by Soumaya Ghannoushi
Sunni Islam is in turmoil. Over the last two decades, it has been in the grip of ferment and fragmentation unprecedented in its long history. After the wave of radicalisation that had swept…
by Roland Freudenstein
Now that the wrangling about quotas for refugees among the member states of the Union is over (for the time being), and Europe is more focused on regaining control of our external borders,…
by O. Krumme Garcia
The images are dramatic: masses of refugees trying to cross the border between Greece and Macedonia, boats full of people arriving at the shores of Europe, refugees living under atrocious conditions…
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by Isabelle Panasi
The Christians of the Middle East are currently on the front page of our newspapers. It seems the Westerner press has just discovered them… and feels sorry for them. However,…
by O. Krumme-Garcia
These days, Europe only had two main subjects: on the one hand, the never ending Greek crisis, which has dominated the entire media coverage for the past weeks and months. On the…
by Isabelle Panasi
We, the Belgians, do not like our country because if we like it, we would not be constantly protesting as soon as our government wants to venture on the way of the…
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by Brad Cabana
Perhaps the better question is: Is Ukraine a nation-state? It has certainly grown since its inception as a tiny trading post in 1654, but, and this is key, as…
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by Christos Mouzeviris
Following an overwhelming support for a YES vote, Ireland became the first country to do so by a popular vote. It is astonishing to think, that equality was given to…
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by Isabelle Panasi
It has already been four years that Syria has gone to war. In March 2011, the rebellion’s movement started. A large number of citizens asked the departure of Bashar…
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by Isabelle Panasi
This 11 million-inhabitant-European country trembled under the weight of the terrorist threat. The facts proceeded in Verviers, on January 15th, 2015, where a gun battle took place between the…