Month: June 2023

On National Identity

What is national identity? An experience of a nation, its history, its personalities, its reputation, self-esteem, and the vision it has for its future.

Meta Blocks Canadian Users’ News Access

The social media conglomerate’s move is a response to Ottawa’s Online News Act, which compels Meta to pay news outlets for posting their journalism on Facebook and Instagram.

PM Orbán: Not All EU Money Should Go to Ukraine

“Today, the EU needs the Balkans more than the other way around,” the Hungarian prime minister said during his trip to Serbia and Bosnia, signing strategic partnerships and advocating for the region’s rapid EU accession.

The Need for Beauty and the Scrutonian Legacy: An Interview with <strong>Ferenc Hörcher</strong>

The Need for Beauty and the Scrutonian Legacy: An Interview with <strong>Ferenc Hörcher</strong>

The most important thing for Scruton was to show that beauty can lead us from worldly concerns to the most important themes of our lives.

June 25, 2023
Prigozhin Goes Rogue: Wagner Group’s ‘Musicians’ March on Moscow

Prigozhin Goes Rogue: Wagner Group’s ‘Musicians’ March on Moscow

The latest reports suggest that Prigozhin’s forces have entered Russia’s Lipetsk oblast, which sits 360 kilometers to the south of Moscow. If the group’s current rate of advance continues, Wagner troops could be in Moscow by nightfall.

June 24, 2023
Titan Submersible: Why the Media Suspense?

Titan Submersible: Why the Media Suspense?

People around the world, it seems, were immersed in a story—one that wasn’t really a story at all.

June 24, 2023
Poll: Millions of ‘Conspiracy Theorists’ Live in Britain

Poll: Millions of ‘Conspiracy Theorists’ Live in Britain

Critics have argued that the paper ought to be taken with more than a grain of salt. Not least because so few were approached for the poll.

June 24, 2023
Egyptian People-Smuggling ‘Mastermind’ Arrested by UK Authorities

Egyptian People-Smuggling ‘Mastermind’ Arrested by UK Authorities

“We suspect this man has been running his operation from the UK, and masterminding the smuggling of thousands of migrants,” the senior investigating officer of British NCA said.

June 24, 2023
Explosion In the Centre of Paris: Concerns About Gas Network

Explosion In the Centre of Paris: Concerns About Gas Network

Despite the dramatic and impressive nature of these explosions, resulting in human casualties and major risks to Parisian housing, the renovation of the gas network does not appear to be a priority for the Paris City Council.

June 24, 2023
Hungary and Ukraine Tensions Heightened Over POW Exchange With Russia

Hungary and Ukraine Tensions Heightened Over POW Exchange With Russia

Eleven Ukrainian prisoners of war were transferred from Russia to Hungary inflaming existing tensions between Ukraine and the Orbán government as the European Union is also seeking answers from Hungary over the affair.

June 24, 2023
The Left: Capitalism’s Enzyme

The Left: Capitalism’s Enzyme

If one’s intention is to dominate the other, it is inconvenient for him to come to the negotiation table with a definite position and personality. Better to convince him that he has no definite identity.

Agricultural Reforms: Dutch Cabinet Goes It Alone After Talks Founder

Agricultural Reforms: Dutch Cabinet Goes It Alone After Talks Founder

With the farmers’ voice seemingly no longer present in future negotiations, the sight of tractors amassing in protest is poised to once again become common in the Netherlands.

Islamic Extremism: Germany Sees Reasons for “Greatest Vigilance”

Islamic Extremism: Germany Sees Reasons for “Greatest Vigilance”

The Federal Ministry of the Interior said that authorities have already prevented two Islamist attacks this year.

June 24, 2023
Commission to Ukraine: No Minority Rights, No EU Membership

Commission to Ukraine: No Minority Rights, No EU Membership

Only two out of seven criteria have been fulfilled for accession talks to begin. Corruption and the lack of fundamental minority rights remain among the biggest concerns of Brussels.

June 24, 2023
Germany and the Firewall Against the Right

Germany and the Firewall Against the Right

The rise of AfD to record highs of almost 20% has alarmed the established parties. In particular, the CDU is under pressure. Will AfD be able to enter East German governments for the first time?

June 24, 2023