By Denis MacShane, former UK Europe Minister Britain’s new Prime Minister has the same age as Clement Attlee, Labour’s most famous premier (1945-51). It was Attlee who transformed Britain by nationalising most industries, creating a health service which even today is free for every citizen, making trade unions partners in industry and giving India and […]
By Martin Banks There is a pressing need for countries and international organisations to understand better how existing international law can help them address serious concerns about the militarisation of outer space, a new study says. Space is an increasingly militarized domain, with the potential to be a source and place of armed conflict. Nations […]
by Brendan Donnelly, leader of The Rejoin EU Party Since 2020, when the UK left the European Union, British public opinion has moved in only one direction. More and more British voters are coming to realise that Brexit was a major error. The promises of its advocates remain undelivered and will continue remain undelivered in […]
by Else Kvist, Freelance journalist and communications advisor As millions of EU citizens living in the UK vote in the European Parliament elections, it is not just Britons who will no longer be able to vote in these elections after Brexit. As a Danish citizen living in the UK, along with the vast majority of […]
By former UK Liberal MEP Andrew Duff.* The decisions it faces are delicate and critical. With the national elections for the European Parliament taking place in 27 member states on 6-9 June, the question is: Can they deliver the leadership the EU needs? On 11 June in Brussels, the European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents […]
By Lord Richard Balfe, a former British MEP* There is something fundamentally depressing about the forthcoming Euro elections. The first that the UK will not be involved with. Yet in a way we will be involved because the outcome will shape our relations with each other. The EU Commission has recently outlined a youth mobility […]
By Martin Banks Keen to answer this age-old question, researchers compared the happiness index scores of different countries to the average salary, number of billionaires, and life expectancies, in a bid to find out once and for all if money truly can buy you happiness…
By Dr. Panagiotis Sfaelos∗ The Taiwan Strait is of immense geopolitical importance as it is strategically located between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan affecting international shipping and world trade in the Pacific Ocean. It is a point of friction between China and Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China considers Taiwan as part of […]
By Denis MacShane, former Europe Minister in the UK. When Tony Blair was prime minister every fellow head of government wanted to meet him. Rishi Sunak is not quite in that league but a British PM is a figure of power and influence in geo-politics and usually worth a photo-call.
Edit By Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) In 1986, the composer Giannis Kikos saw a film about Hiroshima and was inspired to write the song. In his mind, he had a beautiful voice in mind to perform it. When he heard Despina Tsolaki in Edessa a few years ago, he said, “This voice is […]
