Barclays (BCS.N) CEO: Barclays will eliminate 5,000 logistics positions in 2023; 20,000 logistics personnel will be transferred to new positions.

Tesla (TSLA.O) fell 1.6% before the market opened, and EU electric vehicle registrations fell 42.3% month-on-month in January.

According to Korea Daily Business News: Samsung Electronics has established a team to develop artificial intelligence chips.

According to EU media EurActiv: Bulgaria has once again delayed its commitment to deliver 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine because the country’s Ministry of Defense requires NATO to bear the transportation costs.

[Ukraine says a Russian drone attacked a house in Sumy Oblast, killing five people] The Ukrainian National News Agency reported on the 20th local time that at 4 a.m. that day, a private residence in the northern Sumui Oblast was attacked by a Russian drone. , killing 5 people, destroying houses and causing fires. Russia has yet to respond.

Belarusian President Lukashenko: Nearly 32,000 NATO troops, more than 1,000 pieces of equipment and vehicles, and 235 aircraft and helicopters are deployed near the Russian-Belarusian border.

Source: India will invite private companies to invest $26 billion in nuclear power generation.

Riksbank Deputy Governor Floden: January’s inflation data are not surprising in any sense.

According to TASS: The statement shows that the EU will extend sanctions against Russia for 12 months to February 24, 2025, and will begin discussions on the 13th round of sanctions against Russia in mid-January 2024.

Floden, Deputy Governor of the Riksbank: The momentum of price changes has improved.

Riksbank Deputy Governor Floden: The risk of continued inflation has reduced.

Central Bank of Greece: Greece’s tourism revenue in December 2023 increased from 243 million euros to 344 million euros year-on-year.

According to Nippon Sankei Shimbun: Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki will miss the G20 meeting in Sao Paulo to focus on domestic budget negotiations.

According to AFP: Australia announced a US$7 billion naval reform plan.

Barclays shares rose 6.5% after announcing a capital return plan.

Goldman Sachs expects the Bank of England to start cutting interest rates in June, compared with its previous forecast of May.

Swedish Ministry of Defense: Plans to provide military assistance worth SEK 7.1 billion to Ukraine.

The Malaysian ringgit fell to its lowest level since 1998 against the dollar.

Spokesperson of the Hungarian ruling party: The Hungarian ruling party will support Sweden’s efforts to join NATO.

Kossis, leader of Hungary’s ruling party group: Hungary will vote on Sweden’s membership of NATO on February 26, local time.