Christmas Stories from South Sudan: A Memory that Haunts and Teaches
Christmas memories of South Sudan. Painful, but happy memories of my life and work in the country.
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La Guaira in Christmas decorations: new photo album
Evening visit to La Guaira reveals the beauty of the town, its architecture and its cultural richness.
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Reflections on 2024: A Year of Adventures, Gratitude, and Connection
Reflections on 2024; Hopes for 2025!
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Back in Caracas: Refreshed and Ready for the Holiday Season
After spending a week of in the Caribbean Sea, back to Caracas and preparing for the end of the year.
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New picture gallery from Barbados
A photo report from my holiday discovering the Caribbean island of Barbados.
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Flash news/Press review:
08.12.2024: Uncertainty in Syria, as rebels approach Damascus and Bashar al-Asaad flees the country.
03.12.2024: Pro EU protests in Georgia meet a violent push back from the government. Al Jazeera: "The political crisis has deepened since its contested October election, with the opposition and the country’s pro-EU president, Salome Zurabishvili, accusing the party of rigging the election. Several Western countries have also questioned its result."
22.11.2024: Euronews: Austria has agreed to lift its long-held veto on the accession of Romania and Bulgaria into the passport-free Schengen Area, which the two Eastern European countries have for years sought to achieve only to be met with Vienna's resistance.
17.11.2024: Euronews: 'President Zelenskyy said on Sunday morning that Russia launched 120 missiles and 90 drones in an attack across Ukraine, targeting its energy infrastructure'.
12.10.2024: The UN Peacekeer shot in Lebanon. In addition, at least 22 people killed at the refugee camp in northern Gaza.
21.09.2024: European Commission President, Urula von der Leyen, proposes the candidates to form the new European Commission. 
08.09.2024: Tensions arise at the border between Belarus and Poland, given new wave of migrants arriving to the European Union.
24.07.2024: Olimpians are arriving to Paris, as the next summer games are set to start on Friday.
15.07.2024: The attack of Russia against Ukraine lasts 871 days and there are no signs of peace deal to come anytime soon. The war claims hundreds of thousands dead, injured, catastrophic destruction of infrastructure as well as environmental damages.
08.07.2024: CNN: Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, the country’s electoral authority said Saturday.
29.06.2024 France is gearing up for a snap parliamentary elections. Polls sugest the Far Right parties may gain power.