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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

2 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

3 days ago

"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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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...