Category EUROPEAN POLITICS

EUROPEAN POLITICS

The Brief – The bicycle migrants

Finland has identified a surge in asylum-seekers from Russia and has taken measures to curb it by closing four of the nine border crossing points along its 1,340 km-long frontier with its big eastern neighbour. Most migrants arrived on bicycles,…

Czech academics unite against rise of anti-semitism

Representatives from over thirty Czech universities have joined forces and signed a letter, calling on authorities and academic leaders to combat the rise of anti-Semitism within the academic sphere, emphasising the need for decisive legal measures against any expressions of…

Dutch to treat wounded Palestinian children

The Netherlands stated its willingness to accommodate and treat wounded Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip on Monday, with both outgoing Health Minister Ernst Kuipers and outgoing Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot supporting the idea. As of Monday, Israel’s military…

Don’t fall in the amnesty trap

The amnesty law for Catalan secessionists is finally here. With it comes a vicious trap: believing it will improve liveliness in Catalonia, reduce political tensions and make the Spanish society more just and egalitarian. Such are the arguments of PM…