Month: September 2025

Digital Gatekeepers: Welcome to Europe. Please Scan Your Face.

Digital Gatekeepers: Welcome to Europe. Please Scan Your Face.

The EU’s new biometric border system goes live this October, ushering in a new era of surveillance, automation, and questions about privacy and freedom of movement.

September 25, 2025
When Democracy Turns Against Voters: The Fatal Difference Between 1952 and Today

When Democracy Turns Against Voters: The Fatal Difference Between 1952 and Today

Today’s attempts to ban AfD represent something unprecedented: a governing elite attempting to eliminate its primary opposition to preserve its own power.

September 25, 2025
Zelensky Questions Whether NATO Membership Can Guarantee Ukrainian Security

Zelensky Questions Whether NATO Membership Can Guarantee Ukrainian Security

The doubtful Ukrainian president also welcomed Trump’s abrupt change of direction, full of optimistic rhetoric in support of Kyiv’s war effort.

September 24, 2025
EU preparing major move: “drone wall” could protect Europe within one year

EU preparing major move: “drone wall” could protect Europe within one year

The defence commissioner would follow the Ukrainian example.

September 24, 2025
Orbán Was Right: Hungary Summit Defends Border Fence Policy

Orbán Was Right: Hungary Summit Defends Border Fence Policy

Speakers from across Europe argued Hungary’s tough border stance spared it from the chaos now gripping Western nations.

September 24, 2025
The Left’s Line on Violence Is Blurring—and a German Youth Leader Already Crossed It

The Left’s Line on Violence Is Blurring—and a German Youth Leader Already Crossed It

If the vote doesn’t go her way, Green youth leader Jette Nietzard hints at force over ballots.

September 24, 2025
Yemeni Drone Attack in Israel’s Eilat Leaves Five Injured

Yemeni Drone Attack in Israel’s Eilat Leaves Five Injured

The drone struck Eilat after Israeli air defences were unable to intercept it.

September 24, 2025
Second Merz Flight Brings More Afghans to Germany

Second Merz Flight Brings More Afghans to Germany

Legal challenges force continued Afghan transfers—despite security concerns.

September 24, 2025
14-Year-Old Pupil Stabs Teacher in France

14-Year-Old Pupil Stabs Teacher in France

Authorities say the teacher’s injuries are not life-threatening—while the young suspect remains in hospital, after stabbing himself.

September 24, 2025
Man Suspected of Ransomware Attack on European Airports Arrested

Man Suspected of Ransomware Attack on European Airports Arrested

The 40-year-old was detained for his alleged involvement in a cyberattack on Collins Aerospace that caused major flight delays.

September 24, 2025
China To End Lobbying for Special Treatment in WTO Talks

China To End Lobbying for Special Treatment in WTO Talks

WTO welcomes Beijing’s conciliatory approach to future trade negotiations.

September 24, 2025
First Vaccines, Now Trade: Vanishing Texts Haunt von der Leyen Again

First Vaccines, Now Trade: Vanishing Texts Haunt von der Leyen Again

A new ethics probe breathes life into long-standing questions about von der Leyen’s grip on power—and what she’s hiding.

September 24, 2025