Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature by the Swedish Academy “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”. The Belarusian writer and journalist is known for books that weave hundreds of real life testimonies together. Alexievich was born in Ukraine in 1948 from a
Italy is the only country of Western Europe to not recognise same-sex marriages or any form of civil union between gay people. France, Spain, the UK, but also the faraway Iceland, and the super-catholic Ireland allow people of the same sex to get married, according to the country’s regulations. On the other hand, Germany,
September ended with the raising of the Palestinian flag at the United Nations, yet October has seen an escalation of violence in the West Bank, which forms the bulk of Palestinian territories. Clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli military have left two Palestinian teenagers dead and almost 500 Palestinians injured. In separate incidents another two
Citizens in Myanmar will be called to vote for members of the country’s parliament, who will be in power for the next five years, on November 8. These are the first general elections since 50 years of military rule ended in 2011, when the country started a process of political reform, opening the way for democratic
The General Debate of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly took place in the organisation’s headquarters in New York, USA, from the 23rd of September to the 3rd of October. The annual event brings together all 193 member states, the only one in which national leaders regularly participate. The theme chosen this
Un centro afghano di Medici Senza Frontiere è stato raso al suolo da un bombardamento, probabilmente americano. Il racconto straziante di un infermiere.
1. This little boy offered his toys to refugees approaching Munich’s central station 2. Sandra Tsiligeridu and some friends rescued a Syrian refugee off the coast of the Greek Island of Kos. He had been adrift for 13 hours, clung to a life vest 3. In Munich, this policeman played with a little boy, letting him
India has been producing low-cost generic medicines for many years, competing with the prices of big pharmaceutical companies, which started putting pressure.
An exasperated Obama addresses the Oregon mass shootingAn exasperated Obama says we’re all responsible for the latest school shooting in Oregon. “We, collectively, are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction.” Posted by Quartz on Thursday, 1 October 2015 Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here
He has been unrelentingly helping “the victims of conflict and injustice” since 1994, year of the foundation of non-governmental organisation EMERGENCY. He provides medical care for free to anyone in need, without political, ideological, religious, or racial discrimination, “while fearlessly addressing the causes of war”. For these reasons and for his great humanity, the war surgeon
