Anna Elena Maria Ferrari Juana Lahousse has been in charge of the communication of the European Parliament since 2007. In February 2017 she left the office to former Parliament’s spokeperson Jaume Duch Guillot. I had the chance to interview her when she was still in charge, in occasion of the European Youth Event 2016 at [...]
Natia Shakaia Mahatma Gandhi once said: ”It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”. Indeed, health is the most valuable treasure we were given, so we have to protect it. Health and well-being are not always synonyms. Health refers simply to physical body being free from diseases, but wellness [...]
Shady Rabhi One of the hundreds of subjects that the revolution of 2011 in Tunisia helped uncover, is school dropouts among children. A subject, among many that the ancient regime that ruled the country for more than 23 years was mainly the cause of its raising because of its unjust and unconsidered policies. According to [...]
Natia Shakaia Medicine is the field, which is vital for our existence. Like all other spheres even medicine went through its steps of development from the ancient time till now. It is obvious that going through these steps was not simple, as it required huge effort and the time of course. Though it was hard, [...]
Gerard Moyne Joining the Red Cross in 1974 was to eventually open a gateway into the all too often uncomfortable topic of Human Rights. For me, at the time it was all about bandages, stretchers and being a part of an organisation based on preparedness for conflict (although no one went so far as to [...]
Kenneth Spiteri It was recently explained to me that the reason for the increase in rent prices in Malta over the past years is due to those 'Klandestini-what-do-you-call-them-Refugees', as they are sometimes referred to here. Rent prices in Malta have increased quite significantly in the past years and the augmentation has now spread from the [...]
Salome Lemonjava In Georgia minimum wage since 2007 has increased from 6.4% to 10.1%. These figures only extend to registered residents reported by Georgian statistics national service. International Monetary Fund on April 4-th of 2015 issued economic development prognosis of its member countries. According to the research, average annual income for each inhabitant in Georgia [...]
Ana Maria Ilie What does "Poverty Porn" mean? Is any type of media - written, photography, film - that exploits the state of the poor to generate sympathy, to collect charitable donations or support for a particular cause. It is usually used to highlight poverty in African and the urgency to donate for children in order [...]
Nataliia Midna The last UN Habitat World Urban Forum, the world's premier conference on urban issues, was held in Medellin, the “Most Innovative City” of 2012 according to the Wall Street Journal. But did you know that in 1991 it was the murder capital of the world? And did you know that now it is [...]
Dominik Bartol Photo source: Pixabay Such an interesting word. Isn't it?'Poverty'. It almost sounds like there is some sort of 'power' that is implied to the ones that are trapped in the demonic hands of poverty. In the world where the time is money and money is power, it is a word that [...]