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Maria João Morais
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June 21, 2017
The forgotten Portugal is burning
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Maria João Morais
Portugal has been burning every summer in recent decades. Year after year, the catastrophe returns, blazing thousands of acres of forest across the country. Although violent, fires in recent years [...]
Editors' Pick
June 13, 2017
EU aid policy conditioned to control migration
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Maria João Morais
The recently announced European Consensus on Development is an EU measure that aims to achieve the United Nations' sustainable development targets, [...]
Editors' Pick
June 06, 2017
Standing up to climate change denial at the White House
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Maria João Morais
Despite Trump's promise on the campaign trail, it is still shocking that he has carried this one out. The USA, historically the largest contributor [...]
Editors' Pick
May 30, 2017
After arduous journeys, ordeals continue for immigrants in Spain
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Maria João Morais
Many risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea on perilous rubber dinghies fleeing war or famine. After travelling through Africa, many climb [...]
Editors' Pick
May 16, 2017
Moroccan porters: human rights violations on Europe’s southern borde
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Maria João Morais
The southernmost frontiers of Europe, those separating Morocco from the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla are best known for their shameful [...]
Editors' Pick
May 09, 2017
A disintegrating Europe
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Maria João Morais
In the aftermath of the French elections, headlines on the most prominent newspapers across Europe showed - once again - relief for another "defeat of [...]
Editors' Pick
May 02, 2017
Heightening tensions in Macedonia following political blockade
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Maria João Morais
With just two million inhabitants, the small Republic of Macedonia receives very little coverage and news reporting. Last week, however, images of [...]
Editors' Pick
April 25, 2017
Either ultra-liberalism or ultra-nationalism
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Maria João Morais
Within two weeks, French voters must choose between the ultra-liberalist Emmanuel Macron and the racist ultra-nationalist Marine Le Pen. The split result in [...]
Editors' Pick
April 18, 2017
Turkey: heading towards a democratic dictatorship
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Maria João Morais
Erdogan got what he wanted. His narrow victory in the referendum held this Sunday will dramatically transform the Turkish constitution, greatly [...]
Editors' Pick
April 11, 2017
Important step towards peace in the Basque Country
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Maria João Morais
Five and a half years after announcing the end of violence, ETA unilaterally handed over their remaining weapons to the French authorities in an act last weekend. It is a landmark [...]
Editors' Pick
April 04, 2017
Gibraltar: yet another Brexit headache
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Maria João Morais
The complex process of the UK exiting the European Union has repeatedly highlighted the British government´s lack of foresight in dealing with the dire consequences of Brexit. The [...]
Editors' Pick
March 29, 2017
Tolerance (not racism) fights extremism
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Maria João Morais
Opportunist far right parties hurried, once again, to link the recent terrorist attack on Westminster, which killed four people, with immigration. The message is not new: we [...]
Editors' Pick
March 21, 2017
No end in sight for populism despite Wilders disappointment
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Maria João Morais
Europeans who advocate integration and multiculturalism breathed a sigh of relief at the outcome of last week's Dutch elections. The xenophobic, [...]
Editors' Pick
March 14, 2017
Human rights concerns rising in Hungary (again)
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Maria João Morais
"Border hunters" are the latest anti-immigration initiative carried out by the conservative government of Hungary. After a six-month special course, up to 3,000 [...]
Editors' Pick
March 07, 2017
Brexit deepens divisions in Northern Ireland
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Maria João Morais
As the Brexit storm swirls across the British Isles, much focus has been paid to the growing demands for Scottish independence, but another region of the United [...]
Editors' Pick
February 28, 2017
Political blockade wont stop Catalan referendum
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Maria João Morais
The Spanish state is playing its last card in trying to prevent the referendum on self-determination, announced by the Catalan government for this year. [...]
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