This decade doesn’t have to be terrifying

Thelma Young Lutunatabua There is no doubt that January 2020 was a foreboding and intense start to the decade. From the catastrophic bushfires in Australia, to the U.S. and Iran…

Ethics in historic artworks conservation and restoration for safeguarding cultural heritage

Venizelos G. Gavrilakis¹ Art Conservation and Restoration – Overview Delving into a topic of profound importance, one that resonates across generations and shapes our understanding of history and human achievement,…

Calls to COP31 host country Turkey: Decisive action must be taken to combat climate change

Two influential international civil society organisations, Greenpeace and Amnesty International, have called on Turkey, which will host the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the UN Climate Change Convention…

Even if the minimum wage increases by 30% will remain below the poverty line, enforcement and debt at records

Levent Gürses In December, millions of workers and employers turned their attention to the Minimum Wage Determination Commission and the new figure that will be valid in 2026. The current…

The solution to AI-driven job losses lies in a four-day working week

Osman Şenkul For much of human history, work was largely comprised of hunting and gathering, agriculture, and manual labour (such as shoemaking, blacksmithing, and similar trades), with working hours dependent…

Go to the IMF and promise to spend, go to the EU and promise to implement

Osman Şenkul During his visit to Turkey at the end of October (2025), German Chancellor Friedrich Merz responded to a journalist’s question at a press conference following his meeting with…

A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere

Rebecca Solnit A young white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for immigrants. Furious judges…

Thessaloniki

Can Baydarol My wife said, ‘Come on, stop being lazy, we’re going.’ Before I could ask, ‘Where to?’, I found myself on a coach heading to Thessaloniki with a tour…

Brazil to demarcate indigenous territories following Munduruku protest at COP30

By Fábio Bispo Following a protest at the main entrance of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) on Friday morning, the federal government announced that it will move…

The artificial intelligence ecosystem is growing rapidly… In more countries and sectors

Levent Gürses We can say that global stock markets have stopped worrying about an artificial intelligence bubble, at least for now. Nvidia, a key player in artificial intelligence chip production,…