Belief

With two entirely different worldviews at stake, Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in an atmosphere of anger and complete disdain for the "other side," occasionally amounting to hatred.

The European Commission has referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union over a law aimed at protecting national sovereignty. The Commission argues that the law violates European regulations by creating a Sovereignty Protection Office, which is responsible for investigating activities allegedly conducted in the interests of foreign countries, organizations, or individuals.

The data is not just suspicious; it practically screams out. Whether the authorities are unable or unwilling to turn this outcry into a substantiated accusation is another matter. It is difficult for even the most well-intentioned person to believe that the coincidence of "legal wiretaps" aligning with surveillance via Predator on over 20 individuals is merely random.

Facing uncertainty with Faith

It's been a constant theme of past decades but the situation has dramatically deteriorated during the last 10 years as the economic crisis took its toll. With unemployment skyrocketing - hitting 26% at one point - hundreds of thousands of promising Greek minds went abroad in search of a better future.

“Progressive people have a personal right to their faith”

Despite the hyperbole and possible motives of some of those who drafted the motion passed by the European Parliament, the rule of law and the quality of the news media are a serious concern for all Greek citizens.

“Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant”

Voter approval ratings for Slovenia's centre-left government and the ruling party have been falling in recent weeks with the polls showing the proportion of opponents outstripping the share of supporters.

A poll run by Mediana for the newspaper Delo on 11 April showed the share of those perceiving the government's job as negative or very negative climb to 45%.

If people are told continuously to not have any mildly critical opinions eventually they will no longer see it as necessary to have any opinions on issues other people face