Day: April 11, 2023

U.S. Intelligence Leaked Through Gamer Chats

The documents had been floating around on messaging channels popular with gamers for several weeks, or even months, before making it to Telegram and catching the attention of the media.

The Good Friday Agreement: An Interview with Debi Hamilton

“It’s civil servants running the county at the minute. With the politicians being out of office, the health service is way behind with operations and cancer treatments. It’s all because they can’t agree, and it all comes down to Orange (Protestants) and Green (Catholics).”

Greece Set To Ban Nationalists From Elections

The ultra-Right National Party is regarded as the heir to the banned Golden Dawn party and will be blocked from advancing to May elections. The decision is likely to help moderate nationalists.

Ireland: EU Veto Sends Housing Plans into Disarray

Brussels counters Ireland’s plans to regulate Airbnb as lacking evidence, as the Irish government faces challenges from the Left and a rising populist sentiment against asylum seekers.

Rescue Underway After Easter Marked by Migrant Crossings

The Monday rescue followed three others over the Easter weekend, which saw the deaths of at least 50 migrants, and the arrival—on the Italian island of Lampedusa—of 26 boats carrying 974 migrants on Easter Sunday.

U.S. Intelligence Leaked Through Gamer Chats

U.S. Intelligence Leaked Through Gamer Chats

The documents had been floating around on messaging channels popular with gamers for several weeks, or even months, before making it to Telegram and catching the attention of the media.

April 11, 2023
Orbán Among Leaders Monitored by CIA in Intelligence Leak

Orbán Among Leaders Monitored by CIA in Intelligence Leak

Orbán aired his belief that the U.S. represented a significant threat to Hungarian interests in intelligence obtained by the CIA.

April 11, 2023
The Good Friday Agreement: An Interview with <strong>Debi Hamilton</strong>

The Good Friday Agreement: An Interview with <strong>Debi Hamilton</strong>

“It’s civil servants running the county at the minute. With the politicians being out of office, the health service is way behind with operations and cancer treatments. It’s all because they can’t agree, and it all comes down to Orange (Protestants) and Green (Catholics).”

April 11, 2023
Europe Responds to Pentagon Data Leak

Europe Responds to Pentagon Data Leak

Reporters have described the affair as “America’s most serious intelligence leak in a decade.”

April 11, 2023
Greece Set To Ban Nationalists From Elections

Greece Set To Ban Nationalists From Elections

The ultra-Right National Party is regarded as the heir to the banned Golden Dawn party and will be blocked from advancing to May elections. The decision is likely to help moderate nationalists.

April 11, 2023
A Concert Fit for the Cold War: Shostakovich and the American Songbook

A Concert Fit for the Cold War: Shostakovich and the American Songbook

The program gave a splendid overview of ‘America’s Mezzo’ Susan Graham’s legendary career across the operatic firmament as well as in the jazzy tunes of the American Songbook. One only missed her triumphs in the operas of Richard Strauss.

April 11, 2023
Tunisia Considering Joining BRICS, Spokesman Says

Tunisia Considering Joining BRICS, Spokesman Says

Tunisia’s accession into the bloc would provide the country with massive economic benefits, which in turn would improve the country’s social conditions.

April 11, 2023
Ireland: EU Veto Sends Housing Plans into Disarray

Ireland: EU Veto Sends Housing Plans into Disarray

Brussels counters Ireland’s plans to regulate Airbnb as lacking evidence, as the Irish government faces challenges from the Left and a rising populist sentiment against asylum seekers.

April 11, 2023
Resisting the Simulacrum

Resisting the Simulacrum

The Back Rooms, a popular bit of Internet folklore, reminds us of the recurring horror motif of a reality adjacent to ours, familiar but uncanny, whose real-world congealment we may soon be facing.

Rescue Underway After Easter Marked by Migrant Crossings

Rescue Underway After Easter Marked by Migrant Crossings

The Monday rescue followed three others over the Easter weekend, which saw the deaths of at least 50 migrants, and the arrival—on the Italian island of Lampedusa—of 26 boats carrying 974 migrants on Easter Sunday.

April 11, 2023
Swiss Pharmaceutical Exports to Russia at Record High

Swiss Pharmaceutical Exports to Russia at Record High

Pharmaceuticals are considered humanitarian goods and therefore are exempt from sanctions.

April 11, 2023