Covid-19’s impact reaches far beyond just its devastating physical health implications. Most notably, the ever-verbose EU has become a union in name only, silent and obsolete. Its virtues, freedom of movement, open borders, and cooperation are currently in free-fall. Amid...
Between Bosnia and Croatia, from Bihac to Velika Kladusa, about 8,000 migrants from war zones such as Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan are stranded. Everyone is trying to escape to Europe with the hope of building a better future for themselves. Crossing the border, what they call "The Game" is anything but a game: the weather conditions are harsh because the area is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and minefields from the Balkan war, the walk to Italy is 10 to 15 days long, and is often done without food and water. The most difficult thing, however, is not the weather conditions: the real challenge is to get past the Croatian police and survive them in case it ends up in their hands. Watch the full report: Police on my back
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently warned that the U.S could be the new epicenter of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic. The American death toll has surpassed 1,384 as of March 27, with 93,329 reported cases and 2,424 recoveries. WHO’s spokeswoman...
The coronavirus crisis has ground global economies to a halt. Businesses have been shut, transport links cancelled, and sports tournaments scrapped. But as it stands, one thing appears impervious to the pandemic’s disruption: post-Brexit trade talks. Post-Brexit Trade Talks Continue...
As many European countries impose lockdowns on their populations to tackle the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Sweden appears to be adopting a more relaxed approach. How is Sweden Reacting to the Coronavirus Pandemic? Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven urged...
Just like other countries around the world Germany is continuing to battle the coronavirus pandemic – though some states have taken the initiative and implemented more draconian measures than the federal government has. This could change soon, however, as the...
The Bundestag has introduced unprecedented measures in an attempt to mitigate the coronavirus crisis. Companies, the self-employed, and Hartz IV recipients are the primary beneficiaries of the package for which parliament even revoked Germany’s constitutional debt limit. What Do Merkel’s...
Quarantine is a word that we have come to know all too well over the past month. It comes from the Italian word quaranta (forty) and was so named because in the Middle Ages when ships came to Venice that...
As the UK braces for the full brunt of the coronavirus pandemic, doctors and nurses who work for the already strained NHS – the country’s free healthcare system – are scared for their own safety and lives. Not only are...
Many Brits recently displayed their anger over social media at those who flocked to social venues over the weekend to enjoy themselves as the UK endures the coronavirus pandemic. Relatedly, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis...