The Grand Moofti Speaks

As we head closer to the six month mark of t he Ukraine war, the military confrontation is locked in a virtual stalemate. Despite Russia con...

Once upon a time the world – or at least the Free World - was led by Reagan, Thatcher and Mitterand. Leaders with presence, standi...

Turkey is a long way from Singapore. And despite 97 percent of the country's land mass and approximately 90 percent of Turkey's ...

Occupied is a Norwegian television series which tells the story of a series of political events leading to the Russian military occupat...

Recently, television screens are filled with pictures of a stream of mostly Arab refugees wandering into Europe. Many Europeans are d...

If Serbia was an eye-opener then Bosnia was no less an amazing experience ! As the crow flies, the distance between Belgrade...

Sofia is not well known for tourism. The capital of Bulgaria has no recognizable icons like the Eiffel Tower nor commercial attr...

Istanbul is one of my favorite cities. I first visited Istanbul in February 2003, on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq. From 2003 on...

Following from my rail journey from Istanbul to London (via Bucharest, Budapest, Vienna, Munich, Cologne, Bruges) in late 2012, it wa...