The Netherlands is a country that is known for being a welfare state. It is evident with the statistics results- it is having one of the lowest income inequality in the European Union (EU). Several benefits are provided to the citizens so that they could live a respectable livelihood. However,
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ALEXEI NAVALNY: CRITIC OF KREMLIN
On 2nd February 2021, Alexei Navalny was sentenced to a penal colony for two years and eight months by a Moscow court. [1] On 5th February, he was again summoned to court, where he was charged for insulting a war veteran. [2] However, the 2nd February verdict was enough for the
BOSNIA MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2020: FIRST LOCAL VOTE IN 12 YEARS
After 12 years, Municipal elections in Mostar, Bosnia have taken place whereby nationalists parties is believed will win a landslide victory. The city embodies hatred of the conflict that led to widespread mass killing. The leaders of today from these parties are campaigning on the lines of bread and butter
ITALIAN POLITICS: FALLOUT OF ITALY’S GOVERNMENT
After months of instability in Italian politics, Italy’s government finally collapsed on 13th January 2021. Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi withdrew his small party Italia Viva’s support. This move has put the country in a difficult political situation as the government is now short of a parliamentary majority. However, the
3 MAJOR EFFECTS OF BREXIT ON THE MIDDLE EAST
Gone are the days when it was believed that the sun never sat on the British Empire. The United Kingdom today maintains a landmass only a fraction of the size of its Empire, and in the last few decades, specifically, after the second world war, has been overshadowed by economic
BREXIT: BRITAIN’S DIVORCE FROM EUROPEAN UNION
After UK left EU, a long time of three years of bartering still it has not yet decided how to end the trade and tension between the two, after a long time of agreeing to new rules for how to live, work and trade together the leaders are still negotiating
PARIS PROTESTS AGAINST MACRON’S SECURITY LAW
As we draw closer to the end of this year, we often find ourselves reflecting on the year we have had, and how the COVID 19 pandemic has altered our lives. However, we overlook several events on a global scale that changed the socio-economic fabric of our societies. One such
GENESIS OF THE GREECE-TURKEY CONFLICT
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in 1949 with the sole aim of ensuring security and to safeguard its alliance’s protection through military mechanisms. In the present scenario, NATO has not been able to counter the regional conflict that is emerging between countries, Greece and Turkey. The membership
RADICAL ISLAMIST TERROR ATTACKS IN FRANCE AND ANTI-FRANCE PROTESTS
Terror struck France once again after a series of Islamist terror attacks that took place in October 2020. First, a history professor, Mr Samuel Paty was decollated near Paris by a young Chechen man, after he showed cartoon images of Prophet Mohammad wearing a bomb instead of a turban, in
ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN CONFLICT — EXPLAINED!
In the history of human conflict and peace, there has never been a time when camaraderie, collective action, and International coordination had been witnessed at a scale as seen in the first half of this year while dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. The world was truly united against one common