Month: April 2022

Hundreds of Civilians Killed by Russian Mercenaries in Mali

Moura and the surrounding area are semi-controlled by Islamist insurgents. They impose taxes and Sharia law, threaten those refusing to adhere to their strict behavioural code, and often attempt to recruit fighters from the Peuhl ethnic group in the region by exploiting their grievances against both the Malian government and other ethnic groups, according to Human Rights Watch.

Hungary to Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán—refusing to adopt policies that run counter to the interests of the Hungarian people—has agreed to pay Moscow in rubles for gas imports.

Spain Votes to Criminalise Pro-life Presence at Abortion Clinics

The new law, which criminalises pro-life advocates who are caught within close proximity of abortion clinics, is expected to be immediately challenged in the country’s constitutional court. Legal experts assert its questionable legality and impossible prosecution.

Rebranding Cologne

The logo change is subtle, and visually unspectacular. Conceptually, however, the alteration is part of a larger pattern in western Europe of neglecting or erasing evidence of its Christian roots.

Martial Arts and the Heart of Civilisation

The dawn of Western civilisation carried a strong focus on martial arts. In a world where war often lurked around the corner, it was paramount that one should be able to defend oneself. In our times, war again haunts our continent. It may be time to rediscover our martial roots.

The Scattershot Musings of Slavoj Žižek

Despite his colourful pessimism, Žižek still appears to indulge the fallacy that some combination of good will, rationality, and imagination is up to the task of saving our fallen world.

Cardinal Ranjith: High-Level Officials Behind Sri Lanka Easter Bombings

Cardinal Ranjith: High-Level Officials Behind Sri Lanka Easter Bombings

The cardinal’s appeal comes after the country’s Parliament Select Committee released a report that suggested high-level government officials had allowed the country’s Christian minority community to be targeted in a string of terrorist bombings on Easter Sunday in 2019.

April 6, 2022
Rebel for the Sake of Tradition

Rebel for the Sake of Tradition

Fr. Bryan Houghton has an enduring message, which remains relevant for the Church and for society in the West today: “tradition is not nostalgia for the past but precisely the transmission of one’s inheritance to the future.”

Spanish News Agency Manipulates Zelensky’s Speech; Puts VOX in the Hot Seat

Spanish News Agency Manipulates Zelensky’s Speech; Puts VOX in the Hot Seat

The anti-Spanish slant of the Agencia EFE tweet provoked a strong reaction from supporters of VOX on Twitter, as they called for Zelensky’s speech to the Spanish Parliament scheduled for Tuesday, April 5th, to be cancelled.

April 5, 2022
The Hurdles to European Prosperity

The Hurdles to European Prosperity

Rather than sinking further into debt to maintain current, high levels of government spending, it is time for Europe’s leaders to fundamentally reconsider their economic and social policies. It is time for them to adopt an entirely new program for economic prosperity.

April 5, 2022
European Press and Leaders Give a Cold Reception to Orbán’s Victory

European Press and Leaders Give a Cold Reception to Orbán’s Victory

Overall, congratulations from European leaders to the reappointed prime minister have been slow or lukewarm, while the majority of European media outlets have been critical. No official reaction came from the offices in Paris, Berlin, or Rome.

April 5, 2022
Can Manliness Save the West? An Interview with <strong>Professor Ted McAllister</strong>

Can Manliness Save the West? An Interview with <strong>Professor Ted McAllister</strong>

“Fear of risk, an exaggerated love of safety or health, are pathologies that threaten the very virtues necessary for civilizational and cultural survival”—Ted McAllister

April 4, 2022
Hungarian Trucking Company Hiring Indian Drivers

Hungarian Trucking Company Hiring Indian Drivers

Europe has an overall shortage of truck drivers. According to Transport Intelligence, the continent lacks as many as 400,000 drivers, as truckers have retired and fewer young people are interested in taking up the profession.

April 4, 2022
Hungary Election: Viktor Orbán Wins Fifth Term As Prime Minister

Hungary Election: Viktor Orbán Wins Fifth Term As Prime Minister

“We will remember this victory until the end of our lives because we had to fight against a huge number of opponents,” Viktor Orbán said in his speech on Sunday night. “We have had a victory so great it can be seen from the moon; no doubt it can be seen from Brussels.”

April 4, 2022
Spain’s Educational Reform: Sexual Diversity and Multiculturalism

Spain’s Educational Reform: Sexual Diversity and Multiculturalism

All of this reform accompanies a general slackening of standards, which is fitting, given that the ideologically-driven deconstruction of traditional categories and standards is facilitated if the young are brought up to be unaccustomed with precise thinking and rigor.

New EU-U.S. Data-Sharing Pact

New EU-U.S. Data-Sharing Pact

The Privacy Shield, struck down by the European Court of Justice in 2020, has now been replaced by a new data-sharing agreement between the U.S. and EU. How its implementation will ultimately fare, and whether it will arouse the scrutiny of European courts, remains to be seen.

The Soul within the Beast

The Soul within the Beast

No beast is troubled by the fact of being a beast, still less moved to produce art expressing such anxiety. Even in our most savage conduct, human beings are nothing like wild animals. We are distinctly human, at times even fiendishly artistic, in our beastliness.

April 3, 2022
Spain’s New Animal Rights Legislation

Spain’s New Animal Rights Legislation

From a possible massively expanded sterilisation rate, to new limitations on training and employing animals in rural areas, including hunting dogs, many fear that the new legislation seeks to maximise animal emotional or sensory pleasure, ignoring the fulfilment of their instincts (often the result of centuries of breeding).