Europe

Twenty-five years ago this past Sunday, the world gave a heavy sigh of relief. On July 31st, 1991, Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and George H.W. Bush signed the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or more commonly, START I. The treaty limited…

Trident missile system putting Newcastle lives at risk, claim campaigners @nuclearban Nuclear weapons systems are being transported up to six times a year past Newcastle so anti-nuclear campaigners held a public meeting in the city on Sunday  July 31 to raise awareness…

The Power of Persistent Multilateral Diplomacy FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016 Interview with Lassina Zerbo By: Sara Massoumi, Etemad Persian Daily, via Iran Review The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty by which states agree to ban all nuclear explosions…

By Rebecca Johnson 30 July 2016 for Open Democracy The stories of people trying to revive abandoned villages left contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster raise concerns about plans for a new generation of nuclear power reactors in Britain, starting…

  Independent perspectives on Turkey By TFF Associates  Turkey is a NATO member, the second largest militarily. It hosts 50 nuclear weapons at a base about hundred kilometres from the Syrian border – ISIS territory. Each of these has a capacity…

“Really? Thanks for letting us know but we can’t forgive you,” says one Greek by Andrea Germanos, staff writer for Common Dreams In a vindication of those who challenged the harsh austerity conditions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a…

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn came again under fire after a Labour donor took to Court the decision of the National Executive Committee to accept him in the ballot paper for the leadership contest without nominations from his fellow…

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has called on the government to scrap the Hinkley Point C nuclear deal as French energy giant EDF are expected to say it will finance the deal later today. Kate Hudson, CND general secretary, said:…

This september a dreams workshop will be held in different parts of Europe. The aim of which is to approach an inner reality which, although always present in everyday life, mostly escapes us. In our civilisation and in this moment…

Moscow, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) The Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov has reaffirmed Russia”s willingness to restore the mechanisms of cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on issues of global security, but in conditions of equity. The Deputy…