Month: April 2023

Russia Tension Forces Finns Party ID Split 

There is the potential for more Danish and Estonian contingents within the ID group to join in the defection, as Finns Party leadership looks disfavourably at the AfD’s pro-Russian line within the bloc.

Scholz Questioned Over Links to Tax Fraud

The CDU hopes to hold Scholz’s feet to the fire for his ties to a German bank implicated in extensive tax fraud committed while he was mayor of Hamburg.

Daphne Blooms in New York

Strauss’s opera prizes innocence in a time of chaos, beauty over disorder, and the transcendence of suffering. Daphne is precisely the work that could lend itself to the revitalization of an opera company.

Hundreds of Migrants Rescued Near Malta

The migrants had left from the eastern coast of Libya, near Benghazi, on April 1st. They spent four days at sea, the last two without food or water.

U.S. Announces Another $2.6B in Weapons for Ukraine

U.S. commitment to substantial resources “reflects the American interests and values that are at stake,” the Department of Defense said, vowing to send more packages in the future.

Deconstructing Decolonisation

Deconstructing Decolonisation

It’s vital that we take risks in asserting our legal right to doubt and interrogate the ‘decolonising’ story, because what is at stake is so very important.

April 2, 2023
Council of Europe Targets UK Asylum Reform

Council of Europe Targets UK Asylum Reform

While Britain is not part of EU institutions, the criticism by the CoE will rightly be seen by many Brexiters as yet another attempt to undermine the UK’s sovereignty post-Brexit.

April 2, 2023
Siren Songs, Dancing Demons

Siren Songs, Dancing Demons

There is a macabre precedent in the bizarre accounts, world over, of people dancing themselves to death: an analogue to the painful hedonism of post-modernity.

Mind the Gap: EU Declares War on Gender Pay Difference

Mind the Gap: EU Declares War on Gender Pay Difference

The transparency directive against the gender pay gap not only focuses on women, but also ‘non-binary’ people for the first time in EU legislative history.

April 2, 2023
UK Government To Punish Households Using Gas

UK Government To Punish Households Using Gas

Ministers are encouraging Britons to ditch their gas boilers for heat pumps, but the ‘net zero’ secretary Grant Shapps admitted he has yet to do so himself.

April 2, 2023
Cocaine Use Soars in Europe

Cocaine Use Soars in Europe

The rise in drug use accompanies an estimated 35% spike in cocaine cultivation in a single year, between 2020 and 2021.

Sweden To Conduct National Census To Counter Illegal Migration

Sweden To Conduct National Census To Counter Illegal Migration

“Sweden has a centuries-old tradition of civil registration, but as a result of irresponsible migration and undemanding integration policies over the decades, we have largely lost control over how many and who lives in our country,” SD leader Jimmie Åkesson said.

April 2, 2023
“The great war of the 21st century is the anthropological war”: An Interview with <strong>Miklos Lukacs</strong>

“The great war of the 21st century is the anthropological war”: An Interview with <strong>Miklos Lukacs</strong>

The greatest risk is that all human reproduction will be put in the hands of technology—that would be the end of the human being.

April 1, 2023
European Parliament Moves Towards Criminalisation of ‘Ecocide’

European Parliament Moves Towards Criminalisation of ‘Ecocide’

If accepted by the Commission and the Council of the EU, all EU member states will adapt their criminal law, prosecuting such environmental crimes in the future.

Turkey: Islamist NGO Takes Advantage of Earthquake Aid

Turkey: Islamist NGO Takes Advantage of Earthquake Aid

The IHH is banned in multiple EU countries for terror ties and is acknowledged by experts as a Turkish government proxy used to provide logistical support for Islamists.

April 1, 2023
The Anniversary of Mireille Knoll’s Murder and France’s Jewish Exodus

The Anniversary of Mireille Knoll’s Murder and France’s Jewish Exodus

In order for France to live up to its pillars of liberté, égalité and fraternité, it must confront the rising tide of antisemitism.

April 1, 2023
IOC Recommends Return of Russian Athletes to International Competition 

IOC Recommends Return of Russian Athletes to International Competition 

Only as “individual neutral athletes” should Russians participate, says the IOC. About the Paris Olympics, however, no decision has been made.

April 1, 2023