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Canada
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WATCH: The race to save the Arctic

Our poles remain the only two parts of our planet unexploited by man, but the growing interest in oil and rich fishing grounds in the Arctic is leading to a free for all as nearby powerful nations scramble to declare the territ...
by Nicky Armstrong
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Balkans

Football Beyond Borders Balkans Tour Day 6 – Sarajevo

Football Beyond Borders’ latest recruit, TransConflict contributor and SOAS Global Diplomacy student Heidi Green, gives her first impressions as we arrive into Sarajevo knowing that the tour effectively begins again here ...
by James Appleby
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Europe

Vomiting Values, or What Is European?

The European Union (EU) has expanded quickly over the last decade, with its latest enlargement welcoming Bulgaria and Romania in 2007. The EU’s enlargement process however, is not as straightforward as it would appear nor doe...
by Gilles Pittoors
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Europe

I Disagree With Much of What Margaret Thatcher Did – But I Won’t Celebrate Her Death

We all knew this day was bound to come sooner or later. Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, has long suffered from ill-health, including a severe case of dementia. The hero of the right, and villai...
by William Tucker
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Europe
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Does Legalising Prostitution Help Fight Human Trafficking?

Lucy is a 22-year old girl with a two-year old son. She worked as a webcam-girl in her home country Romania, despite having obtained a diploma in architecture. Two years ago she moved to The Netherlands, where she became one of...
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Belgium
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The New European Parliament: Opening Statements

Last Wednesday in Strasbourg we saw our first real glimpse of how the next session of the European Parliament will play out over the next 5 years. The leaders of each of the seven revamped political groups in the Plenary, and a...
by Oscar Isham
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Economy

Privatise the Costs of Bank Failure

We are living in startling times in the European Union. For the past three years, Angela Merkel has used Germany’s large voting power within European institutions to force through an agenda of collective impoverishment fo...
by Miguel Costa Matos
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Africa

One British Woman’s Fight To Save A Nigerian Woman And Her Daughters From A Cruel Tradition

As an active participant in the fight against FGM in the UK, Anj Handa was contacted by the Leeds Migrant Access Partnership early this year asking whether she would meet with one of their peer volunteers, indicating that they ...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Balkans

Football Beyond Borders Balkans Tour Day 2 – Mostar

In the opening day of our Balkans tour, we saw the inspiring work that Our Kids Foundation does to give orphans in Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina a quality of life that is so unique in a nation lacking in welfare money and havi...
by James Appleby
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