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Sunday Summary - 25th of May 2025
Welcome, dear readers, to another round of the Sunday Summary. This week, I would like to guide your attention to the worsening situation...
Florian von Arnim
May 25


CC: A Solitary Mind: The Art of Loneliness in The Book of Disquiet
“I weep over my imperfect pages, but if future generations read them, they will be more touched by my weeping than by any perfection I...
Patrycja Tobola
May 25


To Birth or Not to Birth?
A Baby Bonus Americans are being asked an interesting question: “would you have a child if it meant you received $5,000 cash, no strings...
Bas Crousen
May 24


Pulping Fiction: Where Books go to Die
Most books do not get a happily ever after. That is the realisation I had while working at the Foire du livre de Bruxelles , Belgium’s...
Alexiane François
May 24


Results of the University Council Elections 2025
“ Make Maastricht University Great Again” This year, the elections for the University and faculty Councils took place between the...
Vanille Villez
May 23


Habemus AI: The Vatican’s Approach to New Technologies
The Catholic Church, with its 2000 years of history, predates the formation of all European states, making it one of the oldest...
Simone Capuozzo
May 23


“Pumpaj!”: Inside Serbia’s Historic Student-Led Fight for Democracy
What started as a deadly railway tragedy quickly ballooned into an unprecedented youth protest movement in Europe. For months now, tens...
Charlotte Pennings
May 22


Housewarming
The trees around the meadow sway lightly in the breeze. Beneath them, the tall grass is brighter than usual, cast in artificial light for...
A.G Thor
May 21


Fighting and negotiating with the Taliban – An Interview with Human Rights Defender Nazifa Jalali
“I'm impressed… I'm shocked… I have no words”. That’s all I was able to utter when Nazifa told me her story. Afterwards, I blamed myself...
Esther Wolff
May 20


Pope-litics: the American Impact and its Global Implications
With his first address, last Sunday, the new Pope - Leo XIV - has officially announced the direction of his papacy. These intentions set...
Calista Longo
May 19
Sunday Summary - 18.05.2025
Welcome dear reader, to yet another Sunday summary. This week served up a whirlwind of headlines, from the high-stakes drama of global...
Calista Longo
May 18


Sport power: How does the USA use sport as a geopolitical weapon
“In my first term, I negotiated the return of the World Cup to America. And now, in my second term, I’ll have the honour to host the...


Secrets the Sky keeps
I like the way people talk about those who are losing their minds. They say I’ve got my head in the clouds, and I imagine I actually do....
Clara Ledoux-Vanek
May 17


CC: Book censorship: an American phenomenon and a European crisis
The spectre of censorship looms darker than ever. In a concerning sequence of events, public libraries in the US are increasingly...
Simone Capuozzo
May 16


Pope Leo XIV: Will the legacy of Pope Francis be continued?
On May 8th, when the white smoke came out of the chimney, the crowd on St. Peter’s Square in Rome cheered in excitement. With the...
Patrycja Tobola
May 15


The Cinema Complex
My €19 Redemption Arc During my four-month Korean Media and Popular Culture class, the professor showed us the box office sales in South...
Brooke Betten
May 14


ⵣ Is History repeating itself? The Shared Struggle of the Amazigh and Palestinian People ⵣ
(Garanger, 1960) titled: A 1960 photograph of an Algerian woman , Marc Garanger A Reflection on Resistance and Modern Colonialism In May...


That Was Close
When Friedrich Merz was officially elected Chancellor of Germany last Tuesday afternoon, he appeared visibly relieved. His conservative...
Jule Frank
May 13
Sunday Summary -11th of May 2025
Dear readers, as we reach the end of the second week of May, we welcome you with our weekly Sunday Summary outlining the major events...
Sena Gonel
May 12


2025 Reformation Act: A New Hope for South Africa?
“Law is a powerful tool for social ordering”, writes Katharina Pistor in The Code of Capital . In her work, she argues that law not only...
Elide Saia
May 12
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