Unless you’ve been living on a desert island for the past 12 months you’ve heard a lot of talk about falling oil prices. Since summer 2014 the drop has been significant and nobody knows how this will continue. If oil prices remain low for a long period, it’s clear that many countries dependent on oil exports will hurt. In some countries you might even see civil unrest and outright chaos.
Read MoreNever take Freedom of Inquiry and Free Speech for granted
I had planned that my first blog post on this site should probably cover some easy-going topic, like where to enjoy that perfect glass of Chianti in Milan. Then two news items hit me, one from Saudi-Arabia and the other from Turkey. I thought – here I am, and I could basically write about anything without being afraid of the consequences. But that's not the case everywhere and I wanted to remind myself that freedom of inquiry and free speech should never be taken for granted.
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