Seventy-second Edition - Monday 22nd Every week a complete snapshot of what happened around the world in the past seven days Perspectives on the future of Brexit : This past week Germany’s foreign minister warned Britain that Europe will not grant any further extension. Heiko Maas declared that “they will have to decide what they want by October,” stating that “you cannot drag out Brexit for a decade”. Moreover, he informed the UK leaders that a demand for an extension will b

Seventy-First Edition - Monday 15th Every week a complete snapshot of what happened around the world in the past seven days Julian Assange was on Thursday arrested by UK police in London after Ecuador withdrew his asylum. The 47-year-old activist and co-founder of WikiLeaks took refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in June 2012 and was granted political asylum on the grounds that his human rights may be violated if he was extradited to Sweden, where he faced charges for rape and

Sixty-Eight Edition - Monday, 11th Every week, a complete snapshot of what happened around the world in the past seven day. Canadian Prime Minister Facing a Political Crisis Over Interference Allegations Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing potentially the biggest crisis of his political career as him and several from his government are being accused of exerting "sustained and inappropriate" pressure onto the former attorney-general and justice minister Jody Wilso

Sixty-Seventh Edition - Monday, 4th Every week, a complete snapshot of what happened around the world in the past seven day. The trade deal of US and China is becoming more and more of a reality. US President ​Donald Trump​ and Chinese leader ​Xi Jinping​ accorded to meet at the end of this month to conclude the trade war lasted one year so far: the two sides seem in the final stages of negotiation. The deal would consist on the one hand in lowering the Chinese tariffs on a r

Sixty-Sixth Edition - Monday, 25th Every week, a complete snapshot of what happened around the world in the past seven days ​​ ​​ US National Emergency: Despite many outlets advising against it, last week POTUS Donald Trump made headlines by declaring national emergency after not receiving the funding he had asked for the infamous “Border Wall/Slats/Fence”. There has been a lot of backlash, from both sides of the aisle. There are many reasons for this uproar, some of the most

Sixty-Third Edition - Monday, 4th Every week, a complete snapshot of what happened around the world in the past seven days Brexit This week Theresa May will return to Brussels to discuss new approaches concerning certain aspects of the current Brexit Deal. However, just before traveling to Brussels, she has been warned by British Eurosceptics that her “diplomatic approach” will not achieve any progress. Furthermore, EU representatives (including Donald Tusk) have already clai

In the previous years, a futuristic British exit scenario turned into a real issue of the contemporary society. The origins of “Brexit” lie in the “Britain, a referendum and an ever-closer reckoning” article by Peter Wilding, published on 15 May 2012, used in reference to a possible UK exit from EU and probably on the pattern of Grexit (a portmanteau coined earlier in the same year). Prime Minister David Cameron initially rejected a potential In or Out referendum on EU, but t

Sixty-Second Edition - Monday, 17th Every week, a complete snapshot of what happened around the world in the past seven days When on Wednesday evening it was announced that British premier Theresa May has survived the confidence vote, cheering shouts amid loud applause were heard throughout the Westminster Palace. Only on the day after it was discovered that this had been part of a staging lead by downing street strategists in an attempt to make May’s precarious victory more

Sixty-First Edition - Monday, 10th Every week, a complete snapshot of what happened around the world in the past seven days Gilets Jaunes Crisis The main event happening in the European area is currently the ongoing protest organized by the so-called Gilets Jaunes. The initial demonstration was against the proposed increase in oil price, but it rapidly gain momentum and became a massive movement against the Macron presidency in more general, including extremists (and non) fro

Sixtieth Edition - Monday, 3rd Every week, a complete snapshot of what happened around the world in the past seven days This year's edition of the G20 summit took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina over the weekend and was attended by leaders and officials of all 19 countries and the European Union. The summit assumed heightened importance in terms of achieving consensus driven multinational political outcomes amidst rising nationalist and isolationist tendencies across major c