by Colin McIntyre | 14 Jun 2018 | Europe
Plans to expand the European Union to include the volatile Western Balkans appear to be going ahead after an agreement ending a 27-year dispute. European leaders during an informal European Union summit with Western Balkans countries in Sofia, Bulgaria, 17 May 2018...
by News Decoder | 25 May 2017 | Women's rights
By Nelson Graves Individuals can make a difference. That was the message that Sean Maguire, a former foreign correspondent who now works to improve the lives of girls around the world, had recently for students in a unique effort, organized by Global Online...
by Colin McIntyre | 11 Apr 2016 | Africa, Europe
By Colin McIntyre A 40-year jail sentence for genocide handed down to former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadžić last month draws a line under one of Europe’s darkest periods since the end of World War Two. The case also brought into sharp focus the thorny issue of...
by Pauline Bock | 8 Nov 2015 | Americas, Decoders, Europe, Middle East, Ukraine
It grew out of the Cold War. Now the NATO alliance faces fresh challenges as Russia flexes its muscles in Eastern Europe and Syria. U.S. President Harry Truman speaks at the signing of NATO treaty in Washington, 4 April 1949 (AP Photo) This article is part of a...
by Colin McIntyre | 18 Sep 2015 | Africa, Asia, Europe, Human Rights, Middle East, Refugees, Syria
By Colin McIntyre At a time when the European Union’s borders are under siege from thousands of refugees and immigrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty, the prospect of enlarging the 28-nation bloc would seem a distant dream. Yet negotiations continue with a view...