The coronavirus pandemic has put many countries of the world, their health systems and their political organization under serious strain. The European Union has certainly not been exempt from this, the entire alliance strongly suffering from the outbreak’s impact, especially in Spain and Italy. At the recent European summit there were tense moments between representatives of various EU states who ...
The 73rd World Health Assembly has come to end, with 140 countries deciding to act and cooperate together moving forward. International institutions and world leaders, especially EU leaders, have reacted to Donald Trump’s threats, and united under the World Health Organization. The United States, which would not have been able to accept the results of the declaration, was kept out ...
Turkey and Egypt have significant importance not only in the region, but also in the world, with state traditions going back thousands of years. Relations between these two countries have been tense after the overthrow of Mohammad Morsi in 2013. The Turkish government’s insistent support for the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s anti-Turkish actions with the Greek-Southern Cypriot axis in the Eastern ...
Africa has been torn apart by internecine wars and conflicts throughout its post-colonial period of history, and the bloody history of the continent has naturally drawn the attention of many artists and directors. Unfortunately, most of the war movies where action takes place in Africa were shot from the perspective of white outsiders interested in catching a glimpse into the ...
On May 12, 2020, the US Ambassador to Nicosia, Judith Garber, visited the Commander of the Greek National Guard Army (GNG), Lieutenant General Democritus Zervakis, in Cyprus. Before her departure, the pair posed in front of a wall painting of Kyrenia (Girne) in his office. It was an interesting sight. The president of the Board of Directors of BAU Cyprus ...
Most observers today ask whether the zero hour of the first water war is upon us, after the rapid developments in the positions of the three countries, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the issue of the Renaissance Dam. https://uwidata.com/10005-will-ethiopia-force-egypt-to-carry-out-the-first-strike-of-the-african-water-wars/ Egyptian preparedness Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi directed, during his recent meeting with the army leaders, to show the utmost readiness ...
In the futuristic series about post-mankind – Years and Years (1 season, 3 episode) there is a scene where the usual school lunches are replaced by self-heating burgers with artificially grown meat. As soon as you pull the valve, the content turns into a hot appetizing bun with a cutlet, indistinguishable from the original meat. The woman who demonstrates innovation ...
On May 19, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok held talks with his Egyptian counterpart Mustafa Madbouli on the Nile dam project in Ethiopia (Grand Ethiopean Renaissance Dam – the GERD). The Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Water Resources of the two countries also took part in the conversation. “In a teleconference meeting, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his Egyptian ...
Mid-April saw an explosion of protests across the United States calling for freedom of movement and a repeal of lockdown measures. In Kentucky, Washington, Minnesota, Colorado, Virginia, and Michigan, mass acts of civil disobedience in spite of the global pandemic have courted attention from the highest levels of government and the mainstream media. The protest organizers are a loose alliance ...
By now, most are aware that a group of mercenaries tried to invade Venezuela, entering illegally by sea from Colombia, after which they planned to work with local supporters to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro, kill him or hand him over to the US authorities; they called the plan “Operation Gideon”. There is nothing new under the sun: Venezuela has been ...