#FactOfTheDay 21/01/2019 – Opening of the 49th World Economic Forum in Davos

Today marks the opening of the 49th World Economic Forum in Davos. It opens with a climate of crisis and distrust announced by a large number of international actors. In…

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#FactOftheDay 21/01/2019 – Democrats reject US president’s proposal to end shutdown

On Saturday 19th of January, US President Donald Trump suggested an immigration deal to end the government shutdown. This shutdown has led to the closure of several federal administrations for…

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#FactOfTheDay 18/01/2019 – Terrorism: Dutch journalist deported from Turkey

Turkey deported a Dutch journalist, Ans Boersma, because she was accused from prosecutors in the Netherlands of being involved in a terrorism investigation. A Dutch prosecutor’s office spokeswoman said the…

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#FactOfTheDay 17/01/2019 – Putin meets Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic

On Thursday 17 January, Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Serbia along with government ministers and the heads of Russia's space and nuclear organisations. In a context of civil protests…

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#FactOfTheDay 16/01/19 – UK MPs overwhelmingly rejected Brexit agreement: Theresa May is now facing confidence vote

British MPs massively disavowed Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday (January 15th), as they overwhelmingly rejected her Brexit Deal. This vote plunges the United Kingdom in uncertainty less than…

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#FactOfTheDay 15/01/2019- Rallies in Poland after the assassination of Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz

On Monday evening, January 15, several thousand people gathered in various Polish cities to pay tribute to Pawel Adamowicz, stabbed to death on Sunday in the middle of a public…

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(Eyes on Europe) Le prix de l’austérité dans l’Union européenne

Article initialement publié sur Eyes on Europe le 6 janvier 2019 La crise financière de 2008 a touché d’abord et notamment les pays  européens du sud. Deux exemples caractéristiques où…

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#FactOfTheDay 14/01/2019 – United Kingdom: according to PM Theresa May, MP’s will try to block Brexit.

On Monday 14th  January 2019, during a speech, Theresa May will declare that the British Parliament is set to do everything it can to delay or even cancel Brexit instead…

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#FactOfTheDay 11/01/2019 – Withdrawal of Ségolène Royal’s candidacy for the European elections

On the French radio station France Inter, Ségolène Royal finally gave her answer about the possibility of leading an enlarged left-wing list (alliance of environmentalists, the left, and civil society)…

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