Right-wing parties throughout Europe are experiencing a rise in popularity. But just how powerful are the extreme-right parties in Europe currently? Below is an overview of popular far-right, populist parties in a variety of European countries and their latest election results. Belgium Vlaams Belang (VB) – Flemish Interests Chamber of deputies (2010): 6.8% Senate (2010): 7.6%…
Author: Linus Hoeller
People all around the world, including high-ranking government officials, have been attentively watching the happenings in the US presidential campaign – and following the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential candidate and Donald Trump as the Republican’s the possibility of a Trump presidency has become all to real. In this article The World…
Recent reports suggest that Kim Jong Un, who is the third generation leader of North Korea (formally the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK) may slowly be losing his grip on power over the country and party – or at least think that he is. A recently released South Korean report on the North’s dictator…
The Chinese government has recently started cracking down on activists and lawyers that may become a threat the the Communist Party of China’s supreme rule over the country. In recent months, about 300 lawyers and human rights activists have been detained and will be put on trial by the Chinese government – just on Monday…
Diplomatic ties in the Caucasus are much more complex than most people would expect – and the risk of a proxy war in Nagorno-Karabakh is present. Here is a map of the diplomatic ties in the Caucasus and historical events that are important to understand how these ties formed over the years.
A lot can be said about diplomatic ties of countries by simply looking at where their exports go, and from where they import the goods that they don’t produce. Below is a map that shows the movement of goods in the Caucasus region for countries related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The Nagorno-Karakh conflict has been going on since 1988, when Armenia invaded Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan in which a majority of the population is Armenian. The war for Nagorno-Karabakh continued until 1994, and up to 38,000 people lost their lives. The clashes, however, have never stopped, and since then end of the war more…
The civil war in Syria has been going on since nearly five years. In the process, more than a quarter of a million people were killed and at least 11,000,000 had to flee from their homes due to the constant threat to their lives. Thousands of refugees wait along the border to Turkey, but as…
WASHINGTON, 2016.03.03. – The military of the Unites States of America has announced a cyber attack on the Islamic State (IS). The defense ministry said that this attack would be done in cooperation with the armed forces of Iraq and the Kurdish forces in the region. The ultimate aim is to gain the city of…
The World Uncensored has found an interesting web content for German speakers: A documentation giving a little insight into what an immense pressure is exerted on the members of the European Patent Office (EPO) – which has led to several suicides and extreme fear amongst those working in the organization. The video can be found HERE