by Binoy Kampmark - CounterPunch website, OtherNews
The dishonour board is long. Advisors from Australia, account chasing electoral strategists, former Australian cabinet ministers happy to draw earnings in British pounds. British Conservative politicians keen to mimic their cruel advice, notably...
Amnesty International has just released a statement saying that Italy’s migrant and asylum seeker detention centres aren’t up to scratch. In April 2024, the organisation’s researchers checked out two detention centres. They found the conditions to be pretty poor...
by Lettera 22
During the hearing at the Italian Parliament, in her introductory remarks, Boldrini highlighted the significance of the discussion, emphasizing the need for immediate and sustained humanitarian efforts. Representatives from each organization provided insights into various facets of...
by Higerta Gjergji
On 26 June 2024, a new meeting was held in Brussels to “take stock of progress” in the EU-mediated dialogue. The new colloquium comes after a year of unresolved tensions and an outbreak of violence in May...
by Paul Taylor * - European Policy Centre, OtherNews
Sooner or later, possibly as early as next week, France’s far-right National Rally (RN) is going to take power. That’s the main lesson of Sunday’s first round of snap parliamentary elections,...
by Conor Gallagher * - Naked Capitalism, OtherNews
One burning question following the European parliamentary elections that concluded on June 9: how did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s ruling Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy - Fd’I) perform so well despite...
by Higerta Gjergji
Massive protests have been taking place at universities across the United States for weeks. Students have occupied campuses to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an end to the universities’ partnerships with Israeli institutions and...
by Gianni Beretta
There are now more and more cases of containers from Nicaragua being discovered in Europe with large quantities of drugs hidden inside. In the port of Vado Ligure, the coastal police Guardia di Finanza found 116 kilos...
by Anna Violante
“We urge the Italian government, through the MUR (Ministry of Education, Universities and Research), to immediately terminate the cooperation agreement between the Italian government and Israel in the field of research and industrial, scientific and technological development,...
by Higerta Gjergji
On 1 May 2024, the Parliament of Georgia passed the second reading of the bill on “foreign influence”, a controversial measure that sparked protests and criticism from the opposition, civil society and international opinion. The bill, which...
