There is much to celebrate, as we look at TV’s achievements in terms of nearly universal reach, the huge diversification in number of organisations and channels
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World TV day 2021
Transgender Day of Rememberence
Martina Bednar In 2021, 375 trans and gender-diverse people were reported killed globally. 2021 was the most violent year in US history for Trans and Gender Non Conforming people. What is Transgender Day of Remembrance? TDOR was started in 1999
Read moreWill Lukashenko win his dreadful strategic game?
JOHANNES EBER This article was originally written for the “Good morning Europe” blog (www.goodmorningeurope.substack.com) by Johannes Eber. We were given permission to publish this article on the European Liberals for Reform blog. Will Lukashenko win his dreadful strategic game? The
Read moreThe LOUD killer
Loud music in a bar or restaurant? A car driving around with loud, thumping music? A neighbour’s all-night party, ignoring the other people’s need to rest? Yes all of them, and lots more.
Noise impacts people’s health, and has social, environmental and economic consequences.
Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution 1989
MARTINA BEDNAR Nowadays there is a growing difference between the history facts and the perception of what actually happened on the 17. November and actually more, why it happened. The 17.11.1989 just not happened, it was the growing frustration with
Read moreWorld Diabetes Day
THERESA ZETTL It is one of those diseases that go undetected for a long time: diabetes. Type 2 diabetes does not cause any symptoms for a long time. That’s why it often goes undetected for many years. Often, the disease
Read moreWhen the Wall fell – 9 November 1989
Disclaimer: The information has been taken and translated from the “Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung”, Germany (www.bpb.de) 9 November 1989 and the following night marked the end of the Wall that had divided East and West Berlin for 28 years. Thousands
Read moreAbortion law demonstrations all over Poland
Theresa Zettl After the death of a pregnant woman, tens of thousands of people in Poland protested against the rigid abortion law. The woman is considered the first victim of the almost complete ban on abortion that has been in
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