OIL PRICES CONTINUE TO PLUMMET AND THEY ARE NEARING RECORD LOW LEVELS. Right now OPEC countries continue to increase oil supply, causing huge surpluses resulting in a significant drop. The price of Brent oil deescalated to $30.05 on the 20th of March, 2020. This is the first major crisis since Read more…
On March 15th, 2020, the war began its 10th year period… There have been many shocking news stories over the past decade. One story that made headlines, and is still present in the daily news is the Syrian Civil War. On March 15th, 2020, the war began its 10th year Read more…
CHINA’S READINESS TO PUT BUSINESSES BACK ON TRACK AMID CORONAVIRUS DISRUPTIVE EFFECTS WORRIES ENVIRONMENTALISTS Originated in the Chinese Hubei province’s capital Wuhan, Coronavirus – or as scientists dubbed it Covid-19 – rapidly spilled out of China’s borders. At the moment, the virus has hit no less than 170 countries around Read more…
While the World’s attention is driven by the Coronavirus Crisis, we could witness a new power move in the Russian domestic politics. Recently the regime’s most significant political challenge is how to ensure Vladimir Putin’s position in power after 2024. Namely, a president can only stay in his or her Read more…
Hungary became the first non-democracy as a member of the European Union. According to the report of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project, which was published on 18 March 2020, the country now gives place to an electoral authoritarian regime. The V-DEM is an institute based in Sweden, at the University Read more…
News of the novel virus is everywhere, from the front page of all the papers, social media, TV to the playground at school, shops and markets. In this case, thanks to the internet, they spread faster than the actual virus itself. COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2; a Read more…
On Tuesday, Greek PM, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced that 24 000 migrants were stopped from entering illegally in Greece through the border of Turkey. The announcement came after a visit at the Kastanies border crossing point, attended by several EU officials, including Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel and David Sassoli. Overture Erdogan’s Read more…
IN SCOTLAND, THE PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A BILL THAT WOULD MAKE THE COUNTRY THE FIRST ONE TO END PERIOD POVERTY. Period poverty affects millions of women and girls all over the world day by day. The term, per se, means when those on low incomes can’t afford, or access suitable Read more…
Tension and Terror has been Escalating in the Sahara Region Terrorist attacks against both civilian and military targets have increased five-fold in the Sahel region, since 2016, according to the United Nations. The Sahel region is a severely underdeveloped semi-arid region, south of the Sahara Desert. It stretches from Senegal in Read more…
Pushing into the 3rd month of the COVID-19 outbreak into what can be termed as nothing other than a global pandemic of significant proportions, taking into account the magnitude that other similar coronaviruses have had on the world of the 21st century, the global public has every right to be Read more…