Over the last few centuries the scope of science and its impact on our everyday life has increased considerably. From the use of...

Preface Ella Goemans – this article is slightly different from the ones you are used to. It started as a Sunday Summary but became a...

An interesting week: filled with both old and new fears. However, this week ends with a day of hope as across the world people are taking...

Wonton, ravioli, gyoza, pielmeni, mandu, khinkali – with such an international spectrum of Maastricht Diplomat readers I am sure that the...

It’s starting again – the phenomenon that is known differently all around the world but has one big name in common: The fifth season or...

It is no secret that the last month and a half has been an intense start to the year 2020. The cornovirus has broken out, while other...

Corona virus: The severity of the coronavirus has reached a new level: with 811 deaths and about 37,200 people being affected only in...

I must have been about nine years old when my dad introduced me to classical music. While I knew most of the pieces from cartoons on...

When you’re raised in a given culture you take it for granted. You don’t really question all those strange superstitions or sayings until...

Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story), Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Fernado Meirelles (The Two Popes), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), Lulu Wang...

Last Sunday, on the 26th of January 2020, Kobe Bryant, his 13 years old daughter Gianna Bryant, her teammates Alyssa Altobelli and Payton...

In 1945, towards the tail end of World War II, Nazi forces were in full retreat throughout Europe. In many places, its officers commanded...

At least once in your life you must have heard a conspiracy theory about the faked moon landing by NASA, the attack of 9/11 or...

China is experiencing panic across the nation, as the spread of the coronavirus becomes increasingly prevalent. So far, 41 people have...

In the wake of the ongoing diplomatic and military battles between the US and Iran, one should be aware of the origins of this conflict....

Happy Holiday’s! Here’s an airstrike for you. What’s better than starting off a new decade than the possibility of another conflict in...

Welcome back and Happy New Year to all! For most of us it’s back to the daily hustle and bustle of university life in Maastricht. After...

Maybe you have noticed, or maybe you haven’t. Student Portal is down as the whole UM network has been hit by  a cyberattack on 23rd...

For thousands of physicists, for hundreds of years, the theory of everything is the ultimate theory, or simply-put: the hypothetical...

As annoying at it is, in this week´s recap we have to talk about the orange in the room. Last Sunday, Chuck Schumer announced that the...