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Poorest miss out as Serbia adopts digital welfare
News, Adam Smith, Published on 30/08/2023
» Jovana Andjela, a single mother from Belgrade, has done odd jobs as a cook, cleaner, even a tour guide, but she relied on state benefits to make ends meet -- until last year, when Serbia's new digital welfare system locked her out.
City name row stings ORST
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aye Kein Kham, Published on 17/02/2022
» The Office of the Royal Society (ORST) is taking flak from netizens over confusion about what Thailand's capital should be called between the widely recognised Bangkok and the official Krung Thep Maha Nakhon.
Why is Eastern Europe honouring suspect national figures?
News, Daina S Eglitis & Michelle Kelso, Published on 08/06/2019
» When is a hero not really a hero? When a country resurrects a tainted figure to serve the needs of a new national mythology. Consider the case of Latvian national hero Herberts Cukurs and his role in the Holocaust.
Peeving Putin: Making Latvian society less Russian
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/04/2018
» Lots of countries have two or more official languages: Canada (two), Belgium (three), Switzerland (four), South Africa (11), India (23) and so on. They all have trouble balancing the competing demands of the various language groups. But Latvia has only one official language, and it has a bigger problem than any of them.
Social media a double-edged sword
News, Sherif Elsayed-Ali, Published on 28/02/2018
» Donald Trump's retweets of anti-Muslim videos first circulated by an anti-immigrant, right-wing British party were just the tip of the iceberg. From Myanmar to the United States, controversial posts by political leaders and public figures have sparked a growing and increasingly global debate about how social media may be facilitating the spread of hatred and discrimination.