Month: January 2026

Fico Is Spot On: What Is Mrs. Kallas For?

The purpose of foreign policy is not moral purification; it is to secure tangible interests as well as they can be secured in the existing balance of power.

Remains of Last Israeli Hostage Returned Home from Gaza

Remains of Last Israeli Hostage Returned Home from Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the repatriation of Ran Gvili “an extraordinary achievement for the State of Israel.”

January 26, 2026
“Noise and Smell”: Civic Training Requested for ‘Racist’ French Estate Agents

“Noise and Smell”: Civic Training Requested for ‘Racist’ French Estate Agents

Landlords and estate agents want to select tenants—but is it permissible to ask why?

January 26, 2026
Vienna Refuses Statue of Christian King To Avoid Fueling ‘Islamophobia’

Vienna Refuses Statue of Christian King To Avoid Fueling ‘Islamophobia’

The monument to John III Sobieski was approved, built, and promised—before city authorities reversed course and left a bare pedestal on the battlefield site.

January 26, 2026
Portugal Seizes Record Nine Tonnes of Cocaine Off Azores

Portugal Seizes Record Nine Tonnes of Cocaine Off Azores

To tackle a massive drug shipment, an operation brought together Portuguese naval and air forces with UK and U.S. support.

January 26, 2026
Balkan Truckers Block Borders, Protesting EU Visa Rules

Balkan Truckers Block Borders, Protesting EU Visa Rules

Truckers say that Brussels’s digital Entry/Exit System makes long-haul Balkan routes ‘unsustainable.’

January 26, 2026
Brussels Pushes Ukraine’s Fast-Track Accession Despite War and Tensions With Hungary

Brussels Pushes Ukraine’s Fast-Track Accession Despite War and Tensions With Hungary

The Commission’s strategy to integrate Ukraine strains the EU’s internal unity and fuels criticism over an institutional double standard.

January 26, 2026
Berlin: Left-Wing Extremist Violence Nearly Doubled in 2025

Berlin: Left-Wing Extremist Violence Nearly Doubled in 2025

Antisemitic crimes in the German capital also reached a new high, with 2,112 incidents recorded last year.

January 26, 2026
Deported, Then Rewarded: UK Taxpayers Fund Migrant Perks

Deported, Then Rewarded: UK Taxpayers Fund Migrant Perks

A £1.8 million Home Office scheme will offer housing, mental health support and employment help to migrants after their removal from Britain.

January 26, 2026
Suella Braverman Defects to Reform UK in Fresh Blow to Conservatives

Suella Braverman Defects to Reform UK in Fresh Blow to Conservatives

After quitting the Conservative Party, Britain’s former Home Secretary became Reform UK’s eighth MP.

January 26, 2026
90-Year-Old Raped in Nice by Man Under Deportation Order

90-Year-Old Raped in Nice by Man Under Deportation Order

Authorities confirmed the suspect had been ordered to leave France earlier this month but remained in the country.

January 26, 2026
Samuel Paty Beheading Case Returns to Court as Convicted Men Appeal

Samuel Paty Beheading Case Returns to Court as Convicted Men Appeal

The Paris appeal court is revisiting the 2020 Islamist murder of schoolteacher Samuel Paty.

January 26, 2026
Can Social Media Save Lives?

Can Social Media Save Lives?

Activists and influencers credit international pressure with temporarily halting the execution of Erfan Soltani.

January 26, 2026