The route to the northern provinces of Rakhine state offers a breathtaking landscape of stunning rice fields that give a new meaning to the word green. You can lose yourself…
In an excellent analysis for IRIN news, Joe Dyke, IRIN΄s Middle East editor, says that the debate over the "migrant crisis of Europe" is flawed. "Europe is not facing a…
The privatisation of state water companies around the world almost always has one common denominator: it is made under the pressure of international lenders in countries with large debt or…
Over the past weeks Greece has been facing an unprecedented spike in refugee arrivals in its eastern islands, pushing the country’s limited resources into a breaking point.
Cuts to the social safety net in Greece mean the sick and addicted often can΄t get the help they need.