Photo by JodyHongFilms on Unsplash A new study has found that UK students can find cheaper under graduate degrees in any EU country other than Britain. Personal finance website finder.com compared the average cost of an undergraduate degree in the UK and EU and found that every country in the EU offers a cheaper alternative to studying domestically for…
Photo by AXP Photography on Unsplash In the functioning of the Judiciary as a separate independent branch of power, it is important that the guarantees of its independence are established at the level of law. Consequently, the main purpose of enshrining in the Constitution the norms ensuring the independence of the Judiciary is to practically guarantee the right…
Photo by Orkhan Farmanli on Unsplash On August 7th, the ex-prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno Ocampo published a “report” with the bombastic headline: “Armenian Genocide in 2023”. His “expert Opinion” was cooked in just nine days, without even visiting the place where this “genocide” is allegedly taking place. The document, his “Opinion”, due to the…
Photo by Sam Balye on Unsplash The USA and China have agreed to set up working groups to discuss specific issues, with at the same time President Biden issuing carefully targeted curbs on US firms investing in Chinese tech companies. This twin-track approach should be seen as a sensible and practical development. Western nations have struggled to establish…
48 years ago on 15 August 1975, Bangladesh witnessed the darkest dawn in the history since its independence in 1971. The Father of the Nation of Bangladesh and then President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known as “Bangabandhu” (Friend of Bengal) along with most of the members of his family including his ten-year old son was…
Photo by Qasim Mirzaie on Unsplash The sustainable development of Afghanistan is a guarantee of stability and prosperity for the entire Central Asian region, writes Axmad Mamasadikov, The geostrategic position of Uzbekistan determines its role in the development of the logistics potential of the region, together with the countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan. Currently, Afghanistan is gradually…
Photo by Ruth Hazlewood on Unsplash The European Union has reiterated its “firm and continued commitment to the respect, protection and fulfilment of indigenous peoples’ rights.” The message was timed to coincide with the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August). Such rights, says the EU, are set out in international human rights law and in…
Photo by David Kristianto on Unsplash The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is travelling to Slovenia this week where she will express her solidarity and witness the destruction caused by the floods that hit the country in the past days. She will also discuss the ways in which the EU can support reconstruction and prevention…
Photo by Maria Oswalt on Unsplash Moves to strengthen the legal obligation of Member States to exchange data on terrorist offences with the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) have been welcomed. The proposal aims to address the shortcomings of the technically outdated system used by Eurojust and to create a modern, digital case management system…
Photo by Janosch Diggelmann on Unsplash The European Parliament has taken a strong stance in support of an EU Search and Rescue Mission.This comes after years of MEPs pushing for what they call a sustainable, reliable and permanent approach to search and rescue operations. Parliament’s support of more EU action comes after the capsizing and sinking of a fishing…
