Bridget Ryder is a news writer for The European Conservative. She holds degrees in Spanish and Catholic Studies.
Marihuana Turns Out the Lights in Spain

Marihuana Turns Out the Lights in Spain

In February, Spain’s National Police raided a flat in Granada that had been consuming an amount of electricity equivalent to 70 flats. The electricity had been lavished on a marijuana plantation that had been responsible for intermittent blackouts in the neighbourhood.

May 23, 2022
Drug Trafficking Intensifying in Europe

Drug Trafficking Intensifying in Europe

Though Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru are still the global hubs for cocaine production, European drug traffickers have also joined the production side of the drug trade.

May 21, 2022
Qatar and Spain Form “Strategic Alliance”

Qatar and Spain Form “Strategic Alliance”

The Spanish government has avoided providing details about future projects, except that they will be in the areas of ecological transition, digital transition, hydrogen storage, industrial autonomy, and infrastructure.

May 20, 2022
Spain Liberalizes Abortion and Declares Menstrual Health a Right

Spain Liberalizes Abortion and Declares Menstrual Health a Right

The draft law maintains the basic 14-week limit on abortion on demand. Its main thrust is to remove safeguards for women such as the 3-day reflection period, and to force public doctors to perform abortions.

May 19, 2022
Johnson Tries to Tame Tensions in Northern Ireland

Johnson Tries to Tame Tensions in Northern Ireland

Dissatisfaction with the protocol has been growing among Unionists and in parts of the UK outside of Northern Ireland. Now the polemics of the protocol have conflated with Northern Irish politics.

May 18, 2022
Conference on the Future of Europe: Final Report and Next Steps

Conference on the Future of Europe: Final Report and Next Steps

Of the hundreds of proposals that emerged from the Conference, none are surprising, since they largely reiterate the already-underway progressive agenda.

May 16, 2022
Portuguese Proposes Penalizing Doctors’ Salaries for Patient Abortions

Portuguese Proposes Penalizing Doctors’ Salaries for Patient Abortions

Women’s rights groups and doctors’ associations quickly responded that the proposed rule was discriminatory and could incentivize doctors to dissuade their patients from having abortions.

May 13, 2022
G7 Promises Russian Oil Embargo

G7 Promises Russian Oil Embargo

Only now, as it becomes clear that Russia is not buckling under the previous sanctions, have countries begun to put the most serious sanctions on the table: those that touch on Russia’s energy empire.

May 11, 2022
Putin’s Victory Day Speech is Unvictorious

Putin’s Victory Day Speech is Unvictorious

In the end, Putin’s much anticipated speech was an 11-minute reiteration of the propaganda used to justify the war in Ukraine.

May 11, 2022
Spanish Pregnancy Centre Suing Abortion Clinic for Vandalism

Spanish Pregnancy Centre Suing Abortion Clinic for Vandalism

In the days following the centre’s opening, the Dator Clinic sent out several Tweets and retweets calling Refugio ProVida “an assault centre.” Some tweets also stated, “we cannot allow this” and “please do something.”

May 8, 2022
Africa Hardest Hit by Food Scarcity, UN Reports

Africa Hardest Hit by Food Scarcity, UN Reports

In 2021, Africa was the continent that suffered the most from a lack of basic sustenance, and the only continent in the UN study with catastrophic levels of food scarcity, the highest category.

May 7, 2022
Ukrainian Civilians Suffering Fuel Shortages

Ukrainian Civilians Suffering Fuel Shortages

The fuel shortage is an additional strain on Ukrainians already under fire from Russia, many of whom are travelling either to return to homes they abandoned in the initial fear and shock of the Russian invasion, or to seek safety and shelter in another part of the country.

May 6, 2022