April 14th – 18th
Monday, April 14, 2014 SYRIA – Syrian government troops seized two towns, one of them an ancient Christian hamlet north of Damascus, as part of the…
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What’s up in the EU elections?
by Andrew Rettman BRUSSELS - Russia is rolling out two major projects – a gas pipeline and a Crimea deep water port – with China, as EU countries and the US…
Libya’s problem could be its solution
On the 15th of April, the Jordan ambassador to Libya, Fawaz Artan, has been kidnapped in Tripoli, resulting the last example of Libyan instability. European…
Libya, recent trends and problems to solve in order to achieve security and stability
These days Libya is experiencing strong instability due to a number of factors: the signal that the institution-building process started with the end of the…
April 7th – 11th
Monday, 7th April 2014 HUNGARY – Sunday’s parliamentary elections ended with the victory of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, well known for his hostility to the…
The Migrants’ Files: surveying migrants’ deaths at Europe’s door
BRUSSELS - A tide of humanity — people on the run from Africa, the Middle East and Asia — is washing over Europe’s boundaries, and many don’t survive the…
Clashes in Madrid, where austerity still hurts
“Los indignados” was the name given to the protesters gathered in the Spanish capital Madrid May 15, 2011. That name has been accompanying for years every…
Social media ban in Turkey: what does it change in terms of the country’s ‘status’?
More or less a week before Turkish local elections, Prime Minister Rayed Erdoğan decided to put a ban on Twitter owing to a court’s decision which…
Algeria and the possibility of a fourth mandate for Abdelaziz Bouteflika: an overall perspective
On February 22 the Algerian former Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal announced that the president Abdelaziz Bouteflika will stand for the upcoming…
Growing rivalry for the Arab Gulf leadership
Two weeks ago Saudi Arabia, The Emirates Arab United and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar after Doha’s refusal of implementing a Gulf Countries…