Category: NEWS

Kremlin Critic Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for “Treason”

Kremlin Critic Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for “Treason”

The sentence has been described as “one of the harshest sentences since Joseph Stalin’s time.”

April 18, 2023
Claims Surface Against MEP Maximilian Krah

Claims Surface Against MEP Maximilian Krah

Sources close to the situation have indicated that files have been brought to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and Krah’s immunity is likely to be lifted on the basis of the original investigation by the EU anti-fraud agency OLAF.

April 18, 2023
Massive Protest Sees Demonstrators Call for Czech Government’s Resignation 

Massive Protest Sees Demonstrators Call for Czech Government’s Resignation 

Since the onset of the war in February 2022, Fiala’s government has been among the European Union’s most fervent proponents of the collective West’s sanctions against Russia, despite the serious damage they have inflicted on the Czech economy.

April 18, 2023
Spain’s President Apologises to Women Hurt by Sexual Violence Law

Spain’s President Apologises to Women Hurt by Sexual Violence Law

He defended the law as “a good law,” but admits that “an unwanted effect has been caused that neither the Executive Power nor the legislative contemplated, but that we have to solve.”

April 18, 2023
Founder of the Front National Jean-Marie Le Pen Hospitalised

Founder of the Front National Jean-Marie Le Pen Hospitalised

The politician is 94 years old. His adviser told AFP that his family and friends were “worried, but serene.”

April 17, 2023
650 Illegal Immigrants Make It to Spain in Single Week

650 Illegal Immigrants Make It to Spain in Single Week

Illegal crossings of the Mediterranean intensify, with human traffickers mainly departing from Morocco and Algeria.

Brazil’s Lula Calls For the West To End the War

Brazil’s Lula Calls For the West To End the War

Sending weapons is equal to “incentivizing war,” President Lula said in Beijing, showcasing BRICS as a global peace coalition.

April 17, 2023
Von der Leyen Sued Over Pfizer Contracts

Von der Leyen Sued Over Pfizer Contracts

The Commission chief could see her immunity stripped as she is being sued for €50,000 in moral damages for “undermining the collective faith” in the Belgian state.

April 17, 2023
Landowner Gets 525 Expropriated Hectares Back from Solar Park

Landowner Gets 525 Expropriated Hectares Back from Solar Park

The judge declared the expropriation null and void and added a word for the energy company: “The action (of Iberdrola) is surprising. Nonsense has no name.”

April 17, 2023
Protracted Civil War Threatens Sudan

Protracted Civil War Threatens Sudan

Two military factions in the Northeast-African country of Sudan are vying for supremacy, sparking fears of a civil war. Since

April 17, 2023
Spanish Health Care Suffering from Long Waiting Lists

Spanish Health Care Suffering from Long Waiting Lists

The latest statistics from the Ministry of Health indicate that patient wait times for primary care visits, specialist appointments, and surgery all continue to lengthen.

April 17, 2023
Upcoming Transparency Directive Makes European NGOs Sweat

Upcoming Transparency Directive Makes European NGOs Sweat

In Brussels, transparency rules are welcome only as long as they target conservatives, as foreign-funded NGOs fear that by forcing them to disclose their sources of revenue, the Commission will let “illiberal forces stigmatize” civil society.

April 17, 2023