Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jul 12 (IPS) – The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Proverb of unknown originThe war in Ukraine continues unabated; young men are sacrificed on battlefields, towns laid waste by aerial attacks, the threat…
Among the exhibit’s visitors were members of the Mothers of Srebrenica, an association that united thousands of people – mothers, sisters, and wives – who have lost loved ones in the massacre in their city. Munira Subašić doesn’t need photographs to remember the tragedy that claimed her husband, son, and…
Credit: United Nations by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, July 10, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jul 10 (IPS) – A quick glance at the current European political map would clearly show how far the extremist ideology has been installed in European countries –those who still wave the French Revolution’s flag of…
Opinion by Daud Khan (rome) Monday, July 10, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Jul 10 (IPS) – There seems to be no end in sight to the war in Ukraine. On the contrary it continues to escalate. The latest ratchet up has been the decision by the USA to supply the…
“People are suffering greatly due to landmines,” Mr. Lobov told UN News, adding that experts have reported that almost one third of the country is contaminated with unexploded ordnance. “Many adults and children have died,” he said. “We have the highest rate of such losses in the world. No one…
Credit: UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Opinion by Roland Bathon (berlin) Friday, July 07, 2023 Inter Press Service BERLIN, Jul 07 (IPS) – The Wagner uprising – despite its short duration – has demonstrated the vulnerability of Putin’s power system. In the past, the oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin seemed like a dark, mysterious figure somewhere…
The war began on 24 February 2022, and the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has confirmed that more than 9,000 civilians, including over 500 children, have been killed since then, though the real number could be much higher. “Today we mark another grim milestone in the war…
Yelena Milashina, who works for the independent investigative news service Novaya Gazeta, was travelling with Alexander Nemov when they were attacked on Monday morning on their way to covering the trialofZarema Musaeva, the mother of exiled opposition activists who challenged the leader of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. The experts…
UNICEF Local young people in the city of Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, are teaming up with the UPSHIFT programme, run by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to care for animals evacuated from dangerous regions. Over 300 young people have joined the initiative to house the abandoned pets, mainly cats and dogs, and…
“While the reconnection of the back-up power line is positive, the plant’s external power situation remains highly vulnerable, underlining the precarious nuclear safety and security situation at the site,” Mr. Grossi said. Much needed back-up According to IAEA, the plant’s connection to the single remaining 330 kilovolt (kV) power line…
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