The outcome of the recent European Parliament Election carries a weighty implication – it signals that 2024 might indeed mark the triumph of right-wing populism in Europe. … Continue readingGuest Article: The 2024 European Parliament Election: A Litmus Test for the Continent’s Right-Wing Shift
On the evening of the 22nd of March 2024, the Russian rock band Picnic prepared to perform in front of a sold out crowd at the famed Crocus City Hall, one of Moscow’s largest music venues. Thousands gathered in anticipation, however just as the concert was expected to begin, a series of masked gunmen stormed the building and fired multiple rounds of automatic gunfire. Pandemonium set in as the audience initially mistook the sounds of gunshots for fireworks, but the true chaos unfolding outside soon made itself known. Witnesses recall smelling smoke and burning as flames eventually took hold. The initial cause of the fire is still undetermined. Approximately 144 people were killed that evening, and a further 500 treated for injuries. The incident is one of the deadliest in Moscow’s recent history, and has left many asking who’s to blame. … Continue readingWho’s to blame? Dismantling the Russian disinformation machine in response to the Crocus City Hall attack
On June 27, 2023, Nahel Merzuok, a French citizen of Moroccan and Algerian descent, was shot and killed by a police officer in Nanterre, a suburb of Greater Paris. This harrowing incident ignited a wave of protests and riots that swept across Paris and the … Continue readingThe French Police Force: Liberté, Égalité, Brutalité
When the Popular Party led the votes in Spain’s local government elections this May, it was predicted to dominate in the July general election. And then the party went even further to form a coalition with the ultra-conservative Vox party, prompting talks about the first … Continue readingSPAIN’S ELECTION RESULTS AND THE RISE OF EUROPE’S FAR-RIGHT
On the 23rd of May, 2021, a RyanAir flight departing from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Minsk by Belarus authorities. Although the Belarusian government maintains that its diversion of the flight was due to a purported bomb threat on-board, it is widely believed in the international community that its sole intention was to arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich. … Continue readingThe Illegality and Implications of the Ryanair Flight 4978 Diversion
In 2015, the European migrant crisis reached its peak, with 1,015,078 individuals seeking refuge across the continent. Since then, the European Commission declared the migration crisis to be over in 2019, as the rest of the world largely forgot about the humanitarian crisis lingering on Europe’s foreshores. However, the fire that ripped through the largest refugee camp, Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos on 8 September 2020, has gained global attention and reminded the world of the humanitarian disaster that remains. … Continue readingTHE HIDDEN REFUGEE CAMPS OF EUROPE
The British people voted to leave the European Union a little under two years ago. This sudden and somewhat surprising departure is the equivalent of a spoiled child threatening to leave home because their parents will not give them more pocket money. They both have a … Continue reading“SHAKE IT OFF” – WHY THE EU SHOULD JUST LET THE UK GO
It’s the break-up to end all break-ups. Since voting to leave the European Union (EU) with an underwhelming majority, the British public has been treated by Brussels and many economists as a recalcitrant spouse who has naively ended an indispensable union. Yet, Donald Tusk and … Continue readingTHE BREXIT BREAK-UP: WHY BRITAIN NEEDS TO LEAVE ITS’ NEEDY LONG-TERM LOVER BEHIND