While Nicolás Maduro’s government lives on edge under a military threat from US President Donald Trump, ordinary Venezuelans spend their time trying to figure out what to eat each day. It’s Wednesday morning at Quinta Crespo, a popular market in downtown Caracas. Here, a possible escalation of the conflict is not the main concern of […]
Jordan’s capital, Amman, still bears Greek influence dating back to the Hellenistic era, when it was named Philadelphia by Ptolemy II after its conquest in 285 BC.
By Martin Banks EU leaders say the U.S. plan to end the Ukraine war will “require additional work.”
1248: Conquest of Seville occurs by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile after the city surrenders 1644: “Areopagitica”, a pamphlet by John Milton decrying censorship, is published 1869: Clipper Cutty Sark is launched in Dumbarton, Scotland, one of the last clippers ever built and the only one still surviving 2018: US Federal Climate […]
Interview to Panagiotis Sfaelos We met with Journalist Martin Banks in Brussels near the Euroepean Parliament and we had a discussion for journalism, EU affairs and politics. 1. What first brought you from the UK to Brussels? My wife is Belgian and we met here. I came to live here for a short time but […]
By Martin Banks The unfolding humanitarian crisis in Sudan will come under the spotlight for MEPs when they meet in Strasbourg next week,.
By Martin Banks UN human rights experts have voiced fresh concerns about what they call the “continued exploitation, deception, and deepening debt bondage” of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia. “We are deeply troubled that fraudulent recruitment and the exploitation of migrants remain widespread and systematic in Malaysia,” the experts said.
By Martin Banks Each year brings with it 58,000 new cases of cervical cancer in Europe and 27,000 deaths from the disease – all the result of the human papillomavirus (HPV).
1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope on the first voyage from Europe to reach India 1926: Imperial Conference ends, granting autonomy within the British Commonwealth 1935: Flying boat “China Clipper” takes off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight 1963: US President […]
