Summer schedule on commonspace.eu

commonspace.eu is now on summer schedule until end of August.

We will continue with daily updates on Europe and the European neighbourhood to the est and to the south. The ongoing war in Ukraine, as the Ukrainian people continue to resist the Russian invasion, and the war against Iran, and its implications, will continue to feature prominently, together with other stories from the Caucasus, Central Asia, Turkiye, the Gulf and the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahel.

Our flagship features, the Monday Commentary written by Dennis Sammut, and the Thursday interview, conducted by Lauri Nikulainen, will resume in September.

The last Monday commentary looked at 100 days of war in the Middle East, and the implications for those involved.

The last Thursday interview, featured Satu Koivu, Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Armenia.

Our sister publications, Caucasus Concise, Arabia Concise and Central Asia Concise, will also pause in June for the summer, and will resume in September.

We are also using the summer to make commonspace.eu, and Concise newseltters, better and more useful and informative for our readers. Please let us have your views.

The Editorial Team of commonspace.eu

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