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Referendum in Catalogna: quale indipendenza, quale futuro?

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Lluís Companys, il leader politico che dichiarò l’indipendenza della Catalogna dalla Spagna, venne fucilato nella fortezza di Montjuic a Barcellona dal governo di Francisco Franco che dichiarò la Catalogna “una regione nemica” e mise fuori legge la lingua catalana. Anche se l’oppressione è finita quarant’anni fa con il ritorno della democrazia e la riconquista di…

Syria, a land of death

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In recent years, Syria has come under the attack of anti-governmental conflict. The ongoing Syrian civil war has witnessed the most deadliest conflict in this Century. The clashes started in March 2011 in the southern city of Deraa. Nowadays, there are many different coalitions fighting on the ground: on one side, there is President Bashar…

UK elections, UKIP disappearance and Kremlin shadows

Russia interferes in west elections

America’s three major TV networks broadcast live coverage of the hearing, which earned comparisons with Watergate. Former FBI director James B. Comey answered questions from senators about his interactions with President Trump. During more than two hours of testimony, Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee he believed Trump had directed him to drop an FBI…

Today, We Are All Europeans

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The New Ottoman Empire

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the current president of Turkey, began his political career in the ’70s. He founded the Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (AKP) party, of Sunni Islamic inspiration, and held the position of mayor of Istanbul. Conservative since the very beginning, in 1998 he was arrested for inciting religious hatred. In 2003 he became prime…

Why has Trump attacked Syria?

Trump has decided to launch 59 Tomahawk missiles from two US aircraft carriers off the coast of the Mediterranean to strike the Syrian military base of Al Shayrat. The reason for this is the reaction to the massacre of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, Syria, where last Tuesday more than 80 people, including 28 children, were…

Perchè Trump attacca la Siria

Children killed by gassing in Syria: the testimony of Auxilia

This morning, according to several testimonies, an attack with chemical weapons was carried out against the civilian population in northern Syria. The attack has caused at least 58 dead, including – according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – not less than eleven children. This is a provisional toll expected to rise. A few…

Brexit could lead to Scoxit: Look at the value of Europe