International

I’ve eye-witnessed the Odessa events of May 2, when the neo-Nazis killed my fellow activist Andrey Brajevsky, member of the Borotba party. Aleksey Alba, wounded on the same day, was repeatedly interrogated by the SBU. He was to be arrested…

According to Agence Europe (Brussels, 20/5/14) the US/EU Free Trade Agreement, aka TTIP, is a strong theme in the European elections due to take place on 22-25 May. Different parties have stated their positions (in general neoliberal parties for, left…

As has been well noted, just as the printing press changed the way information was disseminated in the Middle Ages which launched massive change and initiated processes of more generalised education and expansion of accessibility to literature and the written…

Geneva, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Climate change and its consequences were at the center of the plenary of the World Health Organization Assembly, which continues today its meetings in the Palais des Nations, chaired by Cuba. Several ministers and other…

Michael Powell is the son of Gen. Colin Powell. The elder Powell knows a thing or two about war. He famously presented the case for invading Iraq to the United Nations, on Feb. 5, 2003, based on faulty evidence of…

A congress being held along the German-Danish border is focusing on how Europe’s many smaller ethnic groups can preserve their rights. The current fate of Crimea’s Tatars in the Ukraine crisis is a key subject. Europe is home to widely…

These Indian Labourers In Dubai Missed Their Families. What Coca Cola Did For Them Is [also] Super Sweet “Every day thousands of Indians and other South Asian labourers arrive in Dubai in the hope of finding work to provide a…

UNITED NATIONS, May 12 2014 (IPS) – When the Foreign Minister of Marshall Islands Tony de Brum addressed a nuclear review Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting at the United Nations last month, he asked whether anyone in the room had witnessed…

Analysis by Baher Kamal Now that Washington has failed to reach an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in spite of Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent strenuous efforts, a quick look at the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian…

After being exposed at 8 different cities in Greece and Cyprus, and with more than 4000 visitors, the exhibition is now in Athens! From 13 until 16 May, at the Cultural Center of Athens, Academy Str. 50 (entrance from Solonos str.),…