Month: October 2025

Aerial view of Vilnius Airport (Wikimedia Commons)

Cigarette Smugglers Close Lithuanian Airport

Disruptions to flights ensued when about 25 contraband-carrying weather balloons illegally entered Lithuania’s airspace, temporarily shutting down Vilnius airport.

British ‘Conservative’ Governments Failed to Challenge Human Rights Legislation

British ‘Conservative’ Governments Failed to Challenge Human Rights Legislation

A new approach to protecting human rights will cause tension with the UK’s membership of the ECHR and its subjection to the Strasbourg Court’s jurisdiction, a report says.

October 2, 2025
‘Barbie Kardashian’: The Insanity of Transgender Ideology

‘Barbie Kardashian’: The Insanity of Transgender Ideology

The man briefly sent to a women’s prison for threatening to rape, torture, and kill his own mother has been set free.

October 2, 2025
Orbán Condemns EU ‘War Plans’

Orbán Condemns EU ‘War Plans’

The Hungarian PM claims that Brussels is gearing up for war and rejects EU membership for Ukraine, saying that a strategic relationship is needed instead.

October 2, 2025
“Take Your Revenge”: Posters in Berlin Invite Germans To Fight in Ukraine

“Take Your Revenge”: Posters in Berlin Invite Germans To Fight in Ukraine

Posters in the German capital with images of Second World War prisoners and a QR code have reopened the debate about Ukrainian interference in Germany.

October 2, 2025
Sweden To Send Minors to Prison Amid Rising Gang Violence

Sweden To Send Minors to Prison Amid Rising Gang Violence

Youth care homes—the current form of sanction for underage criminals—have been widely criticised as “nurseries for crime.”

October 2, 2025
One Plot Foiled, Another Enacted as Europe’s Antisemitism Problem on Full Display

One Plot Foiled, Another Enacted as Europe’s Antisemitism Problem on Full Display

Suspected members of Hamas have been arrested in Berlin. But in the UK, two people are dead following a bloody attack by a suspected terrorist.

October 2, 2025
Morocco: Police Shoot Protesters Dead

Morocco: Police Shoot Protesters Dead

Two were killed as local youth took to the streets, with violence and arrests spreading across Moroccan cities.

October 2, 2025
Credibility and Communications Crisis: Von der Leyen’s Failing Balancing Act

Credibility and Communications Crisis: Von der Leyen’s Failing Balancing Act

The ‘hollow center’ of the European People’s Party proves incapable of holding against Brussels’ ideological tensions.

October 2, 2025
Police Investigate Brussels Shooting

Police Investigate Brussels Shooting

A firearm was discharged in Saint-Gilles: with no reported injuries to date, it nevertheless points to deteriorating public safety in the Belgian capital.

October 2, 2025
Macron in Copenhagen: ‘Get Tough on Russia’s Shadow Fleet’

Macron in Copenhagen: ‘Get Tough on Russia’s Shadow Fleet’

The French President has urged European countries to step up joint action against Russia’s so-called shadow fleet—after the French Navy detained part of a tanker crew off the Atlantic coast.

October 2, 2025
Ukraine War Latest Excuse for EU Centralisation

Ukraine War Latest Excuse for EU Centralisation

Brussels is choosing to punish rather than listen to those insisting on a different approach.

October 2, 2025
Munich Oktoberfest Reopened After Gun and Arson Rampage

Munich Oktoberfest Reopened After Gun and Arson Rampage

Authorities ruled out political or religious motives behind the incident, which comes at a time of heightened tensions in Germany.

October 2, 2025