Tag: Brussels
Happy Sunday! October ended just as sad as it started. I just realized that the Las Vegas shooting and the latest attack in New York happened on the first and the last days of last month. I wish there would be no more. Aside from the tragic events, I hope you had a great Halloween week. I cannot believe it’s almost Christmas time, I am hardly over summer’s ending, I am definitely not ready for the holidays yet! Here’s some reading for you now. Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis and the Need for a Regional Response to Statelessness in Southeast Asia A…
Happy Easter, everybody! A photo posted by Katalin Tarjan (@katalintarjan) on Mar 27, 2016 at 6:33am PDT After a week like this, I wish everybody to be safe wherever you are! Today’s reads are not at all pleasant, let’s get to them… What the Brussels Attacks Tell Us About the State of ISIS and Europe Today There are tons of analysis to read on the topic these days. It certainly cannot be said that the Belgian intelligence were not preparing for an attack like this. Yet they were not prepared. I hate to say this, but since this seems to…
From the archive: 20 years since the Maastricht treaty The Treaty of Maastricht that created the European Union out of the European Communities and introduced the co-decision procedure in order to strenghten the European Parliament and the people of Europe just turned 20. So much has happened in Europe in the past 20 years…
Nobel Prize: “your peace, your prize” The European Parliament’s President Martin Schulz will go to Oslo for the official ceremony to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union. In Strasbourg and Brussels, live broadcasts of the ceremony, a photo exhibition, and a formal ceremony in the Strasbourg plenary chamber will mark the occasion. Many activities are also planned in EU capitals. Click for more on the schedule and further details of events!
