Erdogan has successfully brokered a prolongation of the Grain Deal to mid-March 2023. Turkey’s President has seized this unique opportunity to mediate between Russia and Ukraine and is using this…
In September 2022 a Spanish human rights organization, Safeguard Defenders, published a report on Chinese police stations abroad. According to the report, Chinese authorities have set up a number of…
Elon Musk’s recent tweet on Twitter elevating the role of the citizen journalist has the media elite in a frenzy. Citizen journalism existed before Musk made the term fashionable, but…
What once started as a small school for agriculture and forestry in 1872 has become a top life sciences university in Europe. The BOKU (Vienna’s University of Natural Resources and…
Hellmut Brunn shares his impressions of the 59th Biennale in Venice:'The Milk of Dreams'. The world reknown art exhibition will be on display until 27 November. This biennial event attracts…
The Chilean referendum in September 2022 on a new constitution was a disaster for President Gabriel Boric and the nascent left-wing movement that sought to bring an end to the…
Two years have passed since top biologist Angelika Amon passed away on 29 October 2020. Professor Amon was an Austrian scientist who taught at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts. She dedicated…
The British Conservatives have manoeuvred themselves into an existential crisis. Rishi Sunak, new Conservative leader and Prime Minister, promises to restore public trust in his office. Whether he manages to…
Vienna’s Natural History Museum (NHM) celebrates 200 years of Austrian-Brazilian relations with an exceptional exhibition. It all started with a dynastic marriage in 1817, when Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria…