The Houska Prize was established by the BC Private Foundation in 2005 to improve the financial basis for innovation and research in Austria and to express its appreciation for the outstanding research work being done in Austria. “Our foundation’s purpose is to promote Austrian entrepreneurship. […]
On March 5-6, 2023, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg attended LDC Conference in Doha. The conference discussed continued support for the current 46 LDCs, which face particularly significant challenges due to multiple crises. The Foreign Minister also used the conference to meet with representatives of the […]
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been handed a 15-year prison term after being convicted in absentia of treason and conspiracy to seize power, a verdict she says is punishment for her efforts to promote democracy. Tsikhanouskaya, 40, a former English teacher, fled to […]
Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has been named as the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a landmark presidential and parliamentary vote, after days of wrangling by a six-party alliance over the nomination. “Our table is the table of peace. Our only goal […]
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, has announced his candidacy for May’s presidential election. The experienced social democratic politician is backed by five smaller parties in an alliance against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His candidacy follows a crisis in the opposition […]
Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh is home to about a million Rohingya refugees, who fled a military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017. But on Sunday, life in one of the most crowded refugee camps in the world got even more difficult. A huge fire broke […]
The African Union has postponed a conference that was due to take place in Tunisia this month, Bloomberg reports, after criticism over a government crackdown and racial attacks against sub-Saharan nationals. An African Union spokeswoman told the news agency by text message on Monday that […]
Thousands of lives were lost in the earthquakes one month ago. So too was a society and culture, as Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar discovered in his hometown. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/between-us/2023/3/6/collective-grief-turkey-syria-earthquakes
On Tuesday, March 7 at 19:30 GMT:People across Sri Lanka had hoped that 2023 would see the worst effects of a crushing economic crisis recede, after the government reached a deal with the International Monetary Fund for an emergency loan. Instead, they are struggling with […]
Millions of people are expected to tune in on Sunday to the Academy Awards, one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies in the world of filmmaking. What are the Oscars? When and where will they take place? Who are this year’s nominees? Are there any […]
