commonspace.eu is getting better

commonspace.eu will this year celebrate its 15th anniversary. In this period we provided space for different opinions, including to persons from the countries and areas we are focused on, which have included Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Yemenis, Ukrainians and many others.

We have also, as much as is possible for a news outlet that does not have a team of paid journalists, provided accurate news and information, especially at times of crises, using our wide network of associates, and multiple and reliable on line sources.

We have done so whilst remaining inspired by our vision for a just and peaceful world, of a Europe that works in peace and collaboration with its neighbourhood, and to give a voice to youth, women, minorities and other groups that struggle to be heard.

This week we are launching new features, and strengthening established ones, to make commonspace.eu more effective, and more useful for our eclectic readership.

On Thursday, we launch our new series, THURSDAY INTERVIEW. The interviews will be conducted by Lauri Nikulainen, and the first interview is with Murad Muradov, Vice President of the Topchubashov Centre in Baku. On Friday we will have a selection from our regular newsletters: Caucasus Concise, Arabia Concise and Central Asia Concise. We hope to add a fourth newsletter shortly. On Monday, the Monday Commentary by our Managing Editor, Dr Dennis Sammut, is back. The commentaries reflect the author’s years of experience, but equally his passion for change and a better world. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we feature articles by our regular guest contributors, including Onnik Krikorian, Benyamin Poghosyan and Vasif Huseynov.

We will of course also feature daily news stories from Europe, and the regions around it, the  neighbourhood with which we need to build a common future.

Over the last days we were briefly offline to some readers as we conducted necessary maintenance on our website. We apologise for any inconvenience. We hope that you will continue finding commonspace.eu interesting and useful.

The Editorial Team of commonspace.eu

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