Day: August 1, 2025

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during her meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Turnberry, Scotland on July 27, 2025

Did von der Leyen Go Too Far This Time?

A supranational bureaucracy is trying to increase its own enormous budget while doing next to nothing to address fraudulent and erroneous EU spending.

PM Orbán: The Visegrad Four Will Be Back and Block the Current EU Budget Proposal

PM Orbán: The Visegrad Four Will Be Back and Block the Current EU Budget Proposal

Within two years, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary will all be led by sovereigntist governments, and together will be able to block “Ukraine budget,” the Hungarian PM predicted.

August 1, 2025
Poland’s President-Elect Confronts Ukraine Over WWII Killings

Poland’s President-Elect Confronts Ukraine Over WWII Killings

Karol Nawrocki urged Zelenskyy to address the 1940s Volhynia massacre in their first official call.

August 1, 2025
Did von der Leyen Go Too Far This Time?

Did von der Leyen Go Too Far This Time?

A supranational bureaucracy is trying to increase its own enormous budget while doing next to nothing to address fraudulent and erroneous EU spending.

August 1, 2025
Poll: 3 in 5 Czechs Say Country Has Taken Too Many Ukrainians

Poll: 3 in 5 Czechs Say Country Has Taken Too Many Ukrainians

Support for Ukrainian refugees is declining in the Czech Republic as economic unease stirs public discontent

August 1, 2025
Trump Targets Canada in New Tariff Sweep on U.S. Trade Partners

Trump Targets Canada in New Tariff Sweep on U.S. Trade Partners

Dozens face new levies, but Ottawa hit hardest after Palestine move.

August 1, 2025
Trump: Russia’s Actions in Ukraine ‘Disgusting’

Trump: Russia’s Actions in Ukraine ‘Disgusting’

U.S. warns Moscow—and trade partners like China and India—of coming tariff escalation.

August 1, 2025
A Civil Society or a Controlled One?—Historian <strong>Grzegorz Kucharczyk</strong>

A Civil Society or a Controlled One?—Historian <strong>Grzegorz Kucharczyk</strong>

“We live in times when those who shout the loudest about ‘democracy and freedom’ are often those who most deeply resent the real manifestation of both—namely, true civil society.”

August 1, 2025