January 2002 The famous Bush State of the Union address in which Bush refers to Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an ‘axis of evil’. August 2002 A leak of information by an Iranian opposition […]
‘It’s one thing to read a policy that explains general practices. It is very different seeing your own data and being able to control it’. Rob Sherman, deputy chief privacy officer for Facebook, quoted in […]
Yesterday, Monday 26th March 2018, was the first day of a three day election poll for Egypt’s presidency. The incumbent president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi only has one opponent: Moussa Mostafa Moussa. He is not very […]
Former Russian spy turned M16 spy, Sergei Skripal (66) and his daughter, Yulia (33) are still in hospital in Salisbury. Both were poisoned on 4th March 2018 by a military grade nerve agent from a […]
Measuring political change in Italy is complicated. Some things that are consistent in Britain and Germany change frequently in Italy. For instance, even the main political parties – never mind the fringes and protest parties […]
The Italian elections on Sunday 4th March 2018 had the lowest turnout in Italian post war history with 72 per cent of the population taking part. In 2013, this was 75.2% and in 2008, 80.5%. […]
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 […]
