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Germany: Stop Playing With Fire
At exactly 12 PM on January 29 , the German parliament gathered in Berlin for a memorial service in honour of the Holocaust victims. The...
Jule Frank
Feb 4
Sunday Summary - 2nd of February 2025
World news these days is abundant and reads a bit like lyrics to Billy Joel's masterclass: We didn't start the fire It was always burning...
Jakob Aufenberg
Feb 2


CC - the Untold story of Sukkwan Island
Last semester I decided it was time for me to get back into reading. So I looked into the big pile of my procrastination bookshelf, saw...


Tech titans to tech tyrants: The remarkable journey of tech entrepreneurs to the heart of power
“I believe the former president should be responsible for his words, and the people who broke the law should be responsible for their...
Zeteny Jakab
Jan 31


UNSA: A Platform for Opportunity An Interview with Darko Petrovic
"UNSA is a platform for opportunity," says Darko Petrovic, founder of the UN Student Association Maastricht. The existence of this...
Patricie Svobodová
Jan 30


How to Bring Down a Tyranny: Lessons from South Africa to Palestine
A few days ago, I watched a documentary at Lumière titled Ernest Cole, Lost and Found , which explored the brutal history of Apartheid in...
Léa Besnard
Jan 27
Sunday Summary – 26th January 2025
Dear readers, it is officially the last Sunday of the first month of the year! And what a week it has been for our American friends, as...
Emma Larrue
Jan 26


The Trial of Luigi Mangione and the American HealthCare System
On December 4th this year, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thomson was shot dead as he was walking to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel...
Elena Bovée
Jan 23


A Tiny Hole Has Appeared in China’s Great Firewall
‘You must pay your cat tax!’ is what Chinese users of Red Note, also known as Xiaohongshu, are demanding of new American users. The cat...
Jaap Steunenberg
Jan 22


“I accepted that I was going to die” After the Storm: Impressions of a young teacher in Mayotte
In the lion’s den “ I wanted to teach where it would benefit the students most. ” In this way, Hugo Girard, a 24-year-old History and...


CC- All That Glitters Isn’t Love in Anora
When Anora opens, Sean Baker exposes his main character in the neon-drenched fantasy of a strip club: sparkling and smiling as she dances...
Mahault Etienne
Jan 20
Sunday Summary - 19th of January 2025.
Dear readers, as the MD does every week, here is a quick overview of this week's events. Israel-Palestine On January 13, 2025, the...
Clémence Bernard
Jan 19


A New Era for Miss Netherlands
The Netherlands decided on December 12 2024 to stop its traditional Miss Netherlands beauty pageant, a move that has spread both...
Clémence Bernard
Jan 18


Terror at the Christmas Market: A Catalyst for Migration Debate
The 20th of December, only four days before Christmas, turned out to be a tragic day for many German citizens. A car driven by...
Patrycja Tobola
Jan 17


The UN’s New Cybercrime Treaty: Win against Cybercrime or Loss for Human Rights?
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has adopted a new Convention against Cybercrime on December 24th 2024. The multiple years of...
Fin Gerke
Jan 15
Sunday Summary - 12th January 2025: For what happened in the world this week, where to begin?
Fires spread over Los Angeles due to global warming. In only four days of fires, more than 179,000 people were evacuated from the area,...
Faustine Rocoplan
Jan 12


A Small Collection of Poetry for the Winter
The Space Between the Snow and the Sparrows After a tiresome trip, I made it back home for Christmas. I had not been feeling it this...
Sunday Summary - 5th January 2025
We are officially a few days into the New Year: Happy New Year, everyone! Whether you celebrated at home, with family or friends, whether...
Carolina Scheuch
Jan 5
Sunday Summary - 29th December 2024: From Prison Cells to Headlines, 2024 Comes to a Close
Alleged CEO Shooter Faces Life Prison Sentencing in New York On the other side of the Atlantic, American media were engrossed all week...
Léa Besnard
Dec 29, 2024


Don't Paint It All Black
Much ink has been spilled about the German political and economic demise from domestic and foreign contributors. This is the great thing...
Jakob Aufenberg
Dec 29, 2024
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