Month: April 2023

Council of Europe Divided Over Kosovo’s Membership Bid

Afraid that any more recognition would only embolden their own ethnic minorities, seven countries, including Spain, voted against Kosovo’s CoE admission. Another five, including Ukraine, chose to abstain.

Nineteen Online Platforms To Fall Under Strict EU Regulations 

Nineteen Online Platforms To Fall Under Strict EU Regulations 

Larger platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, are to ensure that mechanisms are in place which would prevent ‘disinformation’ and ‘deceptive content’ from going viral.

April 26, 2023
Police Release Activists Who Brought Berlin to “Standstill”

Police Release Activists Who Brought Berlin to “Standstill”

Video footage shared online shows frustrated citizens leaving their stationary vehicles and dragging the protesters to the road sides.

April 26, 2023
Blasphemy Laws and ‘Hate Speech’: Free Speech at a Crossroads

Blasphemy Laws and ‘Hate Speech’: Free Speech at a Crossroads

The roots of oppressive censorship are one and the same. Europe’s ‘hate speech’ laws are a secular equivalent to blasphemy laws—both hinder people from living and speaking freely.

April 26, 2023
Fox “Parts Ways” with Tucker Carlson

Fox “Parts Ways” with Tucker Carlson

Recent highlights of Carlson’s career with Fox News included interviewing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, highlighting the damage done to young people by transgender ideology, and documenting the dangers of plastics.

April 25, 2023
Sweden Democrats Threaten Government, Moved by EU Asylum Pact

Sweden Democrats Threaten Government, Moved by EU Asylum Pact

The EU’s asylum pact imposes a quota system on member states to accept refugees. The Sweden Democrats have declared it a risk to national sovereignty.

April 25, 2023
MEPs Urge Commission Not To Release Frozen Hungarian Funds

MEPs Urge Commission Not To Release Frozen Hungarian Funds

All leftist parliamentary groups joined the effort to keep Hungary grounded, signed just a day before Budapest announced a major breakthrough in the negotiations with Brussels on the release of the frozen funds.

April 25, 2023
Joe Biden Officially Announces 2024 Reelection Bid

Joe Biden Officially Announces 2024 Reelection Bid

The press is now readily anticipating a heated “rematch.” The opening lines certainly suggest there is much drama to come.

April 25, 2023
Qatargate’s Eva Kaili Implicated in Separate Fraud Investigation

Qatargate’s Eva Kaili Implicated in Separate Fraud Investigation

Kaili must now endure a criminal probe into allegations of kickbacks received for falsely documenting the expenses of her aides, even while she attempts to have her house arrest lifted.

April 25, 2023
UN Report Implies Pedophilia Should be Decriminalised

UN Report Implies Pedophilia Should be Decriminalised

The report makes no mention of the parents’ role, let alone rights, in their underage child’s ‘decision-making’ regarding his or her sexual options.

April 25, 2023
G7 Push Back on Russian Threat To Leave Grain Deal

G7 Push Back on Russian Threat To Leave Grain Deal

Russia finds itself in a better negotiating position than even just two months ago.

April 25, 2023
Macron: Le Pen Will Come to Power if Country Does Not Meet Challenges

Macron: Le Pen Will Come to Power if Country Does Not Meet Challenges

“Marine Le Pen will come to power if we are unable to respond to the challenges of the country and if we introduce a habit of lying or denying reality,” President Emmanuel Macron said.

April 25, 2023
Hungarian Justice Minister: Agreement Reached With the EU

Hungarian Justice Minister: Agreement Reached With the EU

The Commission is satisfied with the reforms, Justice Minister Judit Varga said after a meeting in Brussels, but Hungary is still waiting for the EU’s official acknowledgement.

April 25, 2023