Day: May 7, 2024

Kyiv Foils Assassination Attempt on Zelensky From the Inside

Kyiv Foils Assassination Attempt on Zelensky From the Inside

Two Ukrainian counterintelligence officers were allegedly recruited by Moscow to kidnap and kill President Zelensky as a “gift” to Putin ahead of his inauguration.

May 7, 2024
Euros & Dollars: Will Interest Rates Come Down or Not?

Euros & Dollars: Will Interest Rates Come Down or Not?

The ones who get to enjoy lower rates are the ones who live on the right side of the euro-zone border. But not in the way we usually think of the euro zone.

May 7, 2024
German Politicians and Media Blame ‘Far-Right’ for Political Violence

German Politicians and Media Blame ‘Far-Right’ for Political Violence

Alternative für Deutschland’s Alice Weidel called attempts to make political capital from the recent attack on Social Democrat MEP “vile and irresponsible.”

May 7, 2024
French Government Opposes Muslim Brotherhood (Finally)

French Government Opposes Muslim Brotherhood (Finally)

France’s interior minister calls for an institutional battle to prevent French society from falling into the “Islamic matrix.”

Michelin and the ‘Living Wage’: The Legacy of Catholic Entrepreneurship

Michelin and the ‘Living Wage’: The Legacy of Catholic Entrepreneurship

Founders saw social progress as the result of economic progress—something the state could not be expected to provide.

UK: LGBT Lobby Group Falls Further From Grace Following Trans Report

UK: LGBT Lobby Group Falls Further From Grace Following Trans Report

Campaigners ‘relieved’ that Stonewall is losing public funding.

May 7, 2024
EU Floats Sanctions on Russian Liquid Natural Gas

EU Floats Sanctions on Russian Liquid Natural Gas

France, Spain, and Belgium account for nearly 90% of all EU imports of Russian LNG, but mainstream media is already trying to blame Hungary in case the plan fails.

May 7, 2024
Austrian People’s Party Calls for Using DNA Testing To Curb Family Reunification Fraud

Austrian People’s Party Calls for Using DNA Testing To Curb Family Reunification Fraud

The right-wing Freedom Party, which leads the chancellor’s ÖVP by 9%, wants to ban family reunifications entirely.

May 7, 2024
China’s Xi in France: Grilled on Trade and Support for Russia

China’s Xi in France: Grilled on Trade and Support for Russia

While the Chinese leader said all the right things, his words should not be taken at face value.

EU Commission To Sanction Conservative Media Outlet on Unproven Allegations

EU Commission To Sanction Conservative Media Outlet on Unproven Allegations

Despite demands from right-wing MEPs, Prague still hasn’t released any evidence to substantiate claims about Voice of Europe’s alleged Russian connections.

May 7, 2024
Belgium To Regulate Telegram App for Whole of Europe

Belgium To Regulate Telegram App for Whole of Europe

Belgian officials have previously been highly critical of the messaging platform.

May 7, 2024
Gay Tunisian Couple Stabbed in Dutch Asylum Center

Gay Tunisian Couple Stabbed in Dutch Asylum Center

The asylum seekers say they were targeted by a group of Algerians shouting “Gays, gays, we will kill you!”