Month: October 2022

EU Summit Keeps Energy Options Open

Member states have been deeply divided on the best way to handle the energy crisis, and the meeting kept all options on the table, with Germany finally giving in to the possibility of price caps.

EU Summit Keeps Energy Options Open

EU Summit Keeps Energy Options Open

Member states have been deeply divided on the best way to handle the energy crisis, and the meeting kept all options on the table, with Germany finally giving in to the possibility of price caps.

October 30, 2022
U.S. Tax Dollars Used to Add ‘Sparkle’ to Ecuadorian Drag Shows

U.S. Tax Dollars Used to Add ‘Sparkle’ to Ecuadorian Drag Shows

A former member of Ecuador’s National Assembly noted that “it seems to be an attack against the values of the great majority of Ecuadorians, and that the U.S. is practicing a ‘diplomacy of gender ideology.’”

October 30, 2022
ECB Hikes Interest Rates Again

ECB Hikes Interest Rates Again

Inflation is of major concern, according to the ECB.

October 30, 2022
FORGOTTEN CLASSICS: <br>Horror, Evil, and Daphne du Maurier’s <i>Rebecca</i>

FORGOTTEN CLASSICS: <br>Horror, Evil, and Daphne du Maurier’s <i>Rebecca</i>

“We don’t need any more evil in the world. We need a lot more reckoning with it.”

October 30, 2022
Belgian Foreign Minister Refuses to Retract China ‘Potential Enemy’ Interview

Belgian Foreign Minister Refuses to Retract China ‘Potential Enemy’ Interview

The diplomatic incident is a perfect microcosm of the growing unease European nations feel over China’s considerable investments in their ports and other critical infrastructure.

October 29, 2022
Major French Figure in the Fight Against COVID Vaccine Cleared of All Charges

Major French Figure in the Fight Against COVID Vaccine Cleared of All Charges

The judgement handed down by the disciplinary chamber is evidence of a significant evolution in the official bodies regulating medicine in France.

October 29, 2022
Climate Activist Claims She was “Not Safe” in Presence of Conservative Publishers

Climate Activist Claims She was “Not Safe” in Presence of Conservative Publishers

Climate activist Luisa Neubauer promoted her new book by claiming that she didn’t feel safe at the Frankfurt book fair in the presence of right-wing publishers. An invitation by Junge Freiheit to participate in a discussion was, however, left unanswered.

October 29, 2022
Polish PM Calls For German War Reparations to Legitimize Punishing Russia

Polish PM Calls For German War Reparations to Legitimize Punishing Russia

Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki said in an interview that Germans, who want Russia to be held accountable for its crimes in Ukraine, should take responsibility and support Polish claims for reparations from Germany.

October 29, 2022
Microplastics Could Cause Neurological Disorders

Microplastics Could Cause Neurological Disorders

The fight against microplastics and rising levels of environmental toxins should be taken up by those claiming to break with the establishment’s ‘green’ transition.

October 29, 2022
Thousands of Sheep on Madrid’s Streets

Thousands of Sheep on Madrid’s Streets

Except in parts of Scandinavia, Spain is the only country in Europe that has preserved a meaningful degree of long-distance cattle herding, and, along with it, the needed transhumance routes.

October 29, 2022
RN and NUPES: <i>Coup de Théâtre</i> at the French National Assembly

RN and NUPES: <i>Coup de Théâtre</i> at the French National Assembly

By choosing to vote for the Left’s censure motion, Marine Le Pen reinforced her status as the leading opponent of Emmanuel Macron. She showed that the overthrow of the government remained her primary objective and that she intended to give herself the means to achieve it.

October 29, 2022
How Corona Killed the Crown

How Corona Killed the Crown

Soon, even conservatives will have to ask some unsentimental questions. Where was the royal displeasure when most needed? Where was that counterweight to political power? ‘Locked down,’ is the answer.

October 29, 2022