The MaG – global news for globetrotters

The MaG asked Jeff Jarvis how the internet will change freedom of movement. Jarivs is an American author and a visionary. He has published two well-known books: “What would Google do?” (2009) and “Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live” (2011). In the latter one, he defends the openness [...]

Euro-Med relations: The framework is there, but not the will Media reporting on the Arab spring and its aftermath suggests firstly that cooperation between Europe and the Arab states on the Mediterranean is something new, and secondly that there is a “we” and “they”.  The truth is that there is more cooperation between the Arab [...]

Visa bureaucracy This might sound like fiction – but it is a true story. Diego studies in Canada. He is a Colombian citizen. His sister Ana is studying in Germany. She wants him to spend Christmas with her, as she can’t miss classes and won’t be able to travel. So she invites her brother to [...]

December 10th is Human Rights Day and the United Nations are celebrating the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was through the transforming power of social media that people were able to show their strength and fight for their rights. This is why Navanethem Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human [...]

A Colombian national living in London and working there in a high position was supposed to attend an important conference in Spain two weeks ago. She applied for a Schengen-visa to enter Spain. It was denied to her twice. Spain, now facing high numbers of unemployment, is afraid of letting migrants in – well, al [...]

We live in a globalized world where borders of nations are being exchanged by a broader vision of the world, at least this is how our global civil society perceives it. We are all connected to each other, either through the coffee I drink, the clothes you produce or the internet we use. Protesters in [...]