Tuesday (April 14th): Elections in South Korea
Jiwon Lee Name? Jiwon Lee Westphalian identity? South Korean Age? Young Why is she in the news? South Korea is holding parliamentary elections tomorrow despite Covid-19. Not a surprise given…
Jiwon Lee Name? Jiwon Lee Westphalian identity? South Korean Age? Young Why is she in the news? South Korea is holding parliamentary elections tomorrow despite Covid-19. Not a surprise given…
President Donald J. Trump Name? Donald Trump Westphalian identity? United States American Age? 73 Why is he in the news? When is he not? But today we do not want…
Sebastian Kurz Name? Sebastian Kurz Westphalian identity? German (Yet he claims to be chancellor of some breakaway region in the south of Germany) Age? 33 Why is he in the…
Giorgi Gakharia Name? Giorgi Gakharia Official position? Prime Minister of Georgia since 2019 Number of cases? 188 (06.04.2020; 15:00 CET) What are the measures employed? On February 26th, Giorgi Gakharia…
Boris Johnson Name? Boris Johnson Westphalian identity? English or British, something along those lines Age? 55 Why is he in the news? We really tried to keep this Covid-free but…
Koen Lenaerts Name? Koen Lenaerts Westphalian identity? Belgian Age? 65 Why is he in the news? Koen Lenaerts is the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.…
Nicolai Tangen Name? Nicolai Tangen Westphalian identity? Norwegian Age? 54 Why is he in the news? Tangen will take over the biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund in the world, the Norwegian…
Taro Kono Name? Taro Kono Westphalian identity? Japanese Age? 57 Why is he in the news? Last night, a Japanese destroyer collided with a Chinese fishing boat in the East…
Viktor Orbán Name? Viktor Orbán Westphalian identity? Hungarian Age? 56 Why is he in the news? Today Hungary’s parliament passed a law that lets Orbán rule Hungary by decree, without…
Abd Rabbo Mansur Hadi Name? Abd Rabbo Mansur Hadi Westphalian identity? Yemeni Age? 74 Why is he in the news? 5 years ago, Yemen’s President Hadi had to flee his…