This week, news reports of the impending cold snap whipped the British public up into a frenzy with tales of Siberian snow storms set to ravage the UK. The ‘Beast From The East’ (as the […]
Renaming an airport On 24 January 2018 Prime Minister Zoran Zaev of Macedonia announced that the country’s main airport would be renamed. Such decisions only rarely have international implications, but the move took place after […]
The Winter Olympics usually come second in popularity to the summer version of the competition. But this year has seen the games in the spotlight for very different reasons. After months of tension between the […]
Yesterday, during an enforced national media blackout, Raila Odinga was inaugurated as the ‘People’s President’ at a ceremony in Uhuru Park, Nairobi, Kenya. Odinga and his National Super Alliance (NASA) party successfully challenged the integrity […]
International football star turned President of Liberia, George Weah, was inaugurated yesterday at the Samuel Doe football stadium. People queued for miles, some dancing, to watch their national hero be sworn in. Weah said “I […]
Shortly before the 2016 Brexit Referendum, Labour party MP, Jo Cox, was murdered by a far-right extremist. The events of that day horrified the nation as the dedicated wife, mother and politician, who had campaigned […]
Germany woke this morning to news that finally, after 24 hours of grueling discussion, the CDU, CSU and SPD were able to agree on some of the big issues on the table. Angela Merkel (CDU), […]
The clock is ticking on Angela Merkel as she struggles to negotiate a coalition and form a government. Germany has been without a formal governing body since September. TIMELINE OF POLITICAL EVENTS FROM ELECTION DAY […]
Irrespective of whether you are a monarchist or not, the Queen’s New Years (and Birthday) Honours list makes for interesting reading. Honours have been awarded since at least 1890 and published in the London Gazette […]
The Russian Revolution didn’t start and end in 1917, nor indeed in 1905. There were many things preceding it. As far back as 1894 in fact, a group of intellectuals issued the then Tsar with […]
