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.

Deal Brokered by EU Between Kosovo and Serbia

Deal Brokered by EU Between Kosovo and Serbia

The leaders’ endorsement of the deal represents a major breakthrough for their countries’ deadlocked relations.

February 28, 2023
Nearly 1 Million Asylum Seekers to EU Registered in 2022 

Nearly 1 Million Asylum Seekers to EU Registered in 2022 

The Commission’s new repatriation plan comes as support for national-conservative parties increases—a trend that, for the moment, shows no sign of abating.

February 28, 2023
After Dahl, Ian Fleming’s Bond in Crosshairs of ‘Sensitivity Readers’

After Dahl, Ian Fleming’s Bond in Crosshairs of ‘Sensitivity Readers’

Ian Fleming’s biographer has stated that “that what an author commits to paper is sacrosanct and shouldn’t be altered.”

February 28, 2023
Italian Police Seize €170,000 From Lega MEP Over Parliamentary Fraud Probe

Italian Police Seize €170,000 From Lega MEP Over Parliamentary Fraud Probe

The prosecutor’s office confirmed that the seizures had nothing to do with the separate Qatargate scandal.

February 28, 2023
Muslim Politician With Extremist Ties Set To Become Leader of Scotland

Muslim Politician With Extremist Ties Set To Become Leader of Scotland

Progressive Islamist? Humza Yousaf is, “at the very least, Islamist adjacent,” reveals FWI’s latest report detailing the top Scottish candidate’s uncomfortable connections to extremism.

February 28, 2023
Estonia: Nationalist Party Polls Second, May Form Government

Estonia: Nationalist Party Polls Second, May Form Government

The rise of the Right in the small Baltic country may be part of a bigger regional trend toward conservative governments.

February 27, 2023
Anti-Meloni Takes Charge of Italian Opposition

Anti-Meloni Takes Charge of Italian Opposition

Woke, bisexual, socialist: Elly Schlein is the polar opposite of Meloni and is set to radically reform the failing Democratic Party.

February 27, 2023
Israeli, Palestinian Officials Commit To Work Towards Peace 

Israeli, Palestinian Officials Commit To Work Towards Peace 

The rare high-level meeting came on the heels of a flareup of violence in the occupied West Bank, triggering fears of escalation.

February 27, 2023
Berlin: Right & Left Protest Arms Shipments to Ukraine

Berlin: Right & Left Protest Arms Shipments to Ukraine

Prominent politicians, media figures, and everyday working people from Germany’s political Right and Left attended the protest.

February 27, 2023
EU-Algeria Relations Continue Despite Arrest of NGO Analyst

EU-Algeria Relations Continue Despite Arrest of NGO Analyst

Algerian authorities shut down the country’s oldest human rights organisation and now they’ve arrested Raof Farah, a dual French-Algerian citizen.

February 27, 2023
Six Arrested After ‘New IRA’ Shooting of Senior Detective in Northern Ireland

Six Arrested After ‘New IRA’ Shooting of Senior Detective in Northern Ireland

The dissident republican group, the New IRA, released a statement claiming responsibility for the attack.

February 27, 2023
EU Mission Investigates Spain’s Spending of Recovery Funds

EU Mission Investigates Spain’s Spending of Recovery Funds

Not getting the answers it needed in Brussels, the Budgetary Control Committee went to Spain to dig up the data on the Next Generation funds.

February 26, 2023