Coups, corona, and tax hikes.
Starting with some fresh news: Jordan's former crown prince, Hamza Bin Hussein, has been placed under house arrest over an alleged coup....
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Teresa Costa
Mar 21, 2021
Record-breaking happiness and sunny days ahead
Local News This week has been very important for Dutch politics. General national elections were held from 15 to 17 of March. Mark...
Parthabi Kanungo
Mar 7, 2021
PANDEMIC, POLITICS AND EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THE WORLD
This week, the third successive week of sun rays becoming a part of our daily lives again, serves as an indicator that the pandemic is at...
Peter Pelzer
Feb 28, 2021
Vaccine Fever.
The 1st March tomorrow will remind many in Europe that the one-year anniversary of the COVID lockdown is approaching fast. In the midst...
Dan Edwards
Feb 21, 2021
To Mars and back
Texas Frozen Texas is experiencing the worst snowstorm on record that has resulted in the deaths of 21 people and has left millions...
Head Editor
Feb 14, 2021
Happy Valentines!
It’s Valentines day again. In the Netherlands, we are nearing our one year anniversary with a very toxic partner - Covid19 - which was...
Head Editor
Jan 31, 2021
Trouble and strife and one small victory for the little guy.
As the world continues to grapple with the pandemic, the news that several vaccines had finally made their way through testing and over...
Carmen Critelli
Jan 25, 2021
There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it.
Although 2021 was poorly inaugurated in the United States by the distasteful attempt to lay siege to Capitol Hill, on January 20, Joe...
Clemence Chia
Jan 17, 2021
Going non-nuclear as Rutte steps down.
First and foremost, welcome back to period 3 of Maastricht University! As we get acclimatized to project work and our elective modules,...
Valentina Couceiro
Jan 10, 2021
Starting off with a bang.
Some welcomed this first week of 2021, others rejected it, shunned it or even tried to attack it by shaking the world upside down....
Jan Haverman
Jan 3, 2021
A week of contradictions.
2020’s last week was characterized by contradictions. Tragedy and relief; restriction and liberation; control and dependency; provocation...
Head Editor
Dec 20, 2020
Some hope for your holidays
In an attempt to steer away from covid related news, this week’s Sunday Summary will look at some rather different stories from around...
Paula Cepeda Gallo
Dec 13, 2020
Giuliani is a hack
Another week gone by, and more news has been pumped out than can possibly be processed. Let us take care of digesting the overwhelming...
Brendan Hogan
Dec 6, 2020
It's been a party
Just like every week, a lot has happened. Here are some of the main stories from around the world that you might have missed. Let us...
Roxane Kroon
Nov 29, 2020
It’s been a Fugging week
Diverse as the news was this week, there does seem to be a shared theme of twists in this last week of November. Here is the rerun....
Head Editor
Mar 29, 2020
The Sky Fell on his Head
Charlotte Pion – ‘’The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely… One small village of indomitable Gauls...
Head Editor
Mar 22, 2020
QUARANTINE WEEK: TAKE ONE
Parthabi Kanungo – Into the first week of Maastricht’s plunge into self-isolation, and nobody has ever wanted to go on those aimless...
Head Editor
Mar 16, 2020
The News in times of Corona
Preface Ella Goemans – this article is slightly different from the ones you are used to. It started as a Sunday Summary but became a...
Head Editor
Mar 9, 2020
A Week to Remember
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...
Head Editor
Feb 16, 2020
Time for some good news
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...
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