Month: March 2023

German Diplomat Admonishes Asylum Abuse 

The German ambassador to Pakistan castigated the policies of Green Party Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, as the country accepts 1,000 Afghan refugees each month under a new scheme.

The Case of Katalin Cseh: the Power of Mediocrity

Katalin Cseh’s behaviour is the paradigmatic example of the mediocrity of “clickbait politicians.” Overrepresented in the EP, they seem to forget that statesmanship is much more than likes and retweets.

The New Enclosure: Rise of the Jail-Cell City

The 15-minute city limits access to what was hitherto experienced as common property, not subject to legislative abrogation. In this sense, we face a second enclosure, a violation of the commons.

Why So Many Conservatives Are Moving to Hungary

Hungary is unique in enthusiastically welcoming conservatives from all around the world, and offering them a space in which they can voice their convictions without constantly being hounded.

The Desecration of Dahl

The Desecration of Dahl

Sterilising works of art and meddling with genius you couldn’t begin to replicate is like replacing Monet with Damian Hirst and then claiming what you lose in beauty, you gain in less discriminatory ink splats.

March 9, 2023
EU Milking Its Power Over Milk Banks?

EU Milking Its Power Over Milk Banks?

Women sharing breast milk is as “old as mankind,” the Hamburg-based Human Milk Bank Initiative (FMBI) said. What will regulations mean?

March 8, 2023
Most Britons Want New Political Party, Polling Shows

Most Britons Want New Political Party, Polling Shows

Three-quarters of those questioned also said they believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.

March 8, 2023
European Youth Rejects Mass Surveillance Aimed at Protecting Minors

European Youth Rejects Mass Surveillance Aimed at Protecting Minors

The Commission aims to make the regulation mandatory for all email and messaging apps currently in use. According to critics, Chat Control would effectively mean “the end of privacy of digital correspondence” in the EU.

March 8, 2023
Modern Polish Martyrs: Family To Be Beatified

Modern Polish Martyrs: Family To Be Beatified

A married Polish couple, who were killed with their children by the Nazis for hiding a Jewish family, will be declared worthy of veneration by the Catholic Church this year.

March 8, 2023
Murders, Rapes, and Sexual Assaults Increase in Ireland

Murders, Rapes, and Sexual Assaults Increase in Ireland

Peadar Toibín of the Aontú party was one of the few Irish parliamentarians who, in his reaction to the Garda’s unsettling figures, criticized the governing coalition for failing to protect society’s women.

March 8, 2023
EU Struggles To Catch Up With AI

EU Struggles To Catch Up With AI

ChatGPT keeps sending EU lawmakers back to the drawing board, as regulating a technology whose implications cannot be fully grasped yet can be quite tricky.

March 8, 2023
UK Government Promises Again To Stop Illegal Channel Crossings

UK Government Promises Again To Stop Illegal Channel Crossings

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said “enough is enough,” but the Conservative Party’s seriousness on the issue has been brought into question.

March 8, 2023
Spain To Introduce Sweeping Gender Parity Laws

Spain To Introduce Sweeping Gender Parity Laws

Half of the political and economic power must be for women, socialist PM Pedro Sánchez said, but feminists remain skeptical.

March 8, 2023
Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Remain Under Siege

Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Remain Under Siege

Negotiations in this region are at an impasse, with the Armenian enclave requesting humanitarian assistance and Azerbaijan demanding Armenian integration.

March 8, 2023
Infantilizing Islam

Infantilizing Islam

Rather than recognize the religious, cultural, and civilizational differences that contribute to the alienation of Muslim communities, it is instead attributed to deeply ingrained ‘intolerance’ within host countries.

March 8, 2023
Love, Betrayal, and Cultural Sensitivity in Palm Beach

Love, Betrayal, and Cultural Sensitivity in Palm Beach

This is the Madama Butterfly we know and love—almost to the point of guilty pleasure.

March 7, 2023