Diplomatic Pouch

By Sazzad Haider The history book on the self/ is always repeating itself-the lyrics of ABBA’s waterloo song have to become an axiom if we...

By Heino Matzken, M.Sc. Ph.D.  The economic and political situation in the former “Switzerland of the Middle East” was already bad, but October 14th made...

Par Alexandre Khodakov Ce mot sonne en russe presque comme en français, mais a une autre signification. En russe ce n’est pas un adjectif, mais...

Suzy Rosaria van Buren works at Leonardo Royal Hotel in The Hague. Suzy started working in 2017 and remembers how nervous she was the first day at the hotel.

By Albadr SS Alshateri The question of the “nation-state” is a crucial issue in the developing world. It is highly disputed, and no region saw...

 More than 1 million forest areas were burned Greece experienced the biggest ecological disaster last summer. Third in the ranking in the Mediterranean - after...

Chef Sido de Brabander is the main figure of all international food festival at Leonardo Royal Hotel in The Hague. "the kitchen is my second home ". Because of all the traveiling I did around the world plus my interest in the different kitchens all around the world, I learned a lot about having respect for food, and the way you treat it. I believe that we have a lot to learn in the Netherlands about respect for (good) food. For example, in Italy they say: “You live to eat, you don’t eat to live.”

By International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES).On 17 October 2021, Kosovo will hold its fourth local elections since its declaration of...

A New Force under the Old Name The fall of Kabul to the Taliban, pre-negotiated with the US in Doha, Qatar, has launched yet another...

By Alexandra Paucescu Often in our diplomatic life we find ourselves in places and situations that we have never experienced nor expected before. We try...