In Catalonia, this is definitely not a summer of love. No fewer than 12 of its former government officials and pro-independence activists will spend an anxious few months awaiting the judgement of the Spanish legal system, after being tried for...
On a sunny afternoon in the seaside town of Ayr, 37 miles from Glasgow, Scotland, an estimated 13,000 marched to demand independence from the United Kingdom. The march was the fourth in a series of eight organised by Scottish pro-independence...
13,000 march in Scotland to demand independence for the state and a chance of another referendum.
Traditional political distinctions between left and right have blurred. And the dichotomy is waning faster than any alternative can coherently supplant it. Much of this apparent confusion, which tends to express itself through rabid populism and anti-establishment mania, is due...
Every year in Northern Ireland, both the Irish Republicans and the British Unionists burn the other’s flag as a sign of protest against the partition in Northern Ireland.
Why have one million citizens taken to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against the forced extradition bill which China has insistently been requesting? The most widely accepted explanation, as also reported by the South China Morning Post, is...
For good reason, European leaders and intellectuals worry that, absent the utmost vigilance, virulent nationalism could again be unleashed with the full force of its destructive potential. Europe, they believe, is essential to prevent such a terrible outcome. But is...
Every year in Northern Ireland, both the Irish Republicans and the British Unionists build huge bonfires to celebrate their culture. The bonfires are built out of scrap wood and stolen pallets. They often reach up to 30 feet in height....
Hundreds of civilians in military outfits conceal themselves camouflaged within the forests of Bulgaria to prevent illegal immigrants crossing over from Turkey; they are the borderline guardians. In 2013 it was the building of barbed wire and cement barriers; then came the frontier officers and Frontex agents. Now in addition to these there are the volunteers of the Bulgarian Veterans Military Union Vasil Levski and of the Shipka Bulgarian National Movement. They move stealthily, they are well trained, they communicate using walkie talkies and bird whistles in the thick mountain vegetation of Strandja, an area of land suspended between East and West, facing the Black Sea. Their commander is Vladimir Ruscev, a retired former officer of the Bulgarian army. His movement counts 800 volunteers and thousands of supporters. For four years they have been financing themselves and in groups of 30-40 take it in turns to patrol a portion of the 230 km border with Turkey.
On a cold and wet May morning, Ivar, the head of the Estonian Defense League (Kaitseliit) in Lüganuse, heads down at dawn to setup the training camp where all the members of his group will reunite. Ivar does not receive...
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