Category: NEWS

Macron’s Dangerous Game on Israel

The French president quickly had to call his Israeli counterpart, President Herzog, in an attempt to put out the diplomatic fire he had started.

Nationalist T-Shirt Sparks Diplomatic Incident: Son of Serbian President Stopped in Kosovo

Nationalist T-Shirt Sparks Diplomatic Incident: Son of Serbian President Stopped in Kosovo

The altercation will likely strain already poor relations between Serbia and the breakaway region after weeks of violence over the installation of Albanian mayors in Serbian regions in Kosovo.

June 30, 2023
Summit Round-Up: EU Leaders Weigh In on Wagner, Migration, and Budget

Summit Round-Up: EU Leaders Weigh In on Wagner, Migration, and Budget

Poland promises to veto the migrant relocations, Hungary questions Brussels’s extra-budgetary requests, and others keep worrying about the possibility of a resurgent Wagner coming out of Belarus. All in one day.

June 29, 2023
French Race Riots: 40K Officers Dispatched as Far-Left Throws Gasoline on the Fire

French Race Riots: 40K Officers Dispatched as Far-Left Throws Gasoline on the Fire

While the French government had not yet called a state of emergency on Thursday night, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said “the state’s response will be extremely firm.”

June 29, 2023
Border Control Over Deportations: The Answer to Europe’s Migration Problem

Border Control Over Deportations: The Answer to Europe’s Migration Problem

Illegal immigrants get free healthcare, housing, and cash—that is no deterrent, but an open invitation to the UK and the EU, said businessman and former Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib.

June 29, 2023
Dutch Farmers Return to Streets After Breakdown in Negotiations

Dutch Farmers Return to Streets After Breakdown in Negotiations

Attje Kuiken, the leader of the Dutch Labour Party, said that farmers should accept that food production must be radically scaled back to save the environment.

June 29, 2023
French Race Riots: Contrasting Portraits of Officer and Slain Suspect Emerge

French Race Riots: Contrasting Portraits of Officer and Slain Suspect Emerge

Prior to his latest run-in with the police and his subsequent and untimely death, the teenager had a total of 15 entries in the criminal records file.

June 29, 2023
Record 522,000 German Catholics Quit the Faith in 2022

Record 522,000 German Catholics Quit the Faith in 2022

Rocked by years of scandals, with some still ongoing, the German Catholic church is haemorrhaging members at a record rate as its leadership proposes wildly liberal reforms to the faith.

June 29, 2023
French Riots: Macron Clashes With Police Unions

French Riots: Macron Clashes With Police Unions

Two town halls were set ablaze in the second night of race riots, while the country’s politically powerful police unions have turned against the Élysée Palace, saying their officers are being turned into scapegoats.

June 29, 2023
UK Tories Urged To Drop ‘Fear’ of “Nanny Statism” on NHS

UK Tories Urged To Drop ‘Fear’ of “Nanny Statism” on NHS

A former Conservative Party health minister said the government should implement a preventative approach to reduce the rise in “costly” chronic illnesses.

June 29, 2023
Stockholm Sees First Quran Burning Since Permit Ban Overturned by Courts

Stockholm Sees First Quran Burning Since Permit Ban Overturned by Courts

After months of court battles, anti-Islam protestors have burned yet another copy of the Quran in Stockholm, adding yet more tensions to Sweden’s bid to seek NATO approval from Turkey, whose Foreign Minister condemned the burning.

June 29, 2023
Hungarian Justice Minister Resigns To Lead Conservative Shift in EU Elections

Hungarian Justice Minister Resigns To Lead Conservative Shift in EU Elections

“If we look at the success of the Spanish Vox or the Fratelli d’Italia, we can see that the stigmas attached to sovereigntist parties are in vain: voters choose according to their own perception of reality,” Varga said, announcing the 2024 election bid.

June 29, 2023
Austrian Support for Deportation of Criminal Asylum Seekers Shoots to 197,000

Austrian Support for Deportation of Criminal Asylum Seekers Shoots to 197,000

The referendum came as Austria, with its nine million-strong population, saw a tripling of the number of asylum applications filed between 2021 and 2022.