By Baher Kamal for IPS - InterPressService
MADRID, Dec 2022 (IPS) – When tens of thousands of Europeans had to flee the horrors of two born-in-Europe devastating armed conflicts that attracted other powers: the World Wars I and II, they...
by our Director, Raffaele Crocco.
"Ukraine is alive and fighting" President Zelensky's words to the US Congress were like thunder, like the roar of a cannon. Dressed as a soldier on the front line, the Ukrainian leader left the country...
by Ambra Visentin
Mark Rutte chose the National Archives in The Hague for the 'historic moment' he had been announcing for weeks. A sober location, but also the place where one must face one's own history. 'For centuries, the Dutch...
by Stefano Bocconetti
Even before borders, far, far before walls. Further: trying to stop migrants when they have only thought of setting off. Before they leave towards the Sahel or for Turkmenistan. For the Balkans or for Lampedusa. The plan...
by Ambra Visentin
The main hearing of the trial 'of the century', as the Belgian press itself called the trial on the 22 March 2016 terrorist attacks, began in Brussels yesterday, 5 December. The charges include 32 counts of murder,...
by Ambra Visentin
The Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), a Hungarian institute funded by Viktor Orban's government, has just opened an office in the Belgian capital to build 'another narrative' than the one that dominates the European sphere. The launch event...
A reportage from Kherson: young artist Daria and her family lived in the city for four months during the unlawful Russian occupation. Kherson has only just been liberated - but the happy ending is not yet on sight for...
In a Europe increasingly affected by structural crises that threaten to undermine the social peace it has enjoyed since the end of World War II, the Left, Greens and Progressives met in Athens on 21-23 October to discuss a...
By Ambra Visentin
Tension rises between Bern and Berlin over the war in Ukraine. Germany would like to supply Kiev with 35 mm ammunition for the German Gepard anti-aircraft tank. The crux of the matter is that Swiss munitions were...
by Ambra Visentin
Ankara has adopted a complete and brutal reversal of its generous reception policy. In the report by the NGO Human Right Watch, published on 24 October, some 40 testimonies of deportees and relatives allowed its author, Nadia...
