In a move that left the White House “disappointed,” OPEC+ announced a cut of its oil production by 2 million barrels a day, which amounts to 2% of global oil production. The political and economical fallout may have far-reaching consequences.
German EU top brass continues to try to interfere with the formation of the Italian government following the resounding success of Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia. An open letter by the EU vice president now insinuates Meloni denies the Holocaust.
According to Cardinal Gerhard Müller, if the Church is to recover the salvific message of Christ, it must renounce the German Synodal Path, theories of “papal autocracy,” and transhumanism.
A new report accuses China of using so-called ‘overseas service stations’ as police stations to help hunt down fraud suspects in foreign countries, while China claims their purpose is purely administrative.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the end of the gas levy and the introduction of a gas price cap to the tune of €200 billion in loans as a ‘double whammy.’ The minister of finance defiantly called the decision a “crystal clear reply to Putin.”
Church attendance among Dutch Catholics has fallen from 80% in the 1950s to only 3%, leading to increasing numbers of church closures. The diocese of Amsterdam will close more than 80% of its churches within the next 10 years, most of them in rural areas.
Despite its ties with Russia, Serbia announced it won’t recognise the results of the referendums held in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine. Serbia’s own problems with Kosovarian independence, as well as warnings from the EU, play into that decision.
Hungary will be the first European country to launch an official survey amongst its citizens on the European sanctions against Russia. Prime Minister Orbán also continues pleading for peace negotiations to try and put an end to the war in Ukraine.
The much-maligned German gas levy is about to be scrapped, said leading politicians of the governing SPD. What will replace it, however, is yet to be decided. Green politicians are lobbying for filling the financial gap with tax money.
A school shooting in the Russian city of Izhevsk cost the lives of at least 15 people, including 11 children, and injured 24 more. The same day, a young man about to be mobilized started firing shots at an enlistment office in Siberia.
After Ursula von der Leyen threatened Italians not to vote conservative prior to the election on Sunday, high ranking EU politicians on the Left continue to make their disapproval of the election results heard.
A total of three leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines have been discovered within 24 hours, leading investigators to suspect sabotage. Officials’ two main theories are that either Ukraine or Russia is responsible for the leaks.
