Death by starvation – remembering Ukraine’s Holodomor and crisis in Yemen
On 7th November 2015 a memorial to Ukraine’s Holodomor was erected in Washington DC, but to date there is no
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Author: Jacobytes
Corruption in Boxing: International Amateur Boxing Association Elections
The current Acting President of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) is Uzbek businessman Gafur Rakhimov. He is also currently
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European Week for Safety and Health at Work: focus on management of dangerous substances
European Week for Safety and Health at Work is actively under way this week with seminars, workshops and events across
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Why is the price for nuclear power in Ukraine the lowest in the world?
Ukraine’s energy sector and its energy utility companies are regulated by a National Commission (the NKREKU), which is a statutory
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Time for Baghdad to return Kirkuk to Kurdistan
October 16th marks the anniversary of the brutal Iraqi invasion of Kurdistan and the humiliating annexation of Kirkuk that ripped
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The curious case of the Brussels lobbyist: the expulsion of Lyudmyla Kozlovska from the Schengen zone
Lyudmyla Kozlovska was detained at Brussels airport during the late evening of Monday 13th August following a passport control check. This
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EU asked to look into the environmental impact of mineral wool production
Work began this summer on a new Rockwool plant in Romania, just as protests have mounted in the United States
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A controversial Brussels-registered human rights NGO is under scrutiny
The prevalence of ‘fake news’, and the ways in which it is disseminated and used, has become one of the
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Hong Kong’s New Bullet Train – Any Such Vision Left in Europe?
On Sunday September 23rd, the new West Kowloon station was opened with the launch of a high-speed rail link between
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Great Country, Shame About the Neighbours – Yalta European Strategy Meeting
Visitors to last week’s YES (Yalta European Strategy) annual meeting in Kyiv will have seen the beautiful autumn colours of Kyiv’s
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