The Irish Times
Opinion | For more than three decades, Russia has been burdened with the remains of the Soviet nuclear project: a vast, sprawling, largely invisible inheritance of contaminated territories, derelict facilities, spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. The nuclear legacy is a dangerous and extraordinarily expensive accumulation of hazards that still sits along the country’s Arctic coastlines, forests and former naval bases. It threatens the well-being of current and future generations and continues to impose financial and technological burdens on a government that has rarely been willing to confront its full scale. The system that once managed this Cold War inheritance — however imperfectly — has been hollowed out, underfunded and shrouded from public scrutiny.
Charles Digges
Young people are redefining what good governance looks like through critical civic engagement.
Ajay Das
It is now defined by disorderly conduct rather than discourse, and by disruption rather than discussion.
Ruhi Tewari
By not charging South African mercenaries in the courts, along with their funders and recruiters, the criminal justice system will continue facing accusations of hypocrisy
Iqbal Jassat
In the first installment of the Culture and Politics Show, Louis Brehony delves into the work of Egyptian resistance singer Sheikh Imam.
Palestine Chronicle Staff
A story that gripped Greek media and social networks this week was the solving of a murder: a 75-year-old woman killed in her home on the island of Salamina on 31 October. After police investigations, the victims daughter-in-law was arrested and confessed to the crime. Shed broken into her mother-in-laws house to steal money, then murdered her when she feared shed been recognised.Before the case was cracked, suspicion naturally fell on some foreigner or other. A Greek couldnt possibly do such a
Chrystalla Hadjidemetriou
Pupils caught up in incidents of school violence and bullying, pupils who are either victims or perpetrators of racist behaviour, and children facing domestic as well as sexual abuse. The figures, based on official data and presented by Phileleftheros recently, reveal a massive social problem.The statistics for the 202324 school year, as detailed in the Education Ministrys 2024 annual report concerning secondary educationwhere career counsellors are deployedare frankly terrifying.According to th
Phileleftheros Editorial
Dr. Pandor’s legitimacy rests on foundations far sturdier than any visa stamp. Whether she sets foot in the US again is immaterial.
Junaid S. Ahmad
Politics in the region, the writer says, is rarely about policies alone—it is about identity, history, and belonging.
Altaf Russell
Nepalis have the freedom to choose, speak and migrate, but rarely the ability to prosper at home.
Urja Singh Thapa
Dan Kovalik breaks down Washington's political attack via sanctions, exposing the imperialist effort to crush Colombia's pro-Gaza leadership.
Romana Rubeo
So the issue now is whether Savvas Angelides resigned and then un-resigned? Whos queuing up to resign after him? Thats not the issue. The issue is the staggering contempt for the public. For their intelligence. Which manifested itself in the Assistant Attorney Generals announcement when he was forced to respond to the days-long buzz about his resignation.The President of the Republic himself immediately denied the report with a statement, yet Angelides watched the buzz from Sunday onwards and on
Aristos Michaelides