Author: Arno Van Rensbergen

Green light after all: E.U. can start negotiations about Ukrainian membership

Politics

European leaders gave the green light for negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on EU membership....
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Peaceful protest in Brussels

Featured, Politics

At least 21,000 demonstrators according to police figures, double that according to the organizers. Half of them wore a keffiyeh, the scarf...
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25 years after the end of the Troubles: ‘Many Northern Irish are still mentally at war’

Longread, Longread featured, Politics

Twenty-five years after the end of the civil war in Northern Ireland, real peace is still waiting. Protestants and Catholics still largely...
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Tensions rise in Bosnia as Dodik eyes the invasion of Ukraine

Politics

Russia’s re-invasion of Ukraine is reawakening war demons in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Putin-backed Serb and Croat nationalists are...
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EU-measures for more food security

Climate, Politics

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is endangering the food security of millions of people around the world, particularly in low-income...
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When Moroccan border guards leave their post

Crossing Borders

On Monday night, more than eight thousand (North) African migrants swam into the Spanish enclave of...
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Last statue of Spanish dictator Franco removed

Longread

In the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the very last statue of Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain as dictator until 1975, disappeared on...
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