The European continent is, in this moment, experiencing a tremendous lockdown. Public spaces, meeting areas and shops have been provisionally shut down across Europe. Despite the stricter or looser approaches undertaken in order to contain the spread of COVID-19, different parts of Europe have all answered in a similar manner
Boris Johnson, along with senior politicians, test positive for coronavirus – cabinet members’ statuses in question
Picture By Stephen Harvey / No10 Downing Street Boris Johnson – the UK Prime Minister – has tested positive for COVID-19. He is the latest high-profile Briton to test positive for the virus after HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, Idris Elba and Health Minister Nadine Dorries. Elba and Dorries are
At Europe’s Border, Humanity Perished with More Deaths
The refugee crisis at the Greece-Turkey border has been resurrected. The current state of play has developed over time and cannot come as a full surprise. The so-called Refugee Pact between the EU and Turkey has always been an instrument of power politics. It was unsustainable from the outset. The
Portugal: The European Exception
Political graffiti by the Portuguese Communist Youth in central Lisbon. Photo: Markus Barnevik Olsson Europe is currently experiencing a political transformation. Progressive power is weakening, whereas the influence of right-wing parties is strengthening. Germany, the UK, Sweden and Spain are only a scratch on the surface. Some would even go
Weathering The Storm
Arturo Orgaz, 23 Oct 2019 / On Wikimedia Commons by user Paulofabre Streets on fire. Infected social fragmentation, killings and human rights abuses. A leader in exile accused of fraud, counter-allegations claiming coup d’etat. Bolivia—an underreported country has just gathered global attention with a bang. As in various parts of Latin
When Students Take Democracy into Their Own Hands
Pepik Hipik / On Flickr by Pepik Hipik In late November and through December this year, Czech and Slovak people celebrate the 30 years anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, a time when organized student protests created an impulse that led to dramatic social change. Velvet Revolution was a turning point
Liechtenstein’s successful diplomacy
/ Photo by Sebastiano Piazzi on Unsplash Despite being a microstate, Liechtenstein is a successful actor in the diplomatic world scene. However, one cannot deny that the size of a large state matters when it comes to geography, population and economic and military powers. Liechtenstein is a striking exception that proves that size
Disinformation Campaigns
By Lewis Ogden – Fake News Website – Social Media / Flickr The West is planning to split the Russian society and divide the Russian territories; France’s President Emmanuel Macron is a mouthpiece of the Rothschilds; The European Union is on the verge of collapse. These are only a few
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Off-The-Books Diplomacy: Italy And Libya – Beyond Official Agreements
A photo of the Libyan Coast, with a view to the Mediterranean Sea / Wikimedia Commons It is often said that, in politics, there is no room for morality. Indeed, sometimes a State accepts a certain degree of external injustice in order to cope with internal problems. That is, unfortunately,
Predicting Past the Post
A voting division in the Commons Chamber. Source: Wikimedia Commons/UK Parliament The UK uses the First-Past-The-Post voting system to elect 650 MPs to its 650 constituencies. FPTP is a local voting system rather than a national one. This means that, in effect, 650 local elections will take place across the