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Lars Hamers
Apr 2, 2023
A war on two fronts
Another week, another news summary. April has arrived, already the fourth month of the year. April gets its name from the Latin word...
Chloé Leplatre
Mar 26, 2023
Will we be retired before the world’s end?
Many events, not always happy, are currently filling most of our news. Hoping not to dampen your spirits too much, let's get started! On...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Mar 5, 2023
Satellites, manta rays and a new president
Another week, another news round up of what happened these past seven days. So let’s dive into this new week and a new month. Welcome to...
Lisa-Marie Feldstein
Feb 20, 2023
A week of celebrations and tragedies
Another week has gone by full of positive and negative events from all around the world. So without further ado, let’s start: First of...

Hadrian Di Ianni
Feb 12, 2023
The humanitatian crisis of the Turkish-Syrian earthquake
4:17 am. A cold Monday morning near the town of Gaziantep, on the border between Turkey and Syria. A tremor of a record-breaking 7.8...

Jonathan Wijayaratne
Feb 5, 2023
Is there really anything to celebrate?
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka celebrated 75 years of independence from British rule yesterday, 4 February 2023. For this...

Anthi Likitsakos
Jan 29, 2023
Another week where a lot went wrong...
Ah, the January project period. A time in Maastricht when the streets are a little emptier than usual with some students not yet returned...

Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Jan 22, 2023
Snowball Fights
Nothing has been a more central topic of conversation to the people of Maastricht than the snow we have seen the last few days. You open...

Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Jan 15, 2023
Luetzerath bleibt - Germany vs Fossil Fuel
For over a decade, Germany has been rolling out their strategy for the “Energiewende”, the transition to producing all energy required...

Emre Kupcuk
Dec 11, 2022
Britney Griner is released from Russian arms – Are we entering an era of encouraged hostage taking?
Britney Griner, the American professional basketball player who had been detained in Russia for 294 days, is now back home in Texas. This...


Ninetin Lu
Dec 4, 2022
Paper Cannot Wrap the Fire - Rebellions Revisited
For those who are frustrated and cannot speak (up). In last week’s Sunday Summary, we reported on a number of protests in Europe and...

Leen Mahayni
Nov 27, 2022
Rebellions... (for the planet, for human rights and for the right to govern over your own body)
Let’s recap this week. In this Sunday Summary, we will mainly focus on protests. We will talk about the recent protests in Utrecht and...

Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Nov 13, 2022
Paradoxical climate summits, grounded private jets and liberation in Ukraine -this week in the world
Another Sunday, another crazy week. In this week's Sunday Summary, we will touch upon the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference...

Jonathan Wijayaratne
Nov 6, 2022
Defining racism: a(nother) French debate
France has gotten lost in semantics. New words, hardly definable, are brought up by the center-right to discredit progressive ideas —...

Chiara Wehlte
Oct 30, 2022
100 years from Fascism in Italy - Where does Italy stand?
On the 28th of October 1922, the march on Rome marked the beginning of the fascist regime in Italy. 100 years later, the most far-right...

Valentina Giolli
May 29, 2022
Fighting climate change with CO2
“America is killing itself, as the Republican Party looks the other way.”. The heading of “Le Monde” on Wednesday 25th explains well the...

Jonathan Wijayaratne
May 22, 2022
Shuffle
This week has brought us a handful of new governments around the world, each receiving very different reactions. The Australian left is...

Katherina Petersen
May 15, 2022
How do you imagine 2050?
Today, I want to try and turn some of all the gloomy futures that surround us these days in terms of war and climate change into...

Guest Writer
May 8, 2022
The Diary of a Sec. Gen.
It seems only yesterday that a wonderful group of 7 people met for the first time to discuss how we were going to go about planning...

Brendan Hogan & Peter Pelzer
May 4, 2022
Old Maastricht abuzz once again!
Well dressed people strutting across the cobble-stone streets of Maasticht is a sight we have missed since 2019. Indeed a sight for sore...
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