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Saturday June 10, 2023

Rushdie -- and the world of writers

Problem arises when outrage or disagreement translates into outright violence or the threat of violence against a writer The assault on Salman Rushdie in New York state on Friday has left us all worried about the persistent threats to freedom of writing and of speech in our times. That

Published: 00:01 am,Sunday 15 May 2022

Getting rid of Russian energy: the EU must act prudently and take logical steps

The European Council has stated that the EU will work to get rid of its dependence on Russian energy as soon as possible. Decisions on sanctions and trade diversion are topical. Long-term investments will be guided by, among other things, the EU's Fit for 55 package. In the

Published: 10:53 am,Friday 25 February 2022

Economic fallout from the war

In the early morning of February 24 Russian military invaded Ukraine after a long buildup of forces around the country and in the two imaginary people’s republics. This violation of international law will result in widespread human suffering and economic dislocation. While Ukraine will bear the heaviest cost

Published: 10:52 am,Sunday 13 March 2022

Phasing out Russian energy will be gradual and require massive investments

An action plan published by the European Commission on 8 March 2022 sets the objective of achieving independence from Russian energy by the end of the decade. We can immediately change suppliers of many fuels. However, a long-term transformation will require major investments in energy and industrial facilities

Published: 01:33 am,Tuesday 4 January 2022

Nordic co-op also important for safeguarding rights of LGBTI people globally

On 30 November 2021, the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and Ministry of Justice co-organised a seminar on the wellbeing and safety of LGBTI people as part of the programme for the Finnish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers. A study commissioned by the Finnish Presidency

Published: 21:40 pm,Tuesday 23 November 2021

Intelligence and AI are key to improving labour market matching

In the future more advanced solutions will be needed to enable more detailed data collection from jobseekers and to update the data on the number and specific descriptions of open vacancies in real time. Digital platforms and artificial intelligence could propose to us in a cost-effective way where to target

Published: 14:57 pm,Friday 17 September 2021

Afghanistan-heading towards to a new crisis?

It has been little over a month since US and NATO forces have left Afghanistan after twenty years of its occupation leaving the country to the same Taliban from whom it occupied the country twenty years back. On 9th of September the Afghan Taliban managed to cobble together

Published: 16:10 pm,Saturday 11 September 2021

9/11 Revisited and dents in US pride

Exactly twenty years back on this day, September 11th two Boeing 767 aircrafts loaded with high powered explosives and 157 passenger on board the flew straight into the Twin Towers (the original World Trade Centre) of New York City, known to be the tallest building in the world

Published: 22:57 pm,Sunday 22 August 2021

Leaving a dangerous and futile game behind for a better future?

The western world witnessed in disbelief the fall of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan with what can only be called stunning speed to a rag tag army of Taliban extremists without any air support or even high caliber advanced heavy weaponry. Showing remarkable honesty conspicuous by its absence

Published: 20:52 pm,Saturday 28 August 2021

The Fallout of fall of Kabul

“The Domain of Kabul is a fastness hard for a foreign enemy to penetrate” wrote Zahir-uddin Mohammad Babur (1483-1530) the founder of Mughal dynasty in India that ruled parts of central Asia and India for several centuries in his extraordinary autobiography ‘Babarnama’. His autobiography contains details of Afghanistan’s

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