Twenty years on from the Srebernica genocide, survivors and families of the victims are left asking: where is justice? A long term approach is needed to help survivors make peace with their past.
Both Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina must improve responses to the victims' needs and overcome the politicisation of the genocide to move forwards.
When will a true European democracy based on the people, not the states, finally emerge?
Asylum seekers, refugees and poor EU citizens are vulnerable to labour exploitation in EU member states. Sicily’s agricultural sector illuminates how structural gaps and individual needs exacerbate that vulnerability.
Deregulation is often packaged as a fight against red tape or a drive to improve efficiency by removing so-called ‘burdens’ on business or ‘barriers’ to trade. But such ‘burdens’ are the social and environmental standards that protect us all and the world we live in.
Buenos Aires is a long way from Athens, but the suffering of the Greeks is close to the heart of the Argentines. Many are cheering Greek courage in standing up to the IMF and friends, even if this is simply what it takes to get back to the negotiating table. Español.
“My family is moving to Los Angeles in two weeks. Many Londoners understand intuitively why we're going.”
The IMF disregarded its own rules and its management of the Greek debt crisis has been an unmitigated disaster. It's time for Christine Lagarde to do the honourable thing and step down.
Why are European institutions incapable of implementing values that honour fraternity, solidarity, and a dignified life?
Europe was not, and still is not, ready for the level of consolidation that the Greek Finance Minister suggested. On the other hand, Varoufakis was not ready to compromise his ideas either.
According to the distinction made by Max Weber, Varoufakis answers to his convictions while Tsipras holds the future of Greece in his hands for Greece and Europe.
Debt relief must happen now—more than the IMF suggests—to prevent the need for even more debt relief later. This is as much in the creditors’ interest as it is in the Greeks'.
