Spying via 5G: Whom Should Europe Trust?
US spy allegations should be taken seriously. So too, should the motivation behind them. These days, the arena of geopolitical strife is...
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Mar 17, 2019
A Week for Protest
Dear readers, This week has been very upsetting and disturbing all around. The horrific attack on the mosque in Christchurch, New...
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Mar 16, 2019
Seven Reasons Why You Should Vote in the European Elections
From the 23rd until the 26th of May, the European Parliament elections will take place. For many of us students, it will be the first...
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Mar 10, 2019
Volvo Steps Off the Accelerator
This week started with big news in the automotive industry and although you might not consider yourself a car fanatic (just like me),...
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Mar 7, 2019
How to Vote for the European Elections from Abroad
In a couple of months, from Thursday May 23rd to Sunday May 26th, Europeans from all over the European Union get the chance to vote....
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Mar 6, 2019
A Dummy Guide to the European Parliament
Credits: European-Parliament – Strasbourg Do you recognize this building? Don’t worry if you don’t: when asked about the European...
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Mar 5, 2019
What’s Up with Carnival?
Credits: Limburg 1 – L1.nl Growing up, I always associated carnival with Rio de Janeiro or New Orleans; the bright colours, the feathers,...
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Mar 3, 2019
Kashmir and a Green Book
Hello dear Sunday readers, If you are reading this I will assume that you are a well informed world citizen and have already heard what...
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Feb 27, 2019
European Union – The Election of the Commission President Explained.
Jean-Claude Juncker – Consilum of the European Commission (E. Zucchi) If there is one hot and confusing topic surrounding the European...
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Feb 25, 2019
When Stress Takes Over
Mia Rose Penn Mental Health is a Bigger Issue in Maastricht Than You Might Think In the last few years, mental health problems have been...
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Feb 24, 2019
Student Initative Challenges UM’s Finance Teaching in Open Letter
What makes a good university? Is it the amount of informational knowledge it manages to shove into its paying clients’ minds? Is it not...
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Feb 23, 2019
Is ISIS Coming Home?
When Mr Trump recently unilaterally announced the withdrawal of US troops from Syria on December 19, 2018, he opened up a whole new can...
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Feb 21, 2019
What the heck is going on in Venezuela? How the country arrived where it is now
Following the recent events in Venezuela one has to wonder just what the heck is happening in that beautiful country with the world’s...
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Feb 21, 2019
J. Dijsselbloem on the Eurogroup
On Tuesday 12th Feburary, the Franz Palmer lecture hall was teeming with people, from students to Maastricht citizens, wearing classic or...
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Feb 19, 2019
V A P O R W A V E
When the 80s ended it left a legacy that would reverberate through the ages to come. Bold neon colours, hot summer days, heavy...
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Feb 17, 2019
Throw It at the Wall, See What Sticks
Another week, another episode in the ongoing series “Who wants to be a dictator?”, starring Donald Trump as president, accompanied by a...
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Feb 10, 2019
Maastricht’s Cultural Scene – a Government perspective
Some of you might be very new to this city. Whilst others, like me, have lived in this area for their entire lives. As a city, Maastricht...
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Feb 10, 2019
A F***-You-Clap to This Week’s Leaders
This week saw an intensification of problems we’ve basically been having for months. Tensions between France and Italy over the latter’s...
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Feb 3, 2019
“Global Warming, Come Back!”
Last week the classic story of Humpty Dumpty was shaken up a bit with a non-existent wall and a famous egg. This week, the US had a very...
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Jan 27, 2019
Lifting the Shutdown
At the end of this week, after 35 days of a closed down government, the US Shutdown has been lifted, at least, temporarily. The Trump...
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