Bridget Ryder is a news writer for The European Conservative. She holds degrees in Spanish and Catholic Studies.
Death Toll Rises to Nine from Glacier Collapse in Italy

Death Toll Rises to Nine from Glacier Collapse in Italy

A mammoth chunk of the glacier atop Mount Marmolada hurled down the mountain at around 186 mph, killing at least 7 hikers and injuring 8 others.

July 10, 2022
Czechia Outlines Priorities for Presidency: Defence, Energy, and Ukraine

Czechia Outlines Priorities for Presidency: Defence, Energy, and Ukraine

He chose as his theme “Europe as a task,” inspired in an essay by communist resistance leader and first Czechian prime minister Václav Klaus.

July 8, 2022
EU Parliament Gives Gas and Nuclear ‘Green’ Status

EU Parliament Gives Gas and Nuclear ‘Green’ Status

For hard-core environmentalists and countries that have already weighted their energy production away from both gas and nuclear, the taxonomy is considered ‘greenwashing.’

July 7, 2022
MEPs Attempt to Ban Pro-Life Lobbyists from EU Parliament

MEPs Attempt to Ban Pro-Life Lobbyists from EU Parliament

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión noted that the request to remove pro-life lobbyists was based on the assumption that abortion is a fundamental human right, though it has never been enshrined as such in European law.

July 6, 2022
Spain Tries to Tame the Bad Behaviour of British Tourists

Spain Tries to Tame the Bad Behaviour of British Tourists

In 2018, in the Balearic Islands alone, 7 tourists died and 24 were seriously injured either from falls or auto-related accidents. In most cases, the victims were inebriated and left alone by their friends.

July 5, 2022
Last Ukrainian Stronghold in Luhansk Falls

Last Ukrainian Stronghold in Luhansk Falls

Zelensky assured Ukrainians in his regular address later on July 3rd that this was not the end of Ukraine’s defence of Luhansk and that Ukraine’s military would seek an opportunity to recapture the region.

July 5, 2022
Dutch Farmers Protest Government Interference

Dutch Farmers Protest Government Interference

On July 3rd, farmers convened en masse in their tractors and blocked the German-Dutch border. Others protested by dumping manure in front of several public buildings. Reuters reports that on July 4th, they also blocked roads and supermarket distribution centres.

July 4, 2022
Italy Facing Multiple Crises Due to Drought

Italy Facing Multiple Crises Due to Drought

The Po River, once feared for being prone to spring floods, may become the source of fresh horror as multiple crises in Italy play out due to the absence of water.

July 4, 2022
EU Strikes Out Against ‘Fast Fashion’

EU Strikes Out Against ‘Fast Fashion’

In a fact sheet, the commission summed up its goal: by 2030 “all textile products placed on the EU market are durable, repairable, and recyclable, to a great extent made of recycled fibres, free of hazardous substances, produced respecting social rights.”

July 4, 2022
Pro-Lifers Show the Incoherence of Abortion on Spanish Streets

Pro-Lifers Show the Incoherence of Abortion on Spanish Streets

“This is the only [moment] in which you can kill him legally,” reads the text, next to an arrow pointing to the belly of Miguel’s pregnant mother.

July 3, 2022
EU Ministers Agree on Sweeping Environmental Package

EU Ministers Agree on Sweeping Environmental Package

Despite resistance from Germany, the ministers aligned with the EU Parliament’s recent resolution to ban the sale of combustion engines in the block in 2035.

July 2, 2022
Spanish Government Manipulating Economic Statistics

Spanish Government Manipulating Economic Statistics

While the INE showed a Spanish economy that started to slow at the end of 2021, the government has maintained that the recovery continues at a substantial rate. This move intensifies a pattern of the current government to control, or attempt to control, independent institutions.

June 30, 2022