The Indian capital city of Delhi is now the centre of significant turn of events in the political scenario. In the assembly elections held a few weeks back, Congress, which had been in power for 15 years in Delhi, suffered a humiliating defeat.

The months of October and November are usually filled with a festive mood for Indians, two major festivals being celebrated during these months: Dussehra and Diwali. Dussehra is an important festival in India that lasts for nine nights and ten days. The festival is celebrated in various forms in different parts of the country. The festival ends on the tenth day called Vijayadashami which means “victory on the tenth day”.

Tanzania’s status as a haven of peace in East Africa has resulted in a massive refugee influx over the years, which has now resulted in political turmoil and the expulsion of thousands. For over 4 decades, Tanzania has hosted one of the largest refugee populations in Africa, but the tides are turning as thousands are forced back across the country’s borders.

This week the Nobel peace prize will be handed out in Oslo. This year the Nobel committee has chosen the OPCW, with the goal to contribute to the abolition of chemical weapons. It is not every year that the prize is handed out this “quietly”. Interview with Kaci Five, one of the committee members.

On December 3rd, European Alternatives, a European transnational organisation promoting alternatives to the current European construction process launches its Citizen Manifesto. Interview with Alessandro Valera, Head of Policy and Participation at European Alternatives. Following three years of citizen consultations, debates and panels, they propose a citizen answer to the crisis advocating for a new legal and political agenda which covers various topics from financial reform, work and welfare...

The United Kingdom will not experience a drop in the prices of electricity soon. In the UK, the shale gas production cost is 50 to 100% higher than in the United States. These are the figures announced last Thursday in the report of the BNEF (Bloomberg New Energy Finance), the branch of the agency specialised in energetics studies. The protest walk against the use of shale gas could still grow in England. Last August, they were already more than 2,000 protesters on the Balcombe site, near...

Five time world champion Viswanathan Anand lost his throne to Norwegian Chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship bout here in Chennai. FIDE (Fédération internationale des échecs) organized the world championship which carried a total prize money of Rs. 16 crores (approx 19 million euros).

On September 17th, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was officially appointed as new financial consultant of the Serbian government. The assignment of the former head of the IMF – whose career seemed to have been indefinitely affected by sexual scandals – is to strengthen the Serbian economy, which has been ossified for several years by the debt crisis and the recession. Politically, morally and economically ruined since the 1990’s wars, today Serbia does not seem to be the best candidate for the European...

September 23rd, Esme Smith, a 14 year-old girl who went missing two days before, was found thanks to the security cameras of the London Waterloo’s train station. Even if these kinds of events occasionally legitimate the presence of well spread security cameras system, a "paranoid neighborhood" issue tends to emerge from its progressive privatisation. London - and the United Kingdom in general - have been blamed for a very long time because of the CCTV surveillance system becoming a traditional...

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet held between 10 and 17 November in Colombo came to an end on Sunday. This meet which is held every two years sets the stage for all commonwealth nations to discuss various policies. This summit made the headlines in Indian as well as the world media for several remarkable landmarks that one could witness with this meet.