Month: January 2023

French Doctors on Strike

The strike was keenly felt as France was hit by a triple epidemic—a resurgence of COVID, the seasonal flu, and bronchiolitis in toddlers.

Czechoslovakia: Split Into Two New States

Czechoslovakia’s great fortune is that it was able to avoid a Yugoslav-style scenario, as the proximity between the two peoples was sufficient to allow an amicable separation.

Islamic State Attack in Egypt

Whereas this group is barely a factor on the global scene any longer, Egypt has continued to deal with its militants, especially in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.

Stockholm on Edge As Gang War Erupts

Marie Torstensson Levander, professor of criminology at Malmö University, says politicians do not take the problem seriously enough.