Interviews with the UN High Representative for Gaza, Jamie McGoldrick, and the Red Cross Representative in Raffah, Hisham Mhana
The situation of civilians in Gaza is more than alarming. Journalists are not allowed to enter the Belt, so only the locals who are often without electricity and internet and the humanitarians who stay there to help, can give us some kind of picture and accurate information about what is happening there.
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Palestine, Jamie McGoldrick told us in the condition of the babies in the hospital in Gaza and the efforts they are making to provide new routes for the humanitarian cordons, as well as the efforts to build pipelines to completely solve the problem of lack of
water.
In Labyrinth we also include the representative of the Red Cross from Rafah, Southern Gaza, Hisham
Mhana with whom we spoke about their humanitarian actions inside Gaza, about the attempts to reunite evacuated children with their parents and the conditions in which more than a million people live at the moment.
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Dolidze: Georgians are not giving up on the fight for a European future – There will be protests even during the holidays
Georgians will welcome the New Year with protests and will not give up on their European future – says the Leader of the For the People party, Anna Dolidze. Dolidze is an expert in international law, until 2018 she was the legal advisor to the President, and then a member of the Judicial Council.
In Labyrinth we talked about the stolen elections and the Russian hybrid influence that managed to divert the country from the European integration path. The protests escalated, and the use of water cannons and violence by the police did not change the Georgians’ minds to continue fighting for their rights. About 500 protesters, including some injured, will spend the holidays in detention. We also discussed with Dolidze the international support and the sanctions imposed by the US and the UK on some of the Georgian authorities, but not by the European Union.
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Increased efforts to resolve the issues in Kosovo and BiH
Kosovo will enter the Council of Europe, BiH received the green light from the EC
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Kurti faces two scenarios – Coalition with the opposition or with minorities
Labyrinth in Kosovo
Albin Kurti’s party, Self-Determination, received the most votes in Kosovo’s regular parliamentary elections. These are the first regular elections since Kosovo’s independence in 2008. The current prime minister will have to form a coalition if he wants to retain the prime minister’s office. Analysts we spoke say that Kurti has two options, either a coalition with the opposition or with minorities. Negotiations are just beginning. In the campaign, which passed peacefully, the focus of politicians was mainly on ethnic issues, while the focus of the people, however, is on real social problems such as the economy, emigration and corruption. We talk to journalist Vjosa Cerkini in Pristina about all these issues, as well as about Kosovo’s international relations under the leadership of Albin Kurti. In Mitrovica, we spoke with political analyst Nexhmedin Spahiu, and in North Mitrovica, we asked citizens what they think about these elections.
