Month: May 2025

Composite: Margaret Atwood and image from the movie The Handmaid's Tale of woman in white cap and dark cloak

The Orwellian Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale author embodies the elite’s manipulation of language to demonize their ideological opponents by lying about what is actually happening.

Geert Wilders Threatens Coalition Stability If No Progress on Tougher Immigration Rules

Geert Wilders Threatens Coalition Stability If No Progress on Tougher Immigration Rules

“We’re done. The gloves come off today. We’ll talk to everyone, but we bow to no one,” the right-wing leader said.

May 26, 2025
Brussels Afraid of Confronting Hungary Over Pride March Ban—For Now

Brussels Afraid of Confronting Hungary Over Pride March Ban—For Now

Rejecting the calls for legal action, von der Leyen also asked commissioners not to attend the event to avoid “provoking Orbán on his own turf.”

May 26, 2025
English University Drops Claims of Israeli “Genocide”

English University Drops Claims of Israeli “Genocide”

Student activists clash over whether a core antisemitic argument should be incorporated into student union policy.

May 26, 2025
Knife Attack in Central Vienna, Suspect Still at Large

Knife Attack in Central Vienna, Suspect Still at Large

The city saw a similar attack recently as street violence becomes ever more common in the Austrian capital.

May 26, 2025
Drugs and Crime: One in Five Brussels Residents Feel Unsafe

Drugs and Crime: One in Five Brussels Residents Feel Unsafe

With local police unable to put an end to the drug wars on the street, the European capital is not for the faint-hearted.

May 26, 2025
Dieselgate: Four Former Executives Convicted

Dieselgate: Four Former Executives Convicted

The sentencing comes ten years after the German carmaker was caught installing software in cars to manipulate emissions tests.

May 26, 2025
Merz Confirms Escalation: Ukraine No Longer Needs to Limit Strike Range

Merz Confirms Escalation: Ukraine No Longer Needs to Limit Strike Range

After weeks of bargaining for peace between Russia and Ukraine, now the Ukrainian forces will be allowed to strike targets outside its territory.

May 26, 2025
Poland Responds to Attacks on Healthcare Workers 

Poland Responds to Attacks on Healthcare Workers 

The Polish health minister condemned the attacks as “barbaric” and called for tougher sentences on those that have been found guilty.

May 26, 2025
Norway’s Prime Minister Assures Greenlanders of “Solidarity” in Face of Trump Push

Norway’s Prime Minister Assures Greenlanders of “Solidarity” in Face of Trump Push

Jonas Gahr Store stated in Turku that the Law of the Sea applies in the case of the autonomous Danish territory.

May 26, 2025
Brussels Rampant Crime Makes One in Five Residents Feel Unsafe

Brussels Rampant Crime Makes One in Five Residents Feel Unsafe

19% of Brussels residents “often” or “always” feel unsafe in their neighbourhood according to the latest Security Monitor.

May 26, 2025
Estonia Aims to Ensure School Pupils’ Access to AI

Estonia Aims to Ensure School Pupils’ Access to AI

The Baltic country bucks the unease with which the rest of the EU treats this cutting-edge technology.

May 26, 2025
“The designation of the AfD as extremist is a political, not a legal verdict”—AfD MP <strong>Anna Nguyen</strong>

“The designation of the AfD as extremist is a political, not a legal verdict”—AfD MP Anna Nguyen

“Two losing parties form a coalition, despite the fact that Germans have voted to have a right-wing government. To me, this is profoundly undemocratic.”

May 26, 2025