By virtue of the Edinburgh Agreement (2012) signed by the British Prime Minister and Scotland’s First Minister; on the 18th of September, the people of Scotland are going to decide whether they will remain in the United Kingd...
How differently the Old Continent looked a century ago! The British Empire on which “the sun never sets”; the imperialistic Germany which, as Kaiser Wilhelm II proudly claimed, was looking for “their place under the sunâ€...
On the 26th of December 1991, when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics collapsed, the Iron Curtain finally shred; the long-lasting struggle for democracy came to an end and in purely Wilsonian style one might have said that...
There were two headline-grabbing events on Thursday, July 17: the downing of Malaysian Flight MH17, presumably by separatists in eastern Ukraine, and the beginning of Israel’s ground assault into the Gaza Strip. While the for...
The French authorities have prohibited a public demonstration in support of the Palestinians in Gaza victims of Israeli aggression. The country which prides itself on its defense of human rights is turning a blind eye to the su...
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...
In recognition of World Refugee Day, it is appropriate to acknowledge the trials and tribulations that internally and externally displaced people are forced to endure. Many humanitarian crises seem to stem from economic, resour...
People living outside the nation’s capital were asked recently what words best describe London to them. ‘Crowded’ was the first, ‘Expensive’ the second, and ‘Cosmopolitan’ the third. The question was part of a ...
A little more than 15 years ago, Sweden passed a new revolutionary law to tackle its prostitution problem. The law, named ‘sexköpslagen‘ [Sex Purchase Act] in Swedish, was an exercise in thinking outside the box an...