Category: NEWS

Austria: No Majority for Main Establishment Parties, Poll Reveals

Presently, with the polling figures as they are, the national-conservative Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) will be needed to form a majority coalition unless the center-right People’s Party (ÖVP) is willing to take a sharp left turn to join forces with the SPÖ along with either the Greens or NEOS.

Use of Cash Should Be Constitutional Right, Says Austrian Chancellor

Nehammer’s plan, and that of his conservative People’s Party (ÖVP), is being viewed as an attempt to seduce voters away from the FPÖ in the run-up to next year’s parliamentary elections, which, the latest polls say, the FPÖ has a good chance of dominating.

Farmers Party Surges in Dutch Elections

Farmers Party Surges in Dutch Elections

The populist BBB, only founded in 2019, is expected to become the largest bloc in the Dutch Senate as the ring-wing Forum for Democracy saw its vote share collapse.

March 17, 2023
Socialist Victory Signals Leftist Shift in Lithuania

Socialist Victory Signals Leftist Shift in Lithuania

In just two years, the LSDP went from 9% to 17%, winning the first round of Lithuania’s local elections. But the second round may favor the conservative TS this Sunday.

March 17, 2023
Credit Suisse Given $54 Billion Lifeline

Credit Suisse Given $54 Billion Lifeline

Credit Suisse is the first global systemically crucial financial institution since the financial crisis of 2008 to receive a central bank lifeline.

March 17, 2023
Wagner Puts $15 Million Bounty on Italian Defence Minister

Wagner Puts $15 Million Bounty on Italian Defence Minister

After Crosetto publicly accused Wagner of contributing to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, the bounty suggests he may have hit a nerve.

March 16, 2023
The Finns Party: “Get Tough on Migrant Crime”

The Finns Party: “Get Tough on Migrant Crime”

As rising gang crime sparks debates over law, order, and immigration ahead of Finland’s election, national-conservative True Finns say they “have been warning for years” of the danger.

March 16, 2023
Millions Wasted: EU Countries Call for Reviewing Pfizer Deal

Millions Wasted: EU Countries Call for Reviewing Pfizer Deal

It is “irrational” to buy more vaccines, Bulgaria argued, as it prepares to destroy more vaccines, now expired, than it had administered.

March 16, 2023
The Vatican’s Red Line: Pope Francis Rejects Gender Ideology

The Vatican’s Red Line: Pope Francis Rejects Gender Ideology

The question of gender, the Pontiff said, would dilute differences as it makes the world “the same, all dull, all alike, and that is contrary to the human vocation.”

March 16, 2023
Spain: Russian Gas Imports Soar 84% Despite War

Spain: Russian Gas Imports Soar 84% Despite War

Spain may be on a collision course with EU energy policy after a diplomatic conflict with Algeria forced increased reliance on Russian gas imports.

March 16, 2023
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Visits President Emmanuel Macron

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Visits President Emmanuel Macron

For Viktor Orbán, this meeting has a strong symbolic dimension: despite his positions, which are contrary to the majority of his European colleagues, he maintains dialogue with the West.

March 16, 2023
Italy: Illegal Arrivals Up Nearly 200% This Year 

Italy: Illegal Arrivals Up Nearly 200% This Year 

The drastic uptick in illegal arrivals comes despite Prime Minister Georgia Meloni’s pre-election campaign promises to drastically curtail illegal immigration.

March 16, 2023
Europe’s Secretive Deportation Scheme Uncovered

Europe’s Secretive Deportation Scheme Uncovered

The document, obtained under a freedom of information request, reveals a planned mechanism to facilitate the “non-voluntary return of migrants.”

March 15, 2023
United Front: Sanctioned Iran and Belarus To Bolster Ties

United Front: Sanctioned Iran and Belarus To Bolster Ties

The Belarusian president and his Iranian counterpart inked cooperation deals in various areas while comparing notes on how to navigate Western-imposed sanctions.

March 15, 2023