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by Donya Jam
Executions are continuing in Iran unabated. At least 42 inmates have been hanged by regime authorities during…
by Johannes Voswinkel
Russian NGOs are under pressure: They are hindered in their work with laws and checks by the authorities, paralyzed and driven to close down. External support is not only helpful, but vital.
In the…
by Yavuz Baydar
Turkish President Erdoğan's playbook never runs out of surprises.
Three most recent decrees meant that 649 academics were arbitrarily fired, and 83 associations were shut down, including the well-established Kurdish Insitute,…
by Kathrin Glastra & Andreas Rüdinger
The Great Divergence in Energy Policy
"It is anything but complicated", summarises a French expert on energy policies in Germany and France: "The French do not understand the Germans, just like the Germans…
by Giles Marshall
Theresa May has now been prime minister of Britain for six months, but to read the current flurry of British press commentary you would be forgiven for thinking that she is a…
DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
By Hossein Abedini
The death on Sunday of the Iranian mullah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani marks a milestone in the…
by Robert Heslop
The sudden resignation of the UK's Ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, sent shock waves through the UK government, the British press and the Brussels circuit. The departure of one of…