Month: February 2023

Refabricated Tanks Headed to Ukraine

The Dutch defense minister warned that Russia “continues to mobilize” and that “there are signs that Russia is preparing a new offensive.”

The Cave Beneath the Cave

Today, the image of the cave is regarded with suspicion. It seems to call for rule by experts and social engineers, for a tyranny of technocrats: a dubious, if not diabolical, prospect.

Katalin Novák Meets Giorgia Meloni in Rome

Novák considers Meloni a friend “for years.” In an interview for the Italian press, the Hungarian president spoke highly of the Italian prime minister.

Georgian EU Membership in Jeopardy

Former president Mikhail Saakashvili is under arrest on charges of corruption, but claims the charges are politically motivated.

Iranian Leader Pardons Tens of Thousands of Prisoners

Iranian Leader Pardons Tens of Thousands of Prisoners

According to the NGO Human Rights Activists in Iran, a total of 19,600 people involved with the recent protests have been arrested.

February 6, 2023
Morocco Reacts to EU Parliament Reprimand, Continues To Meddle in EU

Morocco Reacts to EU Parliament Reprimand, Continues To Meddle in EU

The spokesman for the Moroccan House of Representatives Rachid Talbi Alami said in a statement that the Moroccan Parliament had decided to “reconsider” its relationship with the European Parliament.

February 6, 2023
Hundreds Dead as Major Earthquake Hits Turkey, Syria

Hundreds Dead as Major Earthquake Hits Turkey, Syria

The EU’s Civil Protection mechanism has been activated and European rescue teams are on their way to the affected areas.

February 6, 2023
EU Committee Wants Nordic Model of Prostitution Law Throughout the Bloc

EU Committee Wants Nordic Model of Prostitution Law Throughout the Bloc

The so-called equality model of regulating prostitution, often called the Nordic model, attempts to regulate prostitution by recognizing the exploitation of the prostitute, prosecuting those buying sex rather than those supplying it.

February 6, 2023
Average Age of English Christians Rises Above 50 for the First Time

Average Age of English Christians Rises Above 50 for the First Time

The average age of Muslims remains far lower, at just 27, while more than half of 27-year-olds describe themselves as atheists.

February 6, 2023
Russian Research Organisations Handed €4 Million in EU Funding

Russian Research Organisations Handed €4 Million in EU Funding

At least three Russian institutions received €4 million in funding in what amounts to direct EU financial aid to the Russian war effort, a parliamentary question by AfD MEP Nicolaus Fest revealed.

February 6, 2023
Kremlin Reacts to U.S. Delivery of Long-Distance Missiles: “Ukraine Will Burn”

Kremlin Reacts to U.S. Delivery of Long-Distance Missiles: “Ukraine Will Burn”

Dmitry Medvedev said that “all of Ukraine still remaining under Kyiv’s rule will go up in flames,” should the new U.S. missiles be used to attack either mainland Russia or Crimea.

February 6, 2023
Pakistan’s Ex-President Pervez Musharraf Dies at 79 in Dubai

Pakistan’s Ex-President Pervez Musharraf Dies at 79 in Dubai

During his time in power, Musharraf worked to become an indispensable figure in combating radical Islamic extremism in the region.

February 6, 2023
Don’t Call it Rule of Law, Call it Vendetta

Don’t Call it Rule of Law, Call it Vendetta

The EU, in the hands of its current pilots, has become an ideological trap—political blackmail clumsily disguised in technocratic euphemisms.

February 6, 2023
Giussani and Testori on What it Means to be ‘Pro-Birth’

Giussani and Testori on What it Means to be ‘Pro-Birth’

The Meaning of Birth presents a dynamic struggle to articulate the beauty of our being born and other wisdom necessary to recover the metaphysics of being ‘pro-birth.’

February 5, 2023
Evil and Idiocy in Johnson’s Glass Onion

Evil and Idiocy in Johnson’s Glass Onion

Daniel Craig’s southern detective dressed like Cary Grant invokes the gravitas of tradition against postmodernity’s myth of the tech-disruptor, together with a heroine armed with a perfect disinterest in wealth.

February 5, 2023
Council of Europe: Italy Should Withdraw Decree On Migrant NGOs

Council of Europe: Italy Should Withdraw Decree On Migrant NGOs

Responding to the Council’s claims that the decree violates international law, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said, “the modus operandi of the NGOs falls outside the scope foreseen by international conventions for rescue at sea.”

February 5, 2023