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14 hours ago

A Progressing or Decaying Democracy? Sunday Summary - 22nd December 2024

Is our democracy decaying or progressing? The age-old question, which often plagues our generation, once again is at the forefront of...

FashionClash Film Programme: Mutual Attraction

A.G Thor and Charlotte Godfried

4 days ago

FashionClash Film Programme: Mutual Attraction

In 100 Years of the Fashion Film , Marketa Uhlirova describes the relationship between fashion and cinema as a “mutual attraction.” In...

French governmental crisis: Fears and apprehensions from a French student

Augustin Forjonel-Legrand

6 days ago

French governmental crisis: Fears and apprehensions from a French student

Plot Twist I don’t have the age to vote. Still, my age didn’t stop me from being surprised by last June Parliament’s dissolution and...

"Let the IDF win and f*** the Arabs:” What Really Happened during Amsterdam’s Unrest after Europa League Football Match

Léa Besnard

Dec 16

"Let the IDF win and f*** the Arabs:” What Really Happened during Amsterdam’s Unrest after Europa League Football Match

On November 7th, the Europa League football match between the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam led to violent clashes...

Zeteny Jakab

Dec 15

Sunday Summary- 15th December 2024

Despite the year drawing to an end, issues around the world are far from being concluded. From the constitutional crisis of South Korea,...

Fin Gerke

Dec 15

Knitting in Norway: A Steady Hype

Knitting is going through a revival across social media, but in Norway, it was never dead. When I started my exchange in Trondheim,...

Faustine Rocoplan

Dec 14

CC - Have You Ever Heard of Sintra?

This town, located next to Lisbon, holds many castles and royal residences. It became a UNESCO Heritage Site in 1995 and the European...

Sportswashing FC? Saudi Expansion in the Beautiful Game

Simone Capuozzo

Dec 13

Sportswashing FC? Saudi Expansion in the Beautiful Game

It is official: Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 edition of the FIFA World Cup, the biggest sporting event in the world. The anticipated...

Unravelling Dutch Politics: What international students should know about the government and its education reforms

Jet Brinkman

Dec 12

Unravelling Dutch Politics: What international students should know about the government and its education reforms

As every student has probably deduced from the amount of emails UM has sent out, Dutch universities are not particularly excited about...

Sunday Summary - 8th December 2024 - Diving in Troubled Waters: Worldwide Confusions and Concerns.

Augustin Forjonel-Legrand

Dec 9

Sunday Summary - 8th December 2024 - Diving in Troubled Waters: Worldwide Confusions and Concerns.

December is finally here and is supposed to be the “most wonderful time of the year”! However, this week, many sudden developments...

Global Change Hidden in Plain Sight: The ICJ’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion

Mahault Etienne

Dec 7

Global Change Hidden in Plain Sight: The ICJ’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion

On Tuesday, I was on my way to the Law Café to get myself a cappuccino, as usual. In the background, the TV was not playing the usual...

Ukraine’s Next Chapter? 1,000 Days and Counting

Emma Larrue

Dec 6

Ukraine’s Next Chapter? 1,000 Days and Counting

As the Ukrainian conflict exceeds a thousands days of relentless fighting, the war has entered an unpredictable phase with heightened...

Has the royal family in Spain become a symbol of division instead of unity?

Jade Thiebaut

Dec 5

Has the royal family in Spain become a symbol of division instead of unity?

The Spanish monarchy is a subject of significant divide within Spanish society. Indeed, the royal family raises many questions from a...

No Other Land wins IDFA Audience Award as Israel paves the way for Gaza’s resettlement

Ana Navarro

Dec 4

No Other Land wins IDFA Audience Award as Israel paves the way for Gaza’s resettlement

No Other Land has won the IDFA NPO Doc Audience Award 2024 , the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) public prize...

Data center wars: How the AI Revolution is drawing the new geopolitical battlelines

Zeteny Jakab

Dec 3

Data center wars: How the AI Revolution is drawing the new geopolitical battlelines

It is a 100,000 m2 large, energy-consuming, grey box, that stores innumerate computers. What is it? If your guess was a data centre, you...

French mass rapes: How the horrific rapes of Gisèle Pelicot highlight the huge effort still needed to achieve gender equality

Violette Gabriel

Dec 2

French mass rapes: How the horrific rapes of Gisèle Pelicot highlight the huge effort still needed to achieve gender equality

Trigger warning. This article tackles several difficult topics, including rape and being drugged. More and more people are claiming that...

Sunday Summary- 1st December 2024: Social Media Ban for Aussie Teens

Patrycja Tobola

Dec 1

Sunday Summary- 1st December 2024: Social Media Ban for Aussie Teens

Very demure word of the year 2024 The last week of November always tends to be chaotic. With Black Friday at the end of it, people...

COP29 and the History of Climate Inaction

Jule Frank

Nov 28

COP29 and the History of Climate Inaction

COP29: The ‘Finance COP’ Between November 11 and 23, 2024, COP29 convened for nearly two weeks of debates, press conferences, and...

The Fatal Flaw of the Dutch Welfare State

Jaap Steunenberg

Nov 26

The Fatal Flaw of the Dutch Welfare State

The Netherlands is a rich country. On a global, even European scale, it is extremely wealthy. It consistently ranks high in quality of...

“If Crisis Comes” Lessons from Sweden and the Nordics on War

Alexiane François

Nov 25

“If Crisis Comes” Lessons from Sweden and the Nordics on War

For the next two weeks, in addition to their weekly magazines and newspapers, millions of Swedes will receive in their mailboxes what...

Jaap Steunenberg

Nov 24

Sunday Summary-24th November 2024

While it may seem Donald Trump is currently deciding the course of the next 4 years with his new government appointments, it is important...

CC - Perfume's Grenouille and Frankenstein's Creature are More Similar Than We Think.

Violette Gabriel

Nov 22

CC - Perfume's Grenouille and Frankenstein's Creature are More Similar Than We Think.

A few months ago, I read a book called Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Although I have read other books since then, I keep thinking about...

Monuments of Peril and Power: The Politics of Skyscrapers

Mark Sijtsma

Nov 20

Monuments of Peril and Power: The Politics of Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers have long transcended their utilitarian function, now serving as emblems of national pride, political power and economic...

To Live is to Perform: The Self-Fictionalisation of Anaïs Nin

Beatrice Vaitkeviciute

Nov 19

To Live is to Perform: The Self-Fictionalisation of Anaïs Nin

Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977) was a novelist and a diarist who, in her tender, soulful works, tangled the imaginative nature of fiction with...

Culture For a Cause: How DANA Maastricht is supporting Flood Recovery in Valencia

Jakob Aufenberg

Nov 18

Culture For a Cause: How DANA Maastricht is supporting Flood Recovery in Valencia

Once again, students have shown what they are capable of. After the catastrophic flooding in Valencia, which cost over 200 lives and...

Virgile de Maupeou

Nov 17

Sunday Summary – 17th November 2024

If there were any doubts about whether Donald Trump would follow through on the promises made during his campaign, his early nominations...

Finding the Academic Compass: UM’s Treasure Hunt in the Spam Folder

Head Editor - Sarah Hourquet

Nov 16

Finding the Academic Compass: UM’s Treasure Hunt in the Spam Folder

Last Wednesday (13th of November), chilling at the library, scrolling and making space in my Outlook student email, I went to the ‘Other’...

Augustin Forjonel-Legrand

Nov 16

Germany: The New Sickman of Europe

“Blühende Landschaften” 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the former chancellor Helmut Kohl’s evocation of “Blühende...

Cancelled Protests in Utrecht: an Isolated Event or a Threat to the Right to Demonstrate in the Netherlands?

Léa Besnard

Nov 15

Cancelled Protests in Utrecht: an Isolated Event or a Threat to the Right to Demonstrate in the Netherlands?

The nationwide protest against a 1 billion cut in the 2025 Dutch budget for higher education and research, originally scheduled in...

Why I Don't Biohack - and Neither Should You

Carolina Scheuch

Nov 15

Why I Don't Biohack - and Neither Should You

Top foods for skin health, supplements for longevity, cold plunges, blue light blocking glasses, inflammation, red light therapy,...

The Fall of a Dictator: An Account of the Student-People’s Uprising in Bangladesh

Léa Besnard

Nov 14

The Fall of a Dictator: An Account of the Student-People’s Uprising in Bangladesh

Quotas for government jobs may not be what you think would spark up a revolution — even though they were indeed the initial driver behind...

Clinitex: a Company Inspired by the Montessori Pedagogy

Faustine Rocoplan

Nov 13

Clinitex: a Company Inspired by the Montessori Pedagogy

Founded in 1980 by Thierry Pick in his parents' garage in France, Clinitex is now a major player in professional cleaning, with over...

Femicides in Turkey: A National Emergency

Sena Gonel

Nov 13

Femicides in Turkey: A National Emergency

The republic of Türkiye, majorly known as Turkey internationally, is a country in the Middle East famous for its tourist spots and...

To Flow or Not to Flow - The Atlantic Current’s Existential Crisis

Virgile de Maupeou

Nov 12

To Flow or Not to Flow - The Atlantic Current’s Existential Crisis

Water is pretty cool, right? Drink it, and you’re not thirsty any more; pour it on yourself, and you’re cleaner than ever before; dive in...

U.S. Elections - He’s Back. What to expect from a second Trump presidency?

Elena Bovée and Claire Anderson

Nov 12

U.S. Elections - He’s Back. What to expect from a second Trump presidency?

Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. In what was predicted to be one of the closest U.S. presidential elections in...

Goodbye Eastern Europe? Opportunities in crisis for a region with a troubled past

Zeteny Jakab

Nov 11

Goodbye Eastern Europe? Opportunities in crisis for a region with a troubled past

The outbreak of the Ukraine War in 2022 pushed Eastern Europe into a perilous situation. A region historically ridden with imperial...

Sunday Summary - 10th November 2024: "Concepts of a tariff"

Claire Anderson

Nov 10

Sunday Summary - 10th November 2024: "Concepts of a tariff"

Upon former President Donald Trump winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election, there has been a lot of speculation surrounding his...

A Tale of Two Germanies - The Rise of AfD and BSW

Simone Capuozzo

Nov 10

A Tale of Two Germanies - The Rise of AfD and BSW

The German coalition government has collapsed after Chancellor Scholz's decision to sack Finance Minister Lindner. The Chancellor has...

New Bus Line for the Jewish Community in London: Protection or Division?

Emma Larrue

Nov 9

New Bus Line for the Jewish Community in London: Protection or Division?

What Happened and Why? In London, a new bus line dedicated to members of the Jewish community was inaugurated this September,...

Why Does Albania Plan to Build an Islamic Vatican City?

Jaap Steunenberger

Nov 8

Why Does Albania Plan to Build an Islamic Vatican City?

Most microstates come into being through a quirk of history. Take the Vatican, for example, created in a compromise between the Pope and...

Poland's Deal With the EU: Protecting Borders or Violating Human Rights?

Patrycja Tobola

Nov 7

Poland's Deal With the EU: Protecting Borders or Violating Human Rights?

Since 2021, there has been an ongoing migration crisis present on the Polish-Belarusian border. Belarusian authorities, with the...

Life Over 1.5°C: The Emissions Gap Report 2024 Explained

Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet

Nov 6

Life Over 1.5°C: The Emissions Gap Report 2024 Explained

Picture this: it is the year 2100, and you are a European Robin ( Erithacus rubecula ), a small bird with an orange throat that can be...

The intriguing promise of the White Gold.

Jakob Aufenberg

Nov 5

The intriguing promise of the White Gold.

Dawn on the Salar. Under a burning sun, turning skin into sunburnt remnants, in no time lies a treasure attracting gold diggers and...

Bridging Currents: Navigating Water Cooperation in the MENA region

Mark Sijtsma

Nov 4

Bridging Currents: Navigating Water Cooperation in the MENA region

In a region where rivers are lifelines, and scarcity breeds tension, the struggle for accessible water has become just as prevalent as...

Sunday Summary - 3rd November 2024: The Final Countdown

Mahault Etienne

Nov 3

Sunday Summary - 3rd November 2024: The Final Countdown

Life in the 2020s increasingly feels like we are always barrelling towards some kind of end, holding our breaths, and this week was no...

Dear Diary, It’s Me, I’m the Problem (and I’m Singing About It) - ‘Sad Girl Pop’ as a Tool for Introspection

Mahault Etienne

Oct 30

Dear Diary, It’s Me, I’m the Problem (and I’m Singing About It) - ‘Sad Girl Pop’ as a Tool for Introspection

As the days get rainier, windier, and colder, autumn brings with it an air of melancholy. It is once again the season of yearning through...

U.S. Elections: Perspectives from abroad: Interview of two American students living in Europe.

Head Editor - Sarah Hourquet

Oct 29

U.S. Elections: Perspectives from abroad: Interview of two American students living in Europe.

We are now one week from knowing who will be the new U.S. president for four years. Looking at the polls , the score plans to be tight....

Sunday Summary - 27th October 2024: A World on Edge

Tina Opara

Oct 27

Sunday Summary - 27th October 2024: A World on Edge

This past week has seen crises deepen across the globe, with conflicts escalating from the Middle East to Sudan and beyond. From...

Sunday Summary - 20th October 2024: Silver Linings amidst The Chaos

Mark Sijtsma

Oct 20

Sunday Summary - 20th October 2024: Silver Linings amidst The Chaos

The world is reeling from a wave of appalling events. In a speech, Donald Trump amplified the conspiracy theory that the Capitol attack...

Sunday Summary - 13th October 2024: Ongoing Crises

A.G Thor

Oct 13

Sunday Summary - 13th October 2024: Ongoing Crises

The 7th of October marked the one-year anniversary since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced on...

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