POLITICS

Veronika Bajnoková

Rejected Palestinian Artists Are Preparing Unofficial Exhibition to the Biennale as Divisions over Israel and Palestine Overshadow the Festival

The exhibition titled Foreigners in Their Homeland will hold an unofficial collateral event without the Biennale’s sanction at Venice’s...

Alina Stehle

New Nature Restoration Law by the EU causes mixed reactions

Last week, the EU adopted a historic bill to reduce agricultural emissions, promote biodiversity and sustainable land use, which has...

Afonso Ivens-Ferraz

Symbol of Dutch-Palestinian Solidarity Caught in Crossfire

A school in Gaza, funded in part by the municipality of Groningen, has been destroyed by Israeli air strikes. Early last week, it was...

Jacob Dutkiewicz

Dutch Privacy Watchdog Warns About the Consequences of Forced Registration of Sex Workers

The Municipal Sex Work Supervision Act proposed by the Dutch cabinet intends to introduce register for sex workers, but the Dutch Data...

Veronika Bajnoková

Slovak expats in the Netherlands face hurdles when voting by mail

Parliamentary elections are being held in Slovakia this Saturday. The Ministry of Interior received a record number of mail voting...

Mariia Chubareva

Kyiv protesters demand bigger slice of city budget for the fight against Russia

“While the Kyiv Administration plants new flowers in parks, we put flowers on graves,” reads the sign held by one of the protesters...

Alina Stehle

Financial hope for women in Afghanistan: €140 million aid from the EU Commission

The European Commission will resume aid to women and girls in Afghanistan, two years after the Taliban retook control of the country. The...

Alina Stehle

Beyond asylum policy: what drives refugees to the Netherlands?

Dutch asylum policy is not the main reason why refugees decide to start a new life in the Netherlands, according to a respected think...

Daria Danila

“Teaching is my plan B.” Young teachers grapple with precarious working environments

Teachers early in their careers are struggling to cope with the pressure arising from staff shortages and wage uncertainty. The academic...