Articles

Croatia: Refugee’s challenges

17 Jul 2015
Sandra, a 23-year-old Syrian refugee has lived in Croatia for nearly two years. She has done her best to integrate into her host country - learning Croatian and attending university in Zagreb. Still she feels like…

Bulgaria: US to deploy marine unit in effort to reassure NATO allies

17 Jul 2015
A Marine Corps unit equipped with tanks, light armoured vehicles and artillery will be sent to Bulgaria as part of US efforts to reassure NATO allies worried by Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. Brigadier-General Norman Cooling, the…

Bosnia: The cradle of modern jihadism?

17 Jul 2015
In the 1990s something happened in central Bosnia-Herzegovina that inspired people to this day and helps explain why that country now has more men fighting in Syria and Iraq (over 300), as a proportion of its…

Belgium: Government rescues over 200 Christians from Syria

17 Jul 2015
Over 230 people were taken out of the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo and transported to Belgium where they have been granted asylum and can start to rebuild their lives. The Belgian government said the operation…