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Analysis Online disinformation in the time of Corona

By Iris Kyriazi

The outbreak of the coronavirus has undeniably exposed some of the shortcomings of our society. One of those is the current state of fake news and disinformation on cyberspace. In times where ...
Analysis Greece: despite a decade of health cuts, coronavirus death rates appear comparatively low

By Stella Ladi

Greece, which has just come out of a ten-year financial crisis, appears at this stage to have been relatively lightly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. It is perhaps surprising that a country w...

Analysis Normal rules no longer apply: The Covid-19 crisis and prospects for Planet, People, Pro...

By Erik Post

Over the past weeks the global patchwork of economic interactions has unravelled, with economic activity grinding to a near halt as consumer spending collapsed, businesses closed, financial ma...
Analysis European Green Deal: The €1 trillion question

By Erik Post

The European Commission recognises that ambitious climate action is ‘this generation’s defining task’. As such, it has proposed a European Green Deal, which aims to transform the EU’s economy ...

Foreign Affairs US – Iran Geopolitical Cataclysm has Weakened International Law, Global Governance, and...

By Erik Post

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, began his first 2020 press conference with the following words: “The New Year has begun with our world in turmoil. We are living in dang...
World Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela: The challenge of understanding a complex scenario

By César Barrios and Cilene Victor

The Venezuelan opposition assigns full responsibility for the crisis in Venezuela to the Maduro government but in reality it is a question of shared responsibilities, since the main leaders of...

Analysis Online disinformation in the time of Corona

By Iris Kyriazi

The outbreak of the coronavirus has undeniably exposed some of the shortcomings of our society. One of those is the current state of fake news and disinformation on cyberspace. In times where ...

Analysis Greece: despite a decade of health cuts, coronavirus death rates appear comparatively low

By Stella Ladi

Greece, which has just come out of a ten-year financial crisis, appears at this stage to have been relatively lightly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. It is perhaps surprising that a country w...

Analysis Normal rules no longer apply: The Covid-19 crisis and prospects for Planet, People, Pro...

By Erik Post

Over the past weeks the global patchwork of economic interactions has unravelled, with economic activity grinding to a near halt as consumer spending collapsed, businesses closed, financial ma...

Analysis European Green Deal: The €1 trillion question

By Erik Post

The European Commission recognises that ambitious climate action is ‘this generation’s defining task’. As such, it has proposed a European Green Deal, which aims to transform the EU’s economy ...

Foreign Affairs US – Iran Geopolitical Cataclysm has Weakened International Law, Global Governance, and...

By Erik Post

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, began his first 2020 press conference with the following words: “The New Year has begun with our world in turmoil. We are living in dang...

World Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela: The challenge of understanding a complex scenario

By César Barrios and Cilene Victor

The Venezuelan opposition assigns full responsibility for the crisis in Venezuela to the Maduro government but in reality it is a question of shared responsibilities, since the main leaders of...

Dialogue The geopolitics of COVID-19: Even more dangerous than the health aspects?

By Georgios Kostakos

While the fight to cope with the lethal effects of COVID-19 on people and the economy is continuing around the world, another kind of fight is also raging, for geo-political predominance betwe...
USA And the people’s sanctions go to… President Trump!

By Georgios Kostakos

US President Trump has just surpassed himself in the disrespect that he shows to international institutions, and the truth. His disdain for any kind of broadly-accepted rules that would constr...

Dialogue The Corona Virus pandemic – a time for the UN to give the world a purpose

By Yoriko Yasukawa

The corona virus pandemic has sickened nearly 2 million people, killed over 100,000 and wrought economic ruin around the world within the space of a few months. It is a global calamity such as...
Climate Barking up the wrong tree: what if the COP cannot deliver us from climate change?

By Georgios Kostakos

The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an annual event that has been attracting increasing attention in recent years, as the impacts o...

Op-ed The death knell is ringing for the UN. We can’t let this beacon of hope die without a f...

By Georgios Kostakos

24 October is celebrated every year as UN Day because it was on this day in 1945 that the United Nations Charter entered into force. The charter, the closest we have to a constitutional docume...
Climate World leaders at the UN and student protests are not enough to confront the climate crisis

By Georgios Kostakos

Since I left the United Nations in the summer of 2012, I feel a bit nostalgic for the high-level gatherings in New York every year when late September comes about. I was a member of the UN Sec...

Dialogue The geopolitics of COVID-19: Even more dangerous than the health aspects?

By Georgios Kostakos

While the fight to cope with the lethal effects of COVID-19 on people and the economy is continuing around the world, another kind of fight is also raging, for geo-political predominance betwe...

USA And the people’s sanctions go to… President Trump!

By Georgios Kostakos

US President Trump has just surpassed himself in the disrespect that he shows to international institutions, and the truth. His disdain for any kind of broadly-accepted rules that would constr...

Dialogue The Corona Virus pandemic – a time for the UN to give the world a purpose

By Yoriko Yasukawa

The corona virus pandemic has sickened nearly 2 million people, killed over 100,000 and wrought economic ruin around the world within the space of a few months. It is a global calamity such as...

Climate Barking up the wrong tree: what if the COP cannot deliver us from climate change?

By Georgios Kostakos

The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an annual event that has been attracting increasing attention in recent years, as the impacts o...

Op-ed The death knell is ringing for the UN. We can’t let this beacon of hope die without a f...

By Georgios Kostakos

24 October is celebrated every year as UN Day because it was on this day in 1945 that the United Nations Charter entered into force. The charter, the closest we have to a constitutional docume...

Climate World leaders at the UN and student protests are not enough to confront the climate crisis

By Georgios Kostakos

Since I left the United Nations in the summer of 2012, I feel a bit nostalgic for the high-level gatherings in New York every year when late September comes about. I was a member of the UN Sec...

Citizen Correspondent A Covid-19 Odyssey

By Keith Kenedy Miller

The great philosopher Jimmy Buffett once noted that “It’s those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes. Nothing remains quite the same”. Over the past few months, my travels have taken me ...

Citizen Correspondent COVID-19, risk communication and the crucial role of community leaders

By Cilene Victor

As I am writing this article, someone is being infected by the novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) around the world and the statistics of the pandemic are updated and disseminated by some online pl...

My Greek grandmother broke her leg, but the health system needed more help

By Niko Costantino

The story of my grandma shows what can happen to EU citizens if their country cannot pay for its health system.

Editorial The virus, the state, the market, and the people

By Katoikos

COVID-19, the coronavirus that made its presence felt first in China a few months ago is currently laying siege on the whole world. Country after country impose restrictions on the movement of...
Editorial A world in search of ethical and competent leaders

By Katoikos

The annual Edelman Trust Barometer recently launched its 2020 edition in Brussels. More than 34,000 people from “28 markets” answered the online survey of Edelman Intelligence, a self-describe...
Editorial We may be heading to a global meltdown

By Katoikos

.…And it is not just because of climate change. Increasing unrest around the world shows a deep dissatisfaction of large numbers of citizens with unpopular decisions and corruption that the ru...

Editorial A global peace holiday

By Katoikos

Among a set of proposals that Katoikos’ parent institution, the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS) has put forward for a “modern, effective, ethical and people-centred...
Editorial A CALL FOR ACTION- SEPTEMBER 2019

By Katoikos

The upcoming UN Summits in New York will focus on the two top issues on the global agenda: climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals. So this is the time to raise awareness, reflect...
Editorial Venezuela: A Latin American Syria in the making?

By Katoikos

The first signs are quite worrisome. The US Administration is talking about “Maduro regime” and using its dominance of the financial transaction system to orchestrate a change of government in...

Editorial Our New Year’s Resolution

By Katoikos

Six points that can help guide personal and collective thinking and action for the common global good in 2019
Editorial How not to protect the environment

By Katoikos

For several weeks thousands of French citizens have been protesting on the streets of Paris and all around the country against President Macron’s plan to further increase the tax on gasoline. ...
Editorial Rethinking the global: the start of a new era for Katoikos

By Katoikos

Four years after its establishment, Katoikos is embarking on a new phase by joining the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS), a Brussels-based not-for-profit public util...

Editorial The virus, the state, the market, and the people

By Katoikos

COVID-19, the coronavirus that made its presence felt first in China a few months ago is currently laying siege on the whole world. Country after country impose restrictions on the movement of...

Editorial A world in search of ethical and competent leaders

By Katoikos

The annual Edelman Trust Barometer recently launched its 2020 edition in Brussels. More than 34,000 people from “28 markets” answered the online survey of Edelman Intelligence, a self-describe...

Editorial We may be heading to a global meltdown

By Katoikos

.…And it is not just because of climate change. Increasing unrest around the world shows a deep dissatisfaction of large numbers of citizens with unpopular decisions and corruption that the ru...

Editorial A global peace holiday

By Katoikos

Among a set of proposals that Katoikos’ parent institution, the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS) has put forward for a “modern, effective, ethical and people-centred...

Editorial A CALL FOR ACTION- SEPTEMBER 2019

By Katoikos

The upcoming UN Summits in New York will focus on the two top issues on the global agenda: climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals. So this is the time to raise awareness, reflect...

Editorial Venezuela: A Latin American Syria in the making?

By Katoikos

The first signs are quite worrisome. The US Administration is talking about “Maduro regime” and using its dominance of the financial transaction system to orchestrate a change of government in...

Editorial Our New Year’s Resolution

By Katoikos

Six points that can help guide personal and collective thinking and action for the common global good in 2019

Editorial How not to protect the environment

By Katoikos

For several weeks thousands of French citizens have been protesting on the streets of Paris and all around the country against President Macron’s plan to further increase the tax on gasoline. ...

Editorial Rethinking the global: the start of a new era for Katoikos

By Katoikos

Four years after its establishment, Katoikos is embarking on a new phase by joining the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS), a Brussels-based not-for-profit public util...

Film Soderbergh’s new iPhone-shot thriller on mental aberrations and insane norms

By Daniel Tkatch

Unsane (2018), an inventive self-referential film examines the increasingly global proliferation of for-profit mental health care and personal digital media, and confuses film critics.

Film How do the arts create a new narrative for Europe?

By Efva Lilja

Ten suggestions for making it possible for us to live prepared for that which we cannot predict.

Film Hungarian Academy of Arts becomes the state’s ideological arm

By Agnes Basthy

The growing power of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA) has been suppressing the art community, but it has has been fighting back.

Cartoons No evidence on who ordered the Khashoggi murder

By Duke Savage

No evidence on who ordered the Khashoggi murder

Cartoons Trump’s Californication

By Duke Savage

Cartoons A reliable forecast

By Hansens

Política La revolución de los perros

By Daniel Rabal Davidov

Sobre la creciente polarización de la sociedad

Arte La Filmoteca Española celebra el centenario de Checoslovaquia con diez películas

By VW Diplomacia Cultural

En conmemoración del centenario de la fundación de Checoslovaquia en 1918, el Cine Doré ofrece del 6 al 29 de septiembre diez películas de varios géneros y épocas.

Actos Exposición Vivencias, de Lea Tyrallová

By VW Diplomacia Cultural

La Concejalía de Cultura de Bilbao y la Embajada de Eslovaquia en Madrid presentan el próximo 7 de septiembre la muestra fotográfica Vivencias de Lea Tyrallová.

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