feature heavily.

Where the Koh-i-Noor diamond was first pulled from the earth is unknown,

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Rare Diamond Within a Diamond Is Unearthed in India and Dubbed ‘The Beating Heart’

The Beating Heart Diamond – VD Global, released

In India, a diamond company has its hands on a jewel that is rarer than rare—a large, hollow diamond, inside of which rests another, smaller diamond.

Dubbed the “Beating Heart,” there is enough room inside the cavity to allow the smaller diamonds to tumble around. Only one other such discovery has ever been made, and the company hopes to leave it uncut and unpolished to promote the natural splendor of the gemology therein.

Vallabh Dhanjibhai Global in the west Indian state of Gujarat is a sightholder of the De Beers Group, the

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Belgian mood turning against Russian diamonds

Nobody in Belgium wants Russian “blood diamonds” any more, but the next round of EU sanctions still won’t ban them.

“Consumers don’t want to buy diamonds with blood on them,” said Vicky Reynaert, a Belgian left-wing MP.

“Everybody knows what’s being done with the money by Alrosa [Russia’s biggest diamond firm] — it’s going directly to finance the war against Ukraine”, she said.

Reynaert spoke to EU observer after a Belgian parliament committee, on Tuesday (25 April), backed her resolution calling for the Belgian government to support an EU-wide embargo on Russian stones.

The consumers in Reynaert’s focus groups aside,

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Here’s a Diamond in the Rough Yielding Over 9.5%

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Written by Karen Thomas, MSc, CFA at The Motley Fool Canada

In today’s inflationary environment, investing in the right dividend stocks can shelter your portfolio from the storm. Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX:NWH.UN) is a little-known dividend stock that’s currently yielding 9.73% – and it’s positioned quite nicely for the years ahead.

In this article, I’ll discuss Northwest Healthcare Properties and why it’s a real bargain today that’s worth considering.

Healthcare Properties: A defensive and growing industry

Being the owner and operator of health care properties around the world, Northwest has created a highly defensive business.

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Rare of rare ‘diamond within diamond’ unearthed in India

A company in India’s Surat says it has unearthed a unique “diamond within a diamond” – one of the rarest of the rare when it comes to such stones.

The firm VD Global has given the rare piece the moniker the ‘Beating Heart,’ and says it consists of a piece of diamond that had another smaller piece trapped inside, and that was moving freely, according to Times of India.

The 0.329-carat stone was initially found in the rough in October last year by the diamond manufacturer which operates from Surat and Mumbai and has a business spread globally.

The Gem

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