Colonial statues still widely present in Belgian and Dutch cities
In June 2020, colonial monuments, often of the Belgian King Leopold II, were removed from their...
‘The ocean is the final frontier to discover’
The new high-tech research vessel Belgica is sailing to the polar regions for the first time to document and investigate the consequences...
Corsica on the road towards more autonomy
When the Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna, convicted of murder, was killed in a French prison in 2022, riots broke out in Corsica....
The Jungle of Calais: “There is only misery here”
The asylum crisis in northern France has never been more urgent since 2016. Crossing attempts...
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...
‘Here on Svalbard, climate change is happening frighteningly fast’
The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is warming six times faster than the global average. Natural disasters threaten the inhabitants,...
Last statue of Spanish dictator Franco removed
In the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the very last statue of Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain as...
