News from the Himalayas

Reports from 2024:

February 2024:

Nepalese Humanists Preparing to Support the 3rd World March for Peace and NonViolence, Pressenza

Reports from 2023:

August 2023:

• Lost and damaged, Nepali Times

February 2023:

Klinkenputzen in Kathmandu, JUNGE WELT

Reports from 2022:

December 2022:

• On Justice for Kashmir, CounterPunch

November 2022:

• Knappe Mehrheit. Nepal nach Wahl: Bisherige "Mitte-links"-Koalition vorne. Neue Partei sorgt für Aufregung, Junge Welt

June 2022:

• Kathmandu versinkt im Müll, SPIEGEL Ausland
• Nepal May Move Everest Base Camp, CNN travel

May 2022:

• The Children of the World Pay the Bill for the Opulence of the Rich, Other News (Language can be chosen within the article)

February 2022:

• Nepal: Protest gegen US-Projekte, Junge Welt

Reports from 2021:

November 2021:

• Toilet-trained in Nepal - Kathmandu Inaugurates Public Latrines with Award-winning Green Design, Nepali Times

October 2021:

• Climate Change Viewed from the Attic of the World, CounterPunch
• Lluvias monzónicas se saldan con 200 muertes en India y Nepal, teleSUR

May 2021:

• Sunderlal Bahuguna - The Anguished Voice of a Devastated Himalaya, Countercurrents Collective

March 2021:

• From the Field: Preparing for Disaster in Nepal, Human Wrongs Watch

February 2021:

• Prime Minister's Constitutional Coup: Nepal Heading to People's Movement III, Transcend Media Service
• Cry of the Himalaya: 4 Decades of Disasters, 4 Decades of Warning, Transcend Media Service

January 2021:

• China Risks a Himalayan Water War with India, Asia Times
• Vergebliche Schlichtungsversuche - Streit in Nepal: China bemüht sich um Vermittlung und will Stabilität in der Region, Junge Welt
• Regierungskrise in Nepal, Junge Welt
• Weiterer Streit in Kathmandu - Keine Lösing für KP-internen Zwist absehbar, Junge Welt

Reports from 2020:

December 2020:

• Is Nepal Communist Party Heading Towards Split? Countercurrents Collective
• Systematic Collapse of the World's Largest Democracy, Asia Times

September 2020:

• About the current situation regarding the pandemic at the beginning of September 2020 (only in German): Nepal - Leben mit dem Coronavirus, Nepal-Spirit
• Can Former Child Soldiers File a Complaint at the International Court against Nepal's Maoist Leaders? Transcend Media Service
• Massive landslide in Sindhupalchok kills 11 people, The Kathmandu Post

August 2020:

• Erdrutsch in Nepal fordert mehrere Tote (only in German), ORF.at
• The Plastic Pandemic, The Nepali Times

May 2020:

• Local treasures: Nepal's mountain crops drive biodiversity and economic growth, UN Environment Programme
• In Between Gender and Nationalism: A Controvery Over "Nepali Women" in Amazon Web Series Pataal Lok, Countercurrents Collective
• China und Indien: Angst vor Eskalation, Junge Welt
• India-Nepal Embittered Relations: Much Beyond a Border Dispute (Part 2), Countercurrents Collective
• India-Nepal Border Issue Raked Up - Relations Strained Once Again (Part 1), Countercurrents Collective
• Nepal Confronts India in Lipulekh Border Dispute, Asia Times

April 2020:

• Nepal in der Pandemie, Junge Welt

March 2020:

• Journalism is Not a Crime... And Fake News on Social Media is Not Journalism, Inter Press Service

Reports from 2019:

December 2019:

• Nach Erdbeben in Nepal: Die Stupa glänzt schon wieder, Frankfurter Allgemeine
• Nepal makes first "period hut" arrest after woman dies during banned custom, Transcend Media Service
• Reservation, debate and reality in Nepal, Transcend Media Service

October 2019:

• "Über Leichen gehen" - Der makabre "Wegweiser" im Wettkampf um den Gipfel des Mount Everest, NachDenkSeiten
• Nepal to ban single-use plastics from Everest by 2020, EURACTIV

September 2019:

• Nepal Maoist Leaders: The Hague Journey, Transcend Media Service

April 2019:

• World bank's double standard in Nepal, Asia Times
• Nepal assures South Asian doctors TPNW will be ratified soon, Peace & Health Blog

March 2019:

• US tries in vain to pull Nepal into its orbit, Asia Times
• NepaLeaks: On the trail of money flowing from Nepal to tax havens, then back to Nepal, ICU

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• Auf den Spuren von Klopapier, Plastikflaschen und Aludosen, Salzburger Nachrichten
• China sperrt Basislager für Touristen, ORF
• Venezuelan political storm hits Nepal, Asia Times
• A third of Himalayan ice cap doomed, finds report, The Guardian

January 2019:

• India is driving Nepal into the arms of China, Asia Times

Reports from 2018:

June 2018:

• Mount Everest, ein lebensgefährliches Disneyland?, Nachdenkseiten
• Fair Recruitment – It is possible!, ILO

April 2018:

• Living in the shadow of Nepal's Rara National Park, Aljazeera
• Rückschau auf halber Strecke, junge Welt
• Neuanfang im Himalaja, junge Welt

March 2018:

• Breaking bonded labour and gender roles in Nepal, International Labour Organization

February 2018:

• Linke vereint an der Macht, junge Welt

January 2018:

• Elizabeth Hawley, Chronicler of the Himalayas, Dies Aged 94, telesur

Reports from 2017:

December 2017:

• Nepal: Solo, Blind and Amputee Climbers Banned from Everest, teleSUR
• Nepal: Vom Sorgenkind zum Hoffnungsträger, Telepolis

November 2017:

• Linke hoffen auf Sieg. Erste Runde der Parlaments- und Provinzwahlen in Nepal, junge Welt

September 2017:

• China and India water 'dispute' after border stand-off, BBC
• Devastating Himalayan Floods Are Made Worse by an International Blame Game, TMS
• Human Trafficking in Nepal: A Scenario, Challenges and Way Out, TMS

July 2017:

• 'Avoid escalation': China demands India withdraw troops from disputed Himalayan territory, RT
• Time Stands Still for Nepal’s Conflict Victims, IPS

June 2017: 

• Austrian Development Agency – Geschäftsbericht

May 2017:

• Everest climbers worried about oxygen bottle theft, BBC

January 2017:

• Global warming turns up the heat on glacial lake risk in the Himalayas, IRIN

Reports from 2016:

December 2016:

• Nepal: A costly constitution, Aljazeera

October 2016:

• Developing Countries Share Sustainable Development Philosophies, IPS
• No way home: time runs out for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, IRIN
• Nepal drains dangerous Everest lake, BBC

September 2016:

• Towards safe migration and decent work for women in Nepal, UN Women

June 2016:

• Nepal's Extinct Bird Spotted After Disappearing for 178 Years, EcoWatch
• China: Eisenbahnen auf dem Dach der Welt, Telepolis

April 2016:

• Nepal one year on: The baby pulled from the rubble, Aljazeera
• What's really holding back reconstruction in Nepal, Aljazeera
• lIn the Wake of the Earthquake: “Normal” in Nepal Spells Trouble, Global Research
• A second disaster awaits Nepal's heritage, Aljazeera

March 2016:

• Nepal agrees fuel deal with China to curb reliance on India, The Economic Times/Times of India

February 2016: 

• Despite Nepal's pact with China, India is still its lifeline, The Times of India
• Neue Chance in Nepal, Junge Welt
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Earthquake and Its Impact on Education in Nepal, Transcend Media Service
• India steps up pressure on Nepal, WSWS

Reports from 2015:

December 2015:

• Nepali farmers get climate smart, IPS
• Mapping an uncertain future..., ICIMOD
• Lakes expanding 'dangerously' in Everest glacier, BBC

August 2015:

• Lessons from the rubble in Nepal, IRIN
• Why helicopters matter in Nepal, IRIN
• Red tape tangles Nepal reconstruction, IRIN

July 2015:

• Key Constituencies Call for Inclusion in Nepal’s Draft Constitution, IPS
• U.N. Warns of Real Risk Nepal Will Not “Build Back Better, IPS

June 2015:

• Billions pledged for Nepal reconstruction – But still no dept relief, IPS
• The changing face of disaster funding, IRIN

May 2015:

• ICIMOD Earthquake Brief, ICIMOD
• Rapid hospital needs assessment report – Mega-Earthquake in Nepal, WHO
• Humanitarian crisis after the Nepal earthquakes 2015, WHO
• Lives at risk as Nepal earthquake funding dries up, IRIN Asia
• Nepal quake survivors' identity crisis, IRIN Asia
• The Biggest Lessons Nepal Will Take Away From This Tragedy, IPS
• No husband, no home: Migrant wives struggle in Nepal, IRIN Asia

April 2015:

• Tourism Concern macht einmal mehr auf die schlechten Arbeitsbedingungen und fehlenden Rechte der Träger in Nepal aufmerksam, pdf-Dokument
• Nepal: A Trailblazer in Biodiversity Conservation, IPS

March 2015:

• Nepal klagt über Gipfelstürmer-Exkremente am Mount Everest, Vorarlberg online
• 2015 Der queere Kampf in Nepal, Mittelbayerische

February 2015:

• Ein Jahr nach der Lawine: Nepal will sicherere Route zum Everest-Gipfel einrichten, Spiegel online

January 2015:

• Sexuelle Übergriffe: Nepal setzt auf Busse nur für Frauen, Spiegel online

Reports from 2014:

December 2014:

• Arbeiter auf WM-Baustellen: Die Katastrophe von Katar, Spiegel online
• Diskriminierung in Bhutan: Unglück statt Wachstum, Spiegel online

October 2014:

• Nepal disaster preparedness needs to go local, IRIN Asia

August 2014:

• News Analysis: Nepal´s constitution logjam prolongs, Xinhua News Agency

July 2014:

• Momentum builds to achieve more Millennium Development Goals by end of 2015: UN Report, United Nations 

June 2014:

• Kathmandu youth circus turns tables on human trafficking, BBC, 24 June 2014
• Das Leben der Sherpas am Mount Everest, Der Standard, 10 June 2014

April 2014:

• Arbeitskampf am Mount Everest, Zeit Online
• Climbers Leave Everest Amid Regrets and Tensions among Sherpas, The New York Times
• Climbing Finished for Season on Everest After Deadly Avalanche? Sherpas ask for concerns to be addressed, National Geographic
• Avalanche kills at least 12 guides in deadliest incident on Mount Everest, Reuters
• What Nepal doesn´t know about water, IPS
• Stateless in Nepal, IPS
• Nepal: In the family, The Economist

 February 2014:

• Seven months pregnant and working in the fields, BBC, 27 February 2014.

Reports from 2013:

• Das neue, glamouröse Arabien und der Sklavenhandel mit Nepal, Thomas Pany, 26 Sept. 2013
• Killers Roam Free in Nepal, IPS, 29 Sept. 2013
• Letzte Maoisten-Kämpfer in nepalesische Armee eingegliedert, dpa, 27 August 2013
• A Man-Made Himalayan Tsunami?, IPS, 27 June 2013
• The Uttarakhand Disaster, Vandana Shiva, 24 June 2013
• Nepal's political mechanism recommends elections by June 18, News CN, 18 March 2013
• Nepal's Chief Justice agrees to lead interim gov't, News CN, 26 Feb. 2013

Reports from 2012:

• Child Marriage Defies Laws in Nepal, IPS, 11 October 2012
• Nepal Maoist leader Prachanda opens "guerilla trail", BBC, 3 October 2012
• Nepal´s Army integration process concludes, The Hindu, 2 October 2012
• 2011 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour - Nepal, Refworld, 26 September 2012
• Newsletter United Nations Nepal Information Platform, 29 August 2012
• Nepalese foreign work ban for young women, BBC News, 22 August 2012
• New roads bring change and danger to Nepal, BBC News, 8 June 2012
• Nepal misses pro-women constitution, IPS, 5 June 2012

News from earthquake-hit Nepal

• Inside the logistic hub of Kathmandu's Airport, IRIN, 1. Mai 2015

• Photo feature: Nepal outside Kathmandu, IRIN, 1. Mai 2015

• "We"ve given up hope", IRIN, 1. Mai 2015

• Health concerns grow in Nepal quake camps, IRIN, 29. April 2015

• Why wasn't quake-prone Nepal better prepared?, IRIN, 27. April 2015

• Nepal earthquake response - updates, IRIN, 27. April 2015

• Fears for Nepal's 'invisible' Tibetan refugees, BBC, 27. April 2015