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April 9, 2022—The Day Johnson Blew Up Peace in Kyiv

On April 9, 2022, Kyiv was expecting the announcement of a ceasefire. What it received instead was an ultimatum. Three years later, documents and testimonies confirm that on that day, it was not peace that was decided, but the duration of the war.

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The Invisible Empire: The EU’s Fiscal Turn

The EU Commission’s proposal for the next multiannual financial framework hides a political revolution in plain sight.

NEWS

Disrupting Trump’s Trust in Orbán: Establishment Media “Deliberately Distorts” Hungarian PM’s Comments

Newspapers are trying to force strains between Washington and Budapest. But Trump himself is aware of the media’s many tricks.

NEWS

Merz “Cityscapes” Saga Continued: Health Minister Admits There Are Indeed ‘No-Go Areas’ in Germany

AfD co-chair dismissed the government’s news security package as “window dressing”.

NEWS

Ukraine Ready To Storm EU Single Market

Kyiv’s “alignment” with EU standards could blow up the Common Agricultural Policy.

Editorial

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Trump’s Middle East Deal Has Exposed the Truth About Europe’s Islamo-Left

The hostages are free—now let’s free the West of fashionable delusions about Israel and “anti-Zionism.”

15:28

Germany’s Rosneft Excluded from U.S. Sanctions

15:08

India’s Russian Oil Imports Drop 8% as Sanctions Loom

14:57

Austrian Chancellor on Migration: “We Have a Problem”

14:30

Zelensky’s New Plan: Europe’s Wallet and Washington’s Leverage

14:04

Belgian Judge Warns Country Is Turning Into a ‘Narco-State’

12:42

“Intimidation by the State”: Hate Speech Inquiry Against German Journalist

12:16

Lukoil To Sell Foreign Assets in Response to U.S. Sanctions

11:25

Spain: Socialist Government’s Future in Doubt After Catalans Withdraw Support

10:16

Gunman Pleads Guilty to Shinzo Abe Murder

09:58

Musk Launches Grokipedia to Rival “Far-Left” Wikipedia

09:48

TEC: Into the Lion's Den

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“President Gustavo Petro bears political responsibility for Miguel Uribe’s murder”—Former vice president of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderón

“We will have elections where the government acts as a mafia entity.”

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Did a Million Pounds Buy a War? Johnson, Harborne, and QinetiQ

A £1 million donation, a defense entrepreneur, and a former prime minister turned international advocate. The Johnson–Harborne–QinetiQ connection sheds light on the intersection of political power, private influence, and the business of war.

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The Rape of Europe’s Daughters

The farcical story of the Epping migrant sex offender should be a wake-up call to our open-borders-loving elites. But it won’t be.

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Big Mistake: Sweden Inches Closer to Euro

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's party wants to explore a path for Swedish euro zone membership. It would be a bad idea for Sweden to give up its own currency.

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COMMENTARY

The Rape of Europe’s Daughters

The farcical story of the Epping migrant sex offender should be a wake-up call to our open-borders-loving elites. But it won’t be.

COMMENTARY

Is It Time for the UK To ‘Pull an El Salvador’?

Nayib Bukele has transformed a low-trust, high-crime society by simply having the political will to do so. Is it time Britain followed suit?

COMMENTARY

The Only Revolution Left: Monarchy and God Again (MAGA)

The failings of kings do not disprove the form; they prove the need for transcendent grace to animate it.

COMMENTARY

Forgotten Occupation, Selective Sanctions

If the EU’s defence of international law is selective, if it depends on the political convenience of the moment, then its claim to represent a “community of values” becomes fragile indeed.

COMMENTARY

The Blackwashing of Britain

Minority status only appears to be a problem when non-whites are afflicted by it.

COMMENTARY

The Sound of Music: Johann Strauss’s Bicentennial

Two centuries after his birth, Strauss still enchants audiences with melodies so rich they’ve become part of Vienna’s very soul—yet his genius, born of the Danube, speaks to the universal.

COMMENTARY

Germany’s Thought Police Are at It Again

The latest victim of the German hate-speech regime is respected journalist Norbert Bolz—for daring to post satire.

COMMENTARY

Germany’s Military Crisis: A Nation Unprepared for War

Our elites have retreated from the values that once constituted the core of military ethos. Service, duty, courage, discipline, loyalty—all are seen as hopelessly outdated, if not genuinely dangerous.

COMMENTARY

Brazil Launches AI Platform To Identify and Prosecute Critics of LGBT Ideology

The persecution of ordinary citizens on behalf of the LGBT movement will be funded by the state—that is, by the taxpayers being targeted.

COMMENTARY

‘One-In, One-Out’ Is Dead in the Water

There’s nothing ‘deterring’ about a system that consistently rewards illegal migration.

Analysis

Did a Million Pounds Buy a War? Johnson, Harborne, and QinetiQ

Analysis

Big Mistake: Sweden Inches Closer to Euro

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's party wants to explore a path for Swedish euro zone membership. It would be a bad idea for Sweden to give up its own currency.

Analysis

The Merz Controversy and the Death of Common Sense

When the conservative center is silenced, the true extremists inherit the stage.

Analysis

Progressive Turn: Josef Grünwidl Named Archbishop of Vienna

The appointment is yet another sign of a Church increasingly tempted to bend to the spirit of the world.

Analysis

Europe Is Facing Another Debt Crisis

In 2010-2014, the EU was the scene of a major fiscal crisis. Since then, nobody has treated the root cause, only the symptoms. Therefore, it is no surprise that history is about to repeat itself.

Analysis

EU’s ‘Democracy Shield’: Brussels and the Art of Manufactured Consent

A stage-managed public feedback and consultation turns citizens into extras in a play about democracy while silencing the very questions that might challenge the Commission’s authority.

Analysis

Trump’s Foreign Policy Opens Door to Partnership With Hungary

Unlike Western Europe’s tendency toward moralizing diplomacy, Hungary’s approach is grounded in realism and mutual respect.

Analysis

It’s Still East … and West Germany

If East Germans had not felt—and rightly so—that for too many years, all decisions were made by West Germans, less estrangement would likely have resulted.

Analysis

French Downgrade: Red Crisis Flags in Paris

France’s political elite is out of time: they must form a sustainable government and start fiscal consolidation, or the country risks an economic crisis at least as severe as the one 15 years ago.

Analysis

What JD Vance Might Learn From Meloni About Succeeding a Titan

The Italian PM skillfully transformed the Italian Right from the transactional politics of Silvio Berlusconi to a populist movement defined by policy rather than personality.

Interviews

Interview

“President Gustavo Petro bears political responsibility for Miguel Uribe’s murder”—Former vice president of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderón

“We will have elections where the government acts as a mafia entity.”

Interview

“Innovation needs freedom to flourish”—Economist Sary Levy-Carciente

“Without a culture of risk, productivity does not grow, and wages stop improving. Innovation is the true engine of progress, not subsidy.”

Interview

”Migration is already being used as part of a hybrid war”—Former Diplomat Alberto Fernández

“There are plenty of traditions, history, and religious justifications within Islam for the slaughter of the infidel.”

Álvaro Peñas

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October 18, 2025

Interview

“Surrogacy is not a form of care”—ECR MEP Laurence Trochu

“We are not talking about public policy, we are talking about fundamental human rights.”

Hélène de Lauzun

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October 15, 2025

Interview

“Babiš will be more radical in his opposition to Brussels”—Czech Analyst Roman Joch

“The new Czech prime minister will be friendlier than his predecessor toward both Robert Fico and to Viktor Orbán.”

Zoltán Kottász

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October 15, 2025

Interview

“A lasting reconciliation can only be built on the basis of historical truth”—Historian Karol Polejowski

"Without understanding the past, especially the most recent past, it is impossible to understand today's world."

Álvaro Peñas | Marzena Kożyczkowska

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October 12, 2025

Interview

“For Pedro Sánchez, abortion is like Palestine, a flag to cover up corruption”—Pro-Life Advocate Pablo Mariñoso

“For those of us who are believers, this whole abortion agenda is a manifestation of evil.”

Álvaro Peñas

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October 10, 2025

Interview

“Europe needs new leadership—not more of the same failures”: Patriots First Vice-Chair Kinga Gál

On the eve of the no-confidence vote, Kinga Gál explained why the Patriots group believes it is time for von der Leyen to go.

Javier Villamor

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October 9, 2025

Interview

“The Migration Crisis Has Not Disappeared, It Has Simply Been Overshadowed”—Migration Expert Szabolcs Janik

“On paper, the EU’s policies and declarations look admirable, but in practice they are often detached from reality—and migration is a clear example of that gap.”

Zoltán Kottász

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October 8, 2025

Interview

“In Brussels, regulation is driven by fear, not by strategic interest”—VOX MEP Jorge Martín Frías

The role of small and medium-size enterprises becomes the crux of the conflict between a centralized model and the demands for economic freedom.

Javier Villamor

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October 6, 2025

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Gaza Scandal: German Broadcaster Admits Employing a Hamas Terrorist

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Germany’s Rosneft Excluded from U.S. Sanctions

15:08

India’s Russian Oil Imports Drop 8% as Sanctions Loom

14:57

Austrian Chancellor on Migration: “We Have a Problem”

14:30

Zelensky’s New Plan: Europe’s Wallet and Washington’s Leverage

14:04

Belgian Judge Warns Country Is Turning Into a ‘Narco-State’

12:42

“Intimidation by the State”: Hate Speech Inquiry Against German Journalist

12:16

Lukoil To Sell Foreign Assets in Response to U.S. Sanctions

11:25

Spain: Socialist Government’s Future in Doubt After Catalans Withdraw Support

10:16

Gunman Pleads Guilty to Shinzo Abe Murder

09:58

Musk Launches Grokipedia to Rival “Far-Left” Wikipedia

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