Category: NEWS

Navratilova Slams Pro-Transgender Policies

A biological male’s recent victories in women’s tennis tournaments have been criticised by tennis great Martina Navratilova and sparked outrage with the public at large in the United States.

Private Addresses of AfD Politicians Published

In 2019, 2020, and 2021, AfD politicians were attacked more frequently than those from any other party. The trend has gone almost completely unreported by Germany’s mainstream and state-backed press.

Calls Growing for UK To Drop Out of the ECHR

The delay in deporting migrants to Rwanda is frustrating the UK government and the Conservatives, which is leading to the possibility that the UK will ditch the ECHR.

Commission: Only One in Five Failed Asylum Seekers is Returned

Commission: Only One in Five Failed Asylum Seekers is Returned

Failing to return migrants “hampers our system and erodes trust,” the Commissioner said, urging members to ramp up deportations.

March 17, 2023
Garbage Collectors’ Strike: Paris Succumbs to Rubbish

Garbage Collectors’ Strike: Paris Succumbs to Rubbish

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is refusing to act. She and her team are blaming the government and its pension reform for the current situation, which she intends to encourage.

March 17, 2023
Montenegro: Parliament Dissolved Ahead of Presidential Vote

Montenegro: Parliament Dissolved Ahead of Presidential Vote

Experts describe Montenegro as being divided along pro-Russian and pro-Western lines, with a long running dispute over the status of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

March 17, 2023
Carbon-Neutral Buildings Receive Favourable Vote in Parliament

Carbon-Neutral Buildings Receive Favourable Vote in Parliament

The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive was passed, despite intense opposition from conservative groups in the European Parliament.

March 17, 2023
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