Month: March 2023

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

The 9th Art: Recreating Childhood Wonder in Franquin’s <em>Spirou and Fantasio</em>

The 9th Art: Recreating Childhood Wonder in Franquin’s <em>Spirou and Fantasio</em>

To read Franquin’s Spirou and Fantasio comics is to blur the line between child and adult and to enter a world of wonder of which we could all use a taste.

March 4, 2023
Turkey Headed for Early Elections in May, Erdoğan Confirms

Turkey Headed for Early Elections in May, Erdoğan Confirms

In the wake of February’s devastating earthquake, the Turkish president promised an ambitious reconstruction program in a bid to keep voters on his side.

Italy’s Mattei Plan

Italy’s Mattei Plan

“The solution, then, is not to take Africans and move them to Europe; the solution is to liberate Africa from certain Europeans who exploit it.”

Finland Proceeds Alone With NATO Bid While Sweden Stalls

Finland Proceeds Alone With NATO Bid While Sweden Stalls

While the move to join NATO without Sweden has overwhelming support and has been long anticipated, there are still some doubts being raised over the decision.

March 4, 2023
France Announces Nationwide Strike for March 7th

France Announces Nationwide Strike for March 7th

Tuesday’s events may be decisive in stemming Macron’s plans to reform French retirement.

March 4, 2023
Netherlands: 83% Think PM Rutte Should Resign, Opinion Poll Reveals

Netherlands: 83% Think PM Rutte Should Resign, Opinion Poll Reveals

Calls for Rutte’s resignation have grown in the wake of a report from the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry on Natural Gas Extraction in Groningen which concluded “the interests of the people of Groningen have been systematically ignored in the natural gas extraction” in the city, and added the result has “had disastrous consequences for them.”

March 4, 2023
Amnesty International Guilty of Discrimination Against Women in Hungary

Amnesty International Guilty of Discrimination Against Women in Hungary

Amnesty International, despite its rhetoric, is no better than any other company regarding respect for women at work, especially when it comes to the thorny issue of maternity.

March 4, 2023
A Patriotic Pragmatist: An interview with <strong>Ludovit Goga</strong>

A Patriotic Pragmatist: An interview with <strong>Ludovit Goga</strong>

“The real goal of gender ideology is not equality but to bring chaos to the states.”

March 3, 2023
Rebelling Against Our Domestic Passivity: An Interview with <strong>Laurent Obertone</strong>

Rebelling Against Our Domestic Passivity: An Interview with <strong>Laurent Obertone</strong>

We must fight on all fronts; reinvest in and renew fields that have been neglected: culture, the arts, media, etc. The reconquest of our countries depends above all on the reconquest of our minds.

March 3, 2023
Russia Suspects U.S. Behind Ukraine Drone Attacks

Russia Suspects U.S. Behind Ukraine Drone Attacks

Washington insisted in December it had not “enabled” Ukraine to carry out the strikes in Russia.

March 3, 2023
Romanian PM Unveils First AI Government Assistant

Romanian PM Unveils First AI Government Assistant

The robot will help the cabinet with advice based on real-time public opinion screening on social media platforms, said Prime Minister Ciucă.

March 3, 2023
Bisexual German MEP Accused of Sexual Harassment, Parliament Kept Quiet

Bisexual German MEP Accused of Sexual Harassment, Parliament Kept Quiet

Ironically, the MEP had been involved in parliamentary work to combat violence against women only a month ago.

March 3, 2023