Category: NEWS

Poll: More Than 8 in 10 French Favor Immigration Law Facilitating Deportations

Poll: More Than 8 in 10 French Favor Immigration Law Facilitating Deportations

The opinion poll comes as new immigration legislation, which was supposed to be one of the main items on the National Assembly’s agenda between now and July 14th, has been postponed until autumn due to a lack of majority support.

May 3, 2023
Finland to Host U.S. Military on its Territory

Finland to Host U.S. Military on its Territory

Stopping just shy of calling them ‘military bases’, the agreement will give the U.S. military access to “agreed facilities and areas” inside Finland.

May 3, 2023
New, “Constructive” UK-China Relationship Gets Off to Bumpy Start

New, “Constructive” UK-China Relationship Gets Off to Bumpy Start

China has revealed it is sending a controversial figure to the upcoming coronation of King Charles.

May 3, 2023
A Labour Day of Widespread Protests in France

A Labour Day of Widespread Protests in France

The processions gathered seven to ten times more people than in 2022.

Poland To Reinforce Trans-Atlantic Ties During EU Presidency

Poland To Reinforce Trans-Atlantic Ties During EU Presidency

“More United States in Europe, more Europe in the U.S.,” President Duda said, while also promising to do “everything” to further Ukraine’s EU membership bid.

May 3, 2023
Brussels Backs Forced Buyouts of Dutch Farmers

Brussels Backs Forced Buyouts of Dutch Farmers

Dutch journalist Eva Vlaardingerbroek has compared the government’s decision to holding a “knife to the farmers’ throats,” with officials still considering the use of mandatory purchase orders on up to 3,000 farms.

May 2, 2023
Ireland Set To Pass Far-Reaching Hate Speech Laws

Ireland Set To Pass Far-Reaching Hate Speech Laws

Barely covered by Irish media, news about the bill soon reached the likes of Twitter’s Elon Musk and Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, who promptly slammed it.

Austrian Authorities Side With Climate Protesters Over Disrupted Citizens

Austrian Authorities Side With Climate Protesters Over Disrupted Citizens

The ongoing dispute raises difficult questions over the tension between the right of individuals to protest and the level of acceptable disruption for those trying to go about their lives.

May 2, 2023
Positive EU Asylum Decisions Up 40%; Germany Takes in Most 

Positive EU Asylum Decisions Up 40%; Germany Takes in Most 

Accounting for 41% of all positive decisions made by EU member states, Germany by far registered the highest number of asylum requests granted in 2022.

May 2, 2023
Unprecedented Archaeological Find From Spain’s Tartessian Culture

Unprecedented Archaeological Find From Spain’s Tartessian Culture

Tartessians are generally thought to have been aniconic, abstaining from making anthropomorphic depictions of gods, but this discovery may challenge that theory.

French Senate Rejects European Regulation On Parenthood

French Senate Rejects European Regulation On Parenthood

If a third of the member states join the French challenge on the grounds of non-compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, the draft will have to be re-examined.

Pope Francis Celebrates Mass in Front of Tens of Thousands in Budapest 

Pope Francis Celebrates Mass in Front of Tens of Thousands in Budapest 

The pontiff prayed for peace to come to Ukraine and “a future of hope, not war; a future full of cradles, not tombs; a world of brothers and sisters, not walls.”

May 2, 2023