Thursday, 22 August 2019 23:03
Switzerland: UN summit on extinction threats
Amid growing alarm over accelerating extinctions, a major two-week international conference opened in Geneva on 17 August. 183 member states aim to tighten rules on trade in elephant ivory and other endangered animal and plant species.…
Thursday, 15 August 2019 23:34
Russia: protests challenge Putin’s dominance
President Putin’s heavy-handed politics ahead of September elections have caused street protests for weeks. Russians are airing an array of grievances over economic stagnation and the Kremlin’s geopolitical isolation. Putin has turned Russia into a powerhouse…
Thursday, 15 August 2019 22:21
Ukraine: 500+ churches join new Orthodox church
In seven months over 500 congregations have left the Russian-affiliated church to join a newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine. As a result, the Russian church has lost almost 5% of its congregations, a relatively small…
Friday, 09 August 2019 13:16
Germany: Holocaust trial
92-year-old Bruno Dey will be tried in Germany for complicity in mass murder of 5,230 people in the Stutthof Nazi death camp during World War Two. The former guard admitted knowledge of atrocities of murder in…
Friday, 09 August 2019 13:15
Turkey: Ramps up drilling off Cyprus
The Republic of Cyprus is in the EU, but the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is recognised only by Turkey, and is internationally isolated. Ankara's latest move to increase drilling for oil off the coast…
Thursday, 01 August 2019 23:31
Italy: another charity rescue boat banned
Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has banned the Alan Kurdi, carrying forty migrants, from entering Italian waters. The boat, run by a German charity, had hoped to dock at Lampedusa. This rescue mission comes shortly after…