Tag: Britain
For today’s UK parliamentary elections the United Nations Association of UK asked the competing parties about their positions on the United Nations. Check out what their answers were. The Conservative Party’s position on the United NationsThis work is part of UNA-UK’s year-long campaign to promote informed debate on foreign policy, in particular, Britain’s role at the UN. The UK Independence Party’s position on the United NationsThis work is part of UNA-UK’s year-long campaign to promote informed debate on foreign policy, in particular, Britain’s role at the UN. The Liberal Democrat Party’s position on the United NationsThis work is part of…
I hope everybody is having a beautiful first Sunday of Advent! Time to take out the Christmas decoration and start getting in the mood with various festivities of the holiday season! Thank you all for following! I hope you will enjoy this week’s posts. Extention Leave Iran Nuclear Deal Vulnerable to Hard-Liners I am now one of the sceptics who seriously doubt that this deal is ever going to happen. If the Iranians wanted to agree on a deal, they would have by now. Confiscating Passports: Is this a Good Way to Stop Citizens from Joining Jihadists in Syria and…
Hello Everybody, I hope you are having a great weekend! I don’t really have anything to add this time except for the posts. I hope you will check them out! Some Good News On Ebola Really not much, especially since we know that the UN agency set up to fight ebola is underfunded. Venezuela’s Revenge Five new non-permanent members were elected to the UN Security Council this week, Venezuela being one of them. Ban Ki-moon’s Week of Israeli Critisism Ends With Fusillade at the UN Secretary General Ban visited Palestine this week and left with impressions not everybody was happy…
From schoolbooks to Syria: How four British youths turned to jihad Hundreds of young British men are thought to have joined the conflict in Iraq and Syria. CNN’s Karl Penhaul finds out why a group from a southern English town went to war and hears of the tragic consequences.
We are an open, tolerant and free nation. But we cannot stand by and allow our openness to be confused with a tolerance of extremism. British Prime Minister David Cameron today addressing the House of Commons
I cannot believe another week has already passed. Fortunately this next one is going to be a short one in Hungary with a public holiday on Wednesday. I could enjoy every week being like this: two days work, then one day rest, then two days work again. 🙂 OK, I am only saying this because I hate my job. And I am ever closer to finally do something about it. Until then, here’s where I can deal with things I am really interested in. Hope you’ll enjoy! On world affairs: An Unfree and Unfair Election in Azerbaijan If all these…
Busy, busy, busy week… While this was a very eventful week in terms of world affairs, in my corner of the world the historic floods along the river Danube take over all the news these days. Fortunately in Hungary it is not as bad as in some parts of Germany and the Czech Republic, but most of all it is due to the hard work of both professional people and volunteers who come to work day and night not just from the affected areas but all over the country. I wish all the strenght and persevarence to all those along…
A busy week behind us again, unfortunately with more bad news than good. Even the weather took a worrying turn in many parts of the world. Starting with the hurricane in Oklahoma to all the extreme weather issues across Western Europe these days. Can we blame it on climate change or not? Of course I’ll leave this discussion to those who are experts of the topic while I’ll remain on more familiar grounds. On world affairs: Will We Witness the End of Peacekeeping in the Golan Heights? Recent exchanges of fire between Syria and Israel question the future of a not properly armed…
reuters: Britain’s European partners told David Cameron on Wednesday his demand for radical reform of the EU and an “in-out” referendum on UK membership showed a selfish and ignorant attitude. France went so far as to call Britain’s bluff and say it was free to leave. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said he had told a recent meeting with British businessmen: “If Britain wants to leave Europe we will roll out the red carpet for you.” READ ON: Selfish, ignorant, dangerous: Europe’s verdict on Cameron speech
I loved this speech! 😀 I never knew Prince Charles was such a funny guy. 🙂 quatre1six: Your Majesty, Mummy… I’m sure you’d want me to thank, on your behalf, all the wonderful people who made tonight possible. All the performers, the artists, the musicians, the comedians, who made such jolly good jokes… Gary Barlow for helping to make the whole thing possible, and above all, those remarkable technicians, all 600 of them behind the scenes, without which nothing would happen. And if I may say so, Your Majesty, thank God the weather turned out fine, and the reason, of…
