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 […]
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 […]
The formerly safe Republican seat of Alabama has been lost to Democrat Doug Jones in a high-octane twist in this Senate race. As the night progressed it seemed that the self-styled cowboy, Republican Roy Moore, […]
The Centenary of The Russian Revolution: What have we learned? The Economist wrote that Russian Premier, Vladimir Putin, “like a tsar, has buttressed his power through repression and military conflict”. Putin has suppressed political opposition […]
What happened? The results of the 20th/21st October Czech general election are now in in which the media-savvy billionaire, Andrej Babis, has come out on top. He is a man used to getting his own […]
Although the official results won’t be in until October 31st the provisional final count gives Sebastian Kurz’s People’s Party (ÖVP) the win in the Austrian election that has been closely watched by the rest of […]
Where is Liberia? Liberia is located on the West African coast and in 1821 was founded and controlled by the United States creating a colony for former African-American slaves. Who were the colonists? After the […]
How did we get here? The last parliamentary election in 2013 resulted in a coalition between the Social Democrats (SPO) and the centre-right People’s Party (OVP). This was nothing new, the so-called ‘Grand Coalition’ have […]
Why does the Catalan region want independence? Catalonia was once independent from Spain. Modern-day Spain was born after The War of Succession in 1715. After a brief respite in 1931 when the Catalan government was […]
