The history of the Srebrenica massacre

The history of the Srebrenica massacre

Srebrenica is a town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, started in late 1992, this enclave lived one of Europe’s worst massacres after the Second World War. In July 1995, some 8,000 men and boys were killed by Serbian military forces led by General Ratko Mladić, whilst women, children and elderly

70 years of the United Nations

70 years of the United Nations

Peace, security, sustainable development, human rights, and fundamental freedoms. These key words are the goals the United Nations (UN) have been setting for 70 years, since the moment when 51 nations (later 193, i.e. all world’s independent countries, apart from Vatican City) autonomously decided to sign – on 26 June 1945 – the treaty that

Antony Hegarty, aboriginal Australians and the uranium mine

Antony Hegarty, aboriginal Australians and the uranium mine

A few days ago Antony Hegarty, the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons, participated in the Dark Mofo Festival, a music festival taking place in Tasmania. She sang her hits on the Odeon theatre’s stage in Hobart for an hour without saying a word. But when she got back to the stage for an

What happened to the Armenians a hundred years ago

What happened to the Armenians a hundred years ago

Today, 24th April 2015, one hundred years have passed since the slaughter of the Armenian people, maybe the most controversial and darkest moment in the history of the Twentieth century.     Controversial because it is much criticised and denied. Dark because, at a distance of a century, it is not possible to know exactly