by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Jul 16, 2024 | Blog, English
Introduction The universality of sport has been demonstrated by its ability to transcend boundaries, break stereotypes and bring people together. The UEFA European Championship, commonly known as the Euros, and one of the most popular football tournaments worldwide,...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | May 14, 2024 | Blog, English
“Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind.” These beautiful words from sixteenth-century English metaphysicist and poet John Donne, included in Nuccio Ordine’s last book Men Are Not Islands (2023), evoke the transcendent question of protecting...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Feb 1, 2024 | Blog, English
It was as if Mother Nature had conspired to make the weather suitably cold, gloomy and unpleasant on 23 January – the day I made my first visit to Auschwitz. The sombre conditions were an apt backdrop for my tour through the camp set up by the German Nazis during the...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Dec 10, 2023 | Blog, English
I was pleasantly surprised when visiting the new Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, magnificently designed, and created by the great French architect Jean Nouvel to prove the creative force of the world’s diverse civilizations. All of them are represented in this imaginative...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Apr 7, 2023 | Blog, English
The US-led military intervention in Iraq in March 2003 was unjustified, illegal, and devastating. Judging from the consequences, the Iraq war was one of the gravest geopolitical mistakes of all time. The US-led “Coalition of the Willing” carried out “Operation Iraqi...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | May 31, 2022 | English
A few days ago, once again, 19 children and two teachers were shot dead in their school in the United States. The entire international community has anew unanimously condemned this act of irrational barbarism. The debate on access to guns in the United States in the...