Participativni proračun: Skromen odziv občanov

Odziv Mariborčanov na glasovanju za projekte participativnega proračuna je bil izjemno skromen. Od skupno 28.116 upravičencev se jih je namreč...

Oplova predpremiera: Razvajal bo s prostorom

Čeprav so skoraj v vseh velikostnih kategorijah trenutno najbolj priljubljeni športni terenci, se zdi, da avtomobilom, ki ponujajo veliko...

Gaza's Flaming Kites: The Japanese Invented Them in World War II

In response to “In first, Israeli military fires at Gazans preparing to send flammable balloons into Israel” (June 9) The use of kites and...

Ko Orwell sreča Haška

Tako se zgodba začne. In vse do konca je okrog in okrog samo lepljiva zemlja, blato in umazana, črna voda, ki se postopno dviguje in poplavlja...

There’s a better answer than electric cars

Erich Sixt, chairman and chief executive officer of the Pullach, Germany-based global car rental company that bears his family’s name, recently...

The Singapore summit is a wake-up call. The US is a threat to world peace

After all the hype the Singapore summit turned out to be damp squib. Apart from the spectacular photo opportunities, the meeting between Donald...

Delavci Radenske nezadovoljni s plačami

Vozniki viličarjev v Radenski, ki delajo v treh izmenah in tudi ob sobotah in nedeljah, so nezadovoljni s plačo, kakršno od aprila letos prejemajo...

The burden of Australia's oversized banks

Can Abe get Japan back into the North Korea diplomatic game?

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. This pretty much summarises Japan’s situation now in the aftermath of the Singapore summit between US...

Staninvest: Pristan ukrojili po svojih merah

Del kopališča Pristan na jugovzhodnem vogalu je že lani dobil novega lastnika - Družbo za poslovanje z nepremičninami Staninvest. V prostorih...

In photos: Asia celebrates as World Cup kicks off in Russia

WORLD CUP fever is gripping Asia after the biggest show on earth began last Thursday, seeing Saudi Arabia smashed 5-0 by the hosts Russia. The post...

Is Malaysia ready for 30 percent female representation?

WITH the shock election win of Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) in Malaysia came a promise of a Malaysia Bahru, a new Malaysia. One rid of...

Plan to accept more foreign workers lacking integration facet

On the surface, the proposed new program to accept more foreign workers seems to be a major policy shift in the right direction. But it has that...

Humble walls should be no barrier to quake reinforcements

In my mind’s eye, I see a 9-year-old girl thinking about another ordinary, happy day ahead as she walked to her school in the morning in...

Kazakh foreign investment must not come from only one source

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Why you should eat popcorn with chopsticks

IT happens fast. You crack open a bottle of your favorite drink and put it to your lips. The delicious flavor is nearly overwhelming. But a minute...

Here’s why Trump’s trade war may not be so easy for him to win

“When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy...

Alibaba opens office in Malaysia, its first in Southeast Asia

ALIBABA Group executive chairman Jack Ma this week launched the company’s first office Southeast Asian in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The post...

Why Markets and Political Scientists Disagree on the G7

WASHINGTON, DC – To say that this month’s summit of G7 leaders in Canada was an unusual one would be an understatement. A traditionally friendly...

What I saw on board the Aquarius

Reportage. In two years, the Aquarius has saved more than 27,000 people. A city’s worth. But the rescue operation of June 10 has come to divide...

(Ne)odločitev Evropske komisije: Ob razočaranju odločna napoved tožbe Hrvaške

V skladu s pričakovanji Evropska komisija (EK) včeraj ob izteku trimesečnega roka ni podala mnenja v povezavi s slovensko tožbo proti Hrvaški...

Kriminalisti v mariborskem hotelu City

Hotel City Maribor že od starta ni bil le zgodba o modernem, lepem hotelu ob Dravi. Zapleti pri gradnji, manevri z upniki in preobrati v lastništvu...

Present Evidence or Free Palestinian Lawmaker Khalida Jarrar

A black flag flies over the administrative detention of Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar, which this week was extended by four months –...

The Day Arabs Will Go to the Polls in Droves

The road to defeating the supporters of segregation in Afula and in the Knesset runs through the Jerusalem mayoralty

US-South Korea military exercises officially suspended

THE Pentagon announced on Monday that military exercises between US and South Korea that were scheduled for August are delayed indefinitely,...

Trump-Kim summit scorecard: China racked up gains, but other players did too

Diplomacy is about the trade-off between give and take. Any country must secure more gains than losses to agree a diplomatic deal. That is why all...

Celjski odpadki dokazano v velenjski pregradi

Pred tednom dni smo v Večeru na podlagi našega vira prvi in prvič zapisali, da zna biti, da so odpadki, ki so nastali pri sanaciji vrtca Hudinja,...

Israel Must Stop Playing Political Games With the Armenian Genocide

Israel should ignore the noisy, serial threats Turkey throws at states recognizing the Armenian genocide. The Jewish state has a particular...

"Sprava Zahovića s klubom edina prava pot"

Marinko Galić: "Podrobnosti dogovora med Mariborom in Zlatkom Zahovičem ne poznam, pozdravljam pa spravo med obema stranema. Pomembna je za klub in...

China to track citizens’ cars from next year

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Hotline Kim: Trump says he has given a direct phone line to North Korea

AFTER their momentous summit in Singapore last week, US President Donald Trump has said he has given North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a direct...

Kim Jong Un makes third visit to China in three months

NORTH KOREAN dictator Kim Jong Un has arrived in China on his third visit to the neighbouring country in three months, reported Chinese state media...

US-China trade feud threatens the global economy

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Is Israel now seeking US recognition of its occupation of Syria’s Golan?

After Donald Trump’s recognition of the illegal Israeli annexation of Jerusalem by moving his country’s embassy to the city, the next prize that...

Eurocentrism and the Construction of the ‘Non-West’

The field of International Relations has become increasingly reflective of its Eurocentrism in the last decades (Bilgin 2016, Çapan 2016, Grovogui...

Only a Reconciliation Delegation Will Bring About a Cease-fire

Hudna is apparently stronger than Middle Eastern despair, and it returns now and then, offering itself up repeatedly

EU pred vzpostavitvijo največjega prosto-trgovinskega območja z Japonsko

Pogajanja o prostotrgovinskem in investicijskem sporazumu med EU in Japonsko so se zaključila lani decembra, aprila pa je Komisija zahtevala, naj...

Obvezen prvi tuji jezik v prvem razredu osnovne šole, v sedmem drugi

Na 20 osnovnih šolah po Sloveniji bodo z novim šolskim letom uvedli obvezni prvi tuji jezik za prvošolčke, obvezni drugi tuji jezik v sedmem...

Hitrost je še vedno najpogostejši vzrok za najhujše nesreče

Čeprav se počitnice za vse še niso začele, je promet na slovenskih cestah že gostejši. V poletnem času se več voznikov kot običajno odpravi...

Popoldanski vrtec nujen, a kdo ga bo plačal

Čeprav lahko občine na širšem ptujskem območju izpostavljajo dobro organizirano predšolsko vzgojo in vrtčevsko varstvo, pa je le Vrtec Ptuj...

Boljši pogoji za kolesarje na Muti

Verigi občin s sprejeto cestnoprometno strategijo se je priključila tudi Muta. Nedavno so startegijo sprejeli na občinskem svetu, veliko v občini...

Nelagodje v komediji

Novi, Kicev Matiček traja (z eno pavzo) dve uri in pol. Pomeni, da si vzame čas za zapletanje in razpletanje zmešnjave. Pomeni, da tempo ni...

Navijanje po mehiško: žaljivke so za prijatelje

Pa imamo na svetovnem prvenstvu prve nogometne navijače v preiskavi. Ne tistih, ki se jih je bal svet, Rusov, ampak Mehičane. Fifa se je vrgla...

Letters to the Editor: World Jews and BDS, Netanyahu and Defense Officials

Losing Diaspora allies As someone who devoted much of his professional life to fighting the Arab states’ economic boycott of Israel, I feel...

Messi and Israelism

The Israeli waiter's identification with his country is so strong that even a Messi fan like him found himself booing the Argentinean star after he...

For Jeff Sessions, the Bible Justifies Authoritarian Rule in America

When he grotesquely defends the Trump administration's policy by citing Romans 13, the Attorney General exposes not his belief in God - but in...