WHO Committee - Day 1 brief write up
The delegates for the World Health Organisation met for their first session today. The opening meeting saw the introduction of delegates...
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Guest Writer
May 13, 2021
Dear Johanna
Dear Johanna, They are at our gates, the ungodly troop. There has been much bustle in the Imperial camp. Murmurs of a parlay proposal to...
Guest Writer
May 13, 2021
EU Budget Negotiations – Day 1
The first day of EuroMUN 2021 began with a rather chaotic European Parliament session. Whilst some of the MEP’s were prepared and ready...
Guest Writer
May 13, 2021
Suez Canal Crisis – Day 1
The Historical Committee met for their first session today in order to discuss the Suez Canal Crisis (that happened in 1956). Today’s...
Guest Writer
May 13, 2021
Human Rights Council Day 1.
A slow first day of the EuroMUN 2021 conference on human slavery in modern supply chains, attending delegates came forward and stated...
Teresa Costa
May 13, 2021
FSE Faculty Council elections 2021
The elections for the FSE faculty council are taking place between the 17th and the 20th of May 2021. The FSE faculty (Faculty of Science...
Brendan Hogan
May 13, 2021
FPN Faculty council elections 2021: All the parties looking for your vote
The elections are coming up and FPN is not exempt from this process, with students and staff heading to the polls (from the comfort of...
Valentina Couceiro
May 12, 2021
FHML Faculty Council elections 2021
The Council of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) is up for re-election between 17 and 20 May. The FHML Council has...
Peter Pelzer
May 12, 2021
Who put the ‘unequal’ in ‘renewable’?
Renewable energy is no longer a pie in the sky. The past decades have brought about a societal awakening and the realisation that the...
Jan Haverman
May 11, 2021
FASoS Faculty Elections 2021: the parties, their programs and the candidates
With a voter turnout of 23,120%, last year’s faculty elections seemed to go by unnoticed. This was not only the case for the Faculty of...
Dan Edwards
May 11, 2021
The Suez Canal: Constant Crisis and a Continuing Conundrum
The Suez Canal has for over a century been the pathway through Africa, connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, making it the...
Head Editor
May 10, 2021
University of Maastricht Student Council Elections
The University of Maastricht Student Council, a separate entity to the faculty-specific councils, is approaching re-election time. These...
Simon Pompé
May 10, 2021
The bloody Wedding of Magdeburg
Content warning: Discusses topics of sexual violence in war. Oh, Magdeburg, the town! Fair maids thy beauty crown, Thy charms fair maids...
Stella Theocharidou
May 9, 2021
Make women feel safe again.
It’s late at night and you are a woman walking home. Alone. You have your keys between your fingers (a trick passed down for...
Valentina Couceiro & Brendan Hogan
May 8, 2021
A war fought in the dark
With a long history and various players, Ethiopian politics is to most people an unknown. For many university students, it is not a...
Jan Haverman
May 8, 2021
Piracy, kidnapping and maritime instability: The Gulf of Guinea has caught Europe’s attention
The European Union has evolved its maritime policy in order to regain control over African waters. Already two years ago, in 2019, the...
Marence Jurgens
May 7, 2021
Council of European Union & European Parliament – Rule of Law Conditionality of EU Budget
In the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the European Union declared its proposals for a new long-term EU budget. The framework...
Parthabi Kanungo
May 6, 2021
The Eastern Mediterranean Dispute and the Future of NATO as a Security Alliance
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which completed 70 years in 2019, has come a long way from its early vision of providing...
Céline Zahno
May 5, 2021
Learning from the EU’s mistakes
Pan-Africanism and sustainable strategies to provide electricity for all In 2013, the African Union introduced Agenda 2063, its...
Head Editor
May 4, 2021
It's all over bar the shouting.
My last four years with the Maastricht Diplomat are coming to a close. This will be the last Editor's Letter that I will write here....
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