Month: August 2023

VOX Spokesman Resigns in Major Party Shakeup

Spanish conservative party VOX has lost a major figure and its parliamentary spokesman, Ivan Espinosa de los Monteros, who has resigned from politics following a disappointing turnout in last month’s national election.

DeSantis: “Of Course Trump Lost”

The increase in people voting by mail during the pandemic benefited the Democrats, according to DeSantis, accusing Trump of being partially responsible.

Congress and the Extraterrestrials

Instead of filling the void left by the loss of belief in truly extra-terrestrial beings—the angels and saints—with sci-fi inventions, we should strive to “re-enchant” the world with the content of Christian revelation.

The Enchantments of Iain McGilchrist

If you want to understand the many-symptomed sickness that has overtaken modern culture, and begin finding our way to a cure, there is perhaps no better secular guide than Iain McGilchrist.

Boris, We Really Do Need More Babies

Boris, We Really Do Need More Babies

As bemusing as it is to imagine Boris Johnson scratching his head over Barbie, I was pleased to see him pick out the challenge to modernity nestled amongst the bubblegum pink hues: “[Barbieland] has children, but no babies. It is a parable about the destiny of humanity.”

August 5, 2023
Parisian Olympics, Minus the ‘Paris’ Part

Parisian Olympics, Minus the ‘Paris’ Part

Book sellers have no “intention of moving.” Their representative points to the absurdity of doing away with the bookshops during the Games: “We’re a major symbol of Paris, we’ve been here for 450 years.”

August 5, 2023
Anti-Christian Violence Growing in Jerusalem

Anti-Christian Violence Growing in Jerusalem

Anti-Christian violence is on the rise in Israel, particularly in the Old City of Jerusalem, with churches being vandalised and clergy members assaulted and spat upon.

August 5, 2023
Factional Warfare in Sweden: Eritrean Cultural Festival Devolves Into Anarchy

Factional Warfare in Sweden: Eritrean Cultural Festival Devolves Into Anarchy

The incident is the latest reminder of how importing people from another country inevitably brings with it—no matter what blank slate theorists may claim—an import of that country’s domestic issues.

August 5, 2023
The 9th Art: <em>Watchmen</em>, Deconstruction, and Comics For Adults

The 9th Art: <em>Watchmen</em>, Deconstruction, and Comics For Adults

This graphic novel was clearly crafted by two men who share a love of older superhero comics, even as they used their work to interrogate the genre and the world that produced it.

August 5, 2023
<strong>Symposia</strong>, Ep. 1: <br>“Turning the Tide” with Dr Iain McGilchrist

<strong>Symposia</strong>, Ep. 1: <br>“Turning the Tide” with Dr Iain McGilchrist

The European Conservative presents a new video series, “Symposia,” which will explore the crisis of our civilisation and what rebuilding that civilisation might look like. In the first episode, our senior editor, Sebastian Morello, travels to Scotland’s Isle of Skye to meet psychiatrist and philosopher Iain McGilchrist.

August 4, 2023
Persecuting the UK’s Rural Communities by Freezing Financial Services

Persecuting the UK’s Rural Communities by Freezing Financial Services

Those who have no sympathy for the rural community or its fieldsports should nonetheless express extreme indignation at banks freezing accounts or suspending services because they dislike the opinions or activities of their clients.

August 4, 2023
Norway Makes Russia’s List of ‘Unfriendly States’

Norway Makes Russia’s List of ‘Unfriendly States’

The Norwegian foreign minister said the move was a “result of Russia’s war on Ukraine.”

August 4, 2023
Indian PM Modi Will Attend BRICS Summit In Person

Indian PM Modi Will Attend BRICS Summit In Person

BRICS total economic output—which comprised 31.59% of the world’s GDP in 2022—has now surpassed that of the G7 group.

August 4, 2023
Too Close For Comfort: Romania Wary After Danube Drone Strikes

Too Close For Comfort: Romania Wary After Danube Drone Strikes

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said the attacks amounted to “war crimes,” and would “further affect Ukraine’s capacity to transfer their food products towards those in need in the world.”

August 4, 2023
EU Dumps Duterte-Era Human Rights Objections To Kickstart Philippine Trade Deal

EU Dumps Duterte-Era Human Rights Objections To Kickstart Philippine Trade Deal

The EU is looking for a viable regional partner against China and sidelined previous human rights objections to kickstart free trade negotiations this week

August 4, 2023
Bank of England Hikes Interest Rate

Bank of England Hikes Interest Rate

The Bank of England anticipates that economic policy will successfully reduce inflation by half in the British economy before the end of this year.

August 4, 2023