by Guy Mettan,* freelance journalist
(25 January 2023) In mid-December, I had the opportunity to make a short trip to Moscow and Novosibirsk, the capital of Siberia located 4000 kilometres from the Ukrainian front. That gave me enough time to evaluate the public opinion of the Russian population after ten months of war.
by Guy Mettan,* freelance journalist
(9 January 2023) While one hears a lot about the Baltic States and Poland in the Ukraine conflict, the countries in the South, on the other hand, are very discreet. A forum on peace and neutrality in Chisinau and various meetings organised on the occasion of the Bulgarian elections on 2 October allowed me to visit Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria earlier this month.
Guy Mettan,* freelance journalist
(6 December 2022) It is a story that begins with a noodle restaurant in Ukraine in 1993 and that continues today in Vietnam in the shape of the country’s largest conglomerate with a turnover of $5 billion by 2021. Meanwhile, its founder, Pham Nhat Vuong, (54), who had settled in Kharkov after completing his geology studies in Moscow, became Vietnam’s first billionaire with an estimated fortune of $8 billion and an enterprise that ranks among the 50 largest in Asia. A career that is in no way inferior to that of Bill Gates' and Steve Jobs' starting in a “garage”.
by Tankred Schaer
(29 November 2022) Jochen Krautz is an art educator at the University in Wuppertal and has become known by the educational political congresses he initiated. He is president of the Society for Education and Knowledge.
by Robert Seidel
(12 September 2022) At a time when the world situation is in the middle of a crisis, Wolfgang Effenberger* published a comprehensive analysis of geopolitical relations from a historical perspective. It is worth reading this book to identify the actors of the current developments without having to rely solely on the mainstream media guidelines.
by Karin Leukefeld,* Damascus
(27 February 2022) In the Beit Nour retirement home in the old city of Damascus, old men spend their remaining years. Almost all of them are alone. Their children have left Syria. Others do not want to or cannot take care of their fathers.