This past month, French President Emmanuel Macron made a visit to the French territorial collectivity of Corsica where, in an address to the local government, he openly endorsed greater autonomy for the island. The purpose of Macron’s visit was honoring ...

Last summer, Italy’s Po river dried up, with some of the lowest water levels recorded in the country’s history due to its 2022 drought and record high summer temperatures. However, less than a year later, the same river overflowed: heavy ...

Dites non à la retraite à 64 ans. “Say no to retirement at 64.” This is the message that millions of people have been telling the French government over the past three months. It all began after Parliament announced a ...

As an American, my initial perception of Dutch culture was often about waffle-filled diets, incessant bike use and an “I just say it how it is” nature. However, since starting my study abroad experience at the University of Maastricht, I ...

In a TikTiok video with over half a million views, influencer and self-declared “holistic chef” Shayna Therese Taylor writes, “When your dairy and gluten intolerance doesn’t act up in Italy…even when you’re eating pizza, pasta and dairy regularly.” The video ...

Every day, there seems to be a new story regarding the influx of migrants entering different European Union (EU) countries. This so-called migrant ‘crisis’ has been analyzed by experts to understand whether it is caused simply by an abundance of ...

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international songwriting competition between European states (and Australia). The competition’s popularity across Europe and beyond has made it a staple of European pop culture, where each country can showcase its cultural heritage through ...

Five years ago in October 2017, the long-standing separatist movement in the northeast Spanish region of Catalonia made a choice that shocked the international community. After hundreds of years of conflict between the Spanish government and the region, Catalonian voters ...

On Feb. 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. In the following months, Europe has fallen into an energy crisis resulting from Russia withholding its natural gas supply and European countries being unwilling to economically support Russia’s invasion by purchasing natural gas. ...

This article was originally published on March 8, 2014. Thomas D. Armstrong Recent op-eds have labeled Putin as a mastermind or a megalomaniac fool. I am of the opinion that Putin is a megalomaniac mastermind exploiting a disempowered US. However, ...