Something good, mostly bad and something in between, here are a list of some of the events that helped shape the year 2015:
Something good:
US-Cuba friends again - It was announced last year by two countries US and Cuba that they end the isolations and establish a diplomatic relations towards each other. US President Barack Obama and Cuba El Presidente Raúl Castro will now end each of their countries five decade disputes. The result of this deal was an astounding change that happened in 2015.
Now that they're friends, the embassies in Washington and Havana were re-opened. Visiting American to Cuba rose up to 50% leaving the government offices and hotels in Cuba fully booked with a lot of struggle to keep up. A new problem has just sprung in a good way.
Mostly bad:
Greek debt - This Greece financial crisis first started in 2009, before if finally bailed out big time in July this year. As the new loan of the country got incurred, it agreed to raise taxes. Also they needed to a lot of overhauls in energy markets and pensions. Rumors about them being kicked out of the euro zone economic bloc were a big threat including the bigger one, the European Union political grouping. Their Prime Minister Alexis Trispas resigned.
So far, it looks like they were able to implement the changes that EU wants them to implement, although unemployment rate is still high in their country.
Paris attacked twice - A satirical magazine office named Charlie Hebdo, and a Jewish supermarket was attacked by some gunmen in January. 17 people lost their lives that time. In November, 130 people were massacred by extremist that are being tied to an Islamic State. The attack was a coordination of three places, a music hall, a café and restaurants.
The French and Belgian police were able to arrest those who are allegedly though to have suspected connection with the attack, one of them remains at large.
China's financial market crash - Volatility happened because of the housing market inflation and cheap credit. The Shanghai composite market crashed up to 30%. Their government took drastic measures to stop the stocks from sliding by having to slash their interest rates, threatening to arrest traders who will short sell any stock with bets that it will fall and prohibiting companies to sell new shares on the market.
Something in between:
That dress! - The dress that made an optical illusion created a fun environment for friends and colleagues for a few weeks. Was it blue and black or was it white and gold? Everyone who sees it have their own opinion about it. The company who made the dress said that the dress was actually blue and black. Whatever its color, this surely made a big hit of 3 million mentions on twitter.
