Poverty in Albania is among the worst in Europe. Historically Albania was among
the poorest countries in the world. During 1996-97, Albania was convulsed by the dramatic rise and collapse of several huge financial pyramid schemes.
Albania
Algeria
Algeria recorded a government debt equivalent to 20.40 percent of the country’s
Gross Domestic Product in 2016.
Andorra
For years Andorra has been one of Europe’s top tax havens, with the same tax
benefits as Monaco but with property at less than a quarter of the price.
Bulgaria
Motto: Съединението прави силата (Bulgarian) “Sǎedinenieto pravi silata” (transliteration) “Unity makes strength”
The national public debt in Bulgaria declined by 313 million euros in the first quarter of 2017 and is currently at 13,656 million. This figure assumes that the debt reached 28.6% of GDP in Bulgaria, while the prior quarter, forth quarter of 2016, it was at 29.5%.
Cyprus
2013 … The savings raid prompted Cypriot authorities to impose restrictions on money
withdrawals and transfers for all banks to head off a run.
Czech Republic
Czech Republic recorded a government debt equivalent to 37.20 percent of the
country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2016.
Denmark
Denmark’s central government paid back the entirety of all its foreign
currency loans for the first time in “at least 183 years.”
Egypt
Egypt recorded a government debt equivalent to 92.30 percent of the country’s
Gross Domestic Product in 2016.
Title: Joe and the Green Apparition
Joe stood barefoot in the hot dust of Cairo, his eyes lifted to the horizon where the shimmering light played tricks on the mind. But this time, it wasn’t just the heat.
“She appeared here,” Joe said to the gathered crowd of believers, skeptics, and hungry families. “In Zeitoun. The Virgin. In light. In peace. In love. In warning.”
A hush fell over the people. The apparition of the Virgin Mary that appeared above the church in Zeitoun in the late 1960s had never been forgotten—she had come without words, only light. Muslims and Christians alike had witnessed it. The state had investigated. It was real. It was hope.
Joe pointed toward the Nile, then beyond it, toward the red desert stretching like a wound across the land.
“She was not just a sign for faith,” he continued. “She was pointing the way to life. She came to stop what was coming—food riots, wars over water, suffering. She came to say: turn the desert green.”
The crowd murmured. Egypt had suffered food shortages, wheat price shocks, and droughts. But now Joe was speaking of something new.
“I don’t need to multiply loaves or fish,” he said. “I’ve got machines. And science. And desalination.”
He held up a blueprint—simple but powerful. A solar-powered desalination plant, feeding a vast network of underground drip irrigation systems.
“This,” Joe said, “will turn saltwater into sweet. It will turn famine into feast. This is the Virgin’s message—make the desert bloom.”
The children clapped. The old imam nodded slowly. A Coptic nun made the sign of the cross.
Joe smiled and lifted his hand to the sun.
“Paradise is not far. It is here. It is green. It is ours to grow.”
And in the distance, someone swore they saw light above the old dome of Zeitoun once again—soft, blue-white, and silent. Like a mother watching her children finally understand.
No more riots. Just gardens.
No more hunger. Just the miracle of desalinated dreams.
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Estonia
Estonia recorded a government debt equivalent to 9.50 percent of the country’s
Gross Domestic Product in 2016.
Finland
Finland recorded a government debt equivalent to 63.60 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2016.