Radical rightwing PVV can thank centre-right for electoral gains
It was quite a painful moment, Wednesday evening. At the VVD meeting, Mark Rutte suddenly had a microphone shoved under his nose. A reporter from RTL wanted to know from…
Peaceful protest in Brussels
At least 21,000 demonstrators, according to police figures, double that according to the organizers. Half of them wore a keffiyeh, the scarf that symbolizes the Palestinian ban, once called the Arafat scarf, after PLO leader Yasser Arafat. “We are all Palestinian”.
25 years after the end of the Troubles: ‘Many Northern Irish are still mentally at war’
Twenty-five years after the end of the civil war in Northern Ireland, real peace is still waiting. Protestants and Catholics still largely live in segregation, while paramilitaries continue to stir. “What Good Friday Agreement? We have never seen peace in our neighborhood.”
Tensions rise in Bosnia as Dodik eyes the invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reawakening war demons in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Putin-backed Serb and Croat nationalists are threatening to tear the country apart. Milorad Dodik admitted that Russia’s setback in Ukraine has delayed his plans for secession. Meanwhile, Bosnians are leaving the country.