Empires have fallen, religions have been replaced, the city itself has changed names. But the dome of the Hagia Sophia (Divine Wisdom) has withstood it all. Commissioned by the Emperor Justinian in the early 6th…
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“Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n’est point d’éloge flatteur” (“Where there is no freedom to blame, there can be no genuine praise”) PierreAugustin Caron de Beaumarchais (French polymath and revolutionary 1732-1799) Nikola…
Josep Borrell High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy© Wikicommons On May 9, in a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, which launched Europe on the road…
President of the European Council Charles Michel during a video conference © European Union The coronavirus pandemic has devastated Europe, particularly Italy and Spain. However, it has also tested and continues to challenge all the…
As countries around the world effectively shut down to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, the authoritarian president of Belarus was urging citizens to drink vodka – when not at work – and visit the…
© Moderna Julius Caesar simply couldn’t understand fear, according to William Shakespeare. “Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,” he says in the eponymous play (Act 2, Scene 2), “It seems to me…
“In negotiating, the main force is to know which interests you are serving, that of the country and not a political line or personal career interests.” So says Salomé Zourabichvili, former French citizen and now…
Why the first World Expo in the Middle East has the potential to become a blueprint for smart cities around the globe. The Eiffel Tower and the Atomium, colour TV and the zipper: a World…
Traiskirchen, Austria — Imagine a nuclear emergency triggered by another emergency, such as a natu- ral disaster like an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or tsunami. Or, imagine a tropical cyclone, hurricane or civil disturbance leading to…
In the deepening conflict between Iran and the United States, the European Union seems well and truly caught in the middle. In Brussels, talks appear to be the only feasible option at the moment. But…
The year is 2017, and the place, the small town of Amer in the Province of Girona, some 120 kilometres north east of Barcelona. Far from the hustle and bustle of politics, Carles Puigdemont, the…
The Poles can never have had much doubt that blaming Russia for the Second World War would upset Vladimir Putin. It was rather like poking a tiger with a pointed stick: it could never end…
On January 1, the Polish army took charge of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) placing thousands of soldiers on standby and ready to deploy within days. Poland takes over from Germany, which…
Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders UK and Transparency International UK urge Azerbaijan to lift journalist’s travel ban Azerbaijan authorities should lift a travel ban against award-winning investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, UK-based rights groups urged…
Bosnia and Herzegovina must immediately close the Vučjak camp and take concrete measures to improve the treatment of migrants in the country. “The living conditions of hundreds of human beings in the improvised Vučjak camp…
