Turns out: I am a racist, too – In Remembrance of George Floyd
The killing of George Floyd, 46, of St. Louis Park — who repeatedly told a Minneapolis police officer he couldn’t breathe as the officer...
Guest Writer
- May 11
Dear Diary, I want to be elected to the University Council…
Why did I decide to participate in the elections at the University of Maastricht? I was born in a country of Eastern Europe, lived there...
Paula Nörr
- May 8
Who writes history? A detour beyond the official narrative of history
Whether at school or in university, most of us learned about the Paris Peace Conference as a crucial event in European history. Are you...
Leilani Radaideh
- May 8
The Contumacious Opioid Epidemic: The Five Pillars
Chinese water tortue is a process by which cold water slowly drips onto the scalp or forehead of a victim who is strapped face up on an...
Ana Navarro Bullo
- May 8
The GIG economic times for the EU: on our way to a more socially proactive Union
Thirty years have gone by since the city where we find ourselves, Maastricht, witnessed the birth of the European Union (EU), bringing...
Anahita Lotfollahzadeh
- May 7
Facebook: The only crucial book of the digital age
Facebook and co. might be the big tech equivalent to the infamous toxic ex-partner most of us have at least encountered in the movies....
Simon Wirtz
- May 7
Space as an extension of earth?!
Some thoughts about the next decades in space More than 50 years ago, NASA and humanity reached a milestone in space exploration when...
Rhiannon Read
- May 6
Who is ensuring the Rights of Refugees? The Poland-Belarus Border Crisis
Mustafa Mohammed Murshed Al-Raimi, a 37-year-old Yemeni migrant, was buried in Bohoniki, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. He was one of the...
Brendan Hogan and Valentina Giolli
- May 6
The Cultural Fallout of the Cold War
27 October 1962. Far below the surface of the Atlantic, a stone's throw from Cuba in international waters, lies a submarine. Inside,...
Sarbani Bag and Jonathan Wijayaratne
- May 6
Snakes and Ladders: Sudan’s Long Way to Democracy
Sudan’s movement towards democracy has been a long and arduous journey that has yet to find light at the end of the tunnel. The fight for...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- May 6
A license to hack: Russia in Ukraine
In cybersecurity it is no longer asked if your system gets breached, it is asked when. No system is safe in the 21st century. Since...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Apr 20
What it means to be a climate activist during the Covid-19 pandemic
Lockdown. People can only leave their homes for emergencies. Large events are prohibited. The immense momentum of the 2019 Fridays for...
Ethan Bergman
- Apr 9
Anonymous’ Revolution; The Wild West of Cyber Warfare against Russia
‘’One two three four, they declare Cyber War. Five, six, seven, eight hackers do proliferate. Nine, ten, eleven, twelve servers can’t...
Head Editor
- Mar 21
Abducted Art & Cultural Theft: Cultural Crime and the Market for Illicit Antiquities
In this episode Roo and Simon launch their new series “Abducted Art & Cultural Theft” where they will be interviewing experts to discuss...
Brendan Hogan & Peter Pelzer
- Mar 13
Voices of the ‘Uni-cipality’: What do student political parties think about the local elections?
From 14 to 16 March, municipalities all over the Netherlands call their residents to the polls to elect their municipal councils for the...
Alodia Heijmans
- Mar 13
Why you should care about Maastricht’s elections
Please, take into account that this is an informative article seeking to give you an overview of the elections as well as showing you the...
Head Editor
- Mar 12
UNSA x JEF: Municipal elections panel discussion
Did you know about the municipal elections of Maastricht on the 16th of March? These elections take place every four years and unlike...
Rhiannon Read
- Feb 27
“A Slap In The Face And A Kick In The Head”: The End Of The Road For The Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Since my first visit to Tuol Sleng prison, I have always found it hard to capture the injustices that took place here.
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Feb 21
The Maastricht Treaty turns 30
On 7th February 1992, the Maastricht Treaty established the foundation of the European Union. In a live broadcast organized by Studio...
Guest Writer
- Feb 8
Greenwashed or Willfully Ignorant? The EU and Shark Fin Trade
Emre Küpcük is a student of European Studies at Maastricht University and the Chief Communications Officer of Bridge Europe. He focuses...
Cam Nghiem
- Dec 21, 2021
Sustainable high
For a Sustainable International Cannabis Trade of the Future Cannabis users of Maastricht are no strangers to coffeeshops such as Smokey,...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Dec 16, 2021
Forgotten borders?
A thought on borders from one of Europe’s smallest countries For many people of our generation who have been born and raised in Europe,...
Léane Del Duca
- Dec 14, 2021
Terrorism: Our Heritage in Danger
In the twenty-first century, terrorism still murders our heritage, plunders, and robs us of our references. By "our heritage", I mean the...
Ana Navarro Bullo & Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- Dec 12, 2021
Housing in Maastricht: A Human Right Being Sold Off
Travel or you’ll become racist, And you’ll end up believing That your skin is the only one that is right That your language is the most...
Alodia Heijmans
- Nov 25, 2021
The Great Phenomenon of the Gauche Caviar
In the United Kingdom, we use the term “Champagne socialist”, in Germany “Salonkommunist” and in France it is called “Gauche de Salon” or...
Leilani Radaideh
- Nov 24, 2021
UN101: What is UNESCO and why should we care about it?
Imagine an agency of the UN that focused on spreading and promoting peace and security through the means of international cooperation in...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Nov 22, 2021
COP26: Business as usual?
On Wednesday evening last week, speakers from Maastricht’s different climate organizations came together to debate the outcomes of this...
Guest Writer
- Aug 2, 2021
Calais five years on: Covid, Brexit and hostile policies
Guest article by Carla Laudien, Fundraising and Events Executive at Maastricht Goes to Calais At the beginning of the last academic year,...
Peter Pelzer
- Apr 30, 2021
Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act: a pragmatic step toward principled wilderness
In November 2020, almost unnoticed between a second wave of Covid infections and the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court...
Céline Zahno
- Mar 25, 2021
India’s Farmers rise up and the world is not watching
In the closing months of 2020, over a quarter billion people have taken to the streets of India to protest the new farming bills that...
Guest Writer
- Mar 13, 2021
Arabia’s Temple of Dreams and the World’s Horrifying Nightmares.
“Hey, you, the unfair tyrants… You the lovers of the darkness… You the enemies of life… You’ve made fun of innocent people’s wounds, and...
Ethan Bergman
- Feb 10, 2021
Political Poisoning – The Downfall of the Ultimate Silencer
“When poison becomes a habit, it ceases to injure” Assassinations are as old as all human societies. Whether you wish to replace a...
Ethan Bergman
- Jan 17, 2021
Guns, Oil & Heat for the North Pole; The Actual Cold War
Sometimes the perception of power is more important than physical might. It seems Santa Claus will no longer have a monopoly on business...
Ethan Bergman
- Jan 9, 2021
Football Hooliganism & Identity Hijack; Ajax’s Jewish Persona
The vast majority of sport club fan bases have a formed identity and culture which permits them to differentiate themselves from others,...
Marence Jurgens
- Dec 30, 2020
Let us not forget our humanity.
Since February, societies worldwide have found themselves in a downward spiral of crisis. Negativity is all around and difficult to...
Paula Cepeda Gallo
- Dec 23, 2020
Easy as ACB – On Amy Coney Barrett’s Induction Into the SCOTUS
From Ginsburg’s era of freedoms and equality to Coney Barrett’s conservative reign of dismantling minority rights. On September 18th of...
Ethan Bergman
- Nov 13, 2020
Blowing the dogwhistle and dividing society
“Globohomo”, “Le Happy Merchant”, "Identitarianism », « Jogger », « Kalergi Plan », « Magapede », « Power level », « Shlomo », « Three...
Parthabi Kanungo
- Nov 13, 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh - From forgotten conflict to settled dispute?
The year 2020 has sprung numerous surprises and geo-politics has certainly not been spared. If you have been following the political...
Peter Pelzer
- Nov 11, 2020
Student Politics 101
Right now, as you are sipping your cup of tea, someone is out there in the bureaucratic wilderness representing you..
Brendan Hogan
- Nov 5, 2020
Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe…but what does this mean?
I’m often asked what the EU does. This question can be, and usually is, a loaded one. However, I do very much understand the need to know...
Suzon Mazataud
- Nov 5, 2020
Women's Leadership in Climate Activism
Ever since the impressive actions of the Suffragettes in the early 20th century, a standard has been set for women activists. Women have...
Head Editor
- Jan 21, 2020
Happy Holiday’s! Here’s an airstrike for you.
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...
Head Editor
- Dec 5, 2019
The Dark Side of the Meme
The Dark Side of the Meme Memes really are quite something. Ubiquitous to most, but some of us still remember a time when they weren’t a...
Head Editor
- Nov 14, 2019
Let’s “silly walk” away from Fascism
A few weeks ago, Greece witnessed one of the most interesting military parades in the last decades. A few female students in Athens...
Head Editor
- Jun 8, 2019
Poorly Outsourced
Photograph by Sebastien Le Derout Before you start reading, I would like to mention that this post was originally made for a course I am...
Head Editor
- May 26, 2019
The Game of Europe’s Thrones
After 8 years playing with our emotions, making us laugh, scream, jump and cry, Game of Thrones is over. The last episode divided the...
Head Editor
- May 21, 2019
European Elections – Why I’m Going to Vote for the Social Democrats.
The European elections are coming up fast, a few days only separate us from the time we’ll have to go voting. In a recent article, we...
Head Editor
- May 20, 2019
Everything You Need To Know About the European Elections!
Our Podcast 101-Guide The MD is proud to publish its first ever Podcast pilot episode. This is the first time we’ve ever done something...
Head Editor
- May 19, 2019
EP Elections Coming Up – But Many Issues Remain
One week is left until the EU parliamentary elections. It has been a long way to get to this point, especially with Brexit, as there was...
Head Editor
- May 8, 2019
Voter Choices: Why I’ll be voting Liberal
This series presents argumentations for why students of Maastricht could choose to vote for certain European Parties at the European...