Daily News Roundup – 12 September 2012
Europe German court backs ESM bailout fund Germany’s Constitutional Court has rejected calls to block the permanent eurozone rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), but has imposed conditions including a c...
Beyond the ECI
The European Citizens Initiative (ECI), introduced by the Lisbon Treaty enables citizens to make proposals to the European Commission for initiation, modification or to stop the proposal and process of legislation. As the hopes...
What Is Happening In Venezuela?
On February 12th 2014 (the Day of the Youth in Venezuela) students took to the streets of Venezuela to protest. This much we know. But unfortunately for Venezuelans, the crisis in Ukraine has captured the attention of the inter...
Daily News Roundup – 11 December 2012
Africa Mali Prime Minister resigns after army arrest Cheick Modibo Diarra, the prime minister of Mali, has resigned on state television hours after being arrested by soldiers who were behind a military coup in March. Mr Di...
Water as Our Life Blood: Climate change in South America
Water is life, and it too is being threatened by global warming. The threat to water is much more than droughts and flooding, although it includes those problems also. The threat to water also means rising temperatures in the o...
Silent No More: Lebanon’s Migrants Fight the Kafala System
On the 14th of March 2012, a woman named Alem Dechasa committed suicide by hanging herself in her room at Der El-Salib mental hospital. Four days prior, as witnessed by an amateur video, she was kidnapped by her owner, her ma...
