Category: NEWS

Rembrandt’s Standard Bearer Comes Home at Last

The Rijksmuseum bills the Standard Bearer, a self-portrait in which “one can feel the courage, swagger and rebelliousness bursting from the canvas!” as one of Rembrandt’s key works.

Athens Imposes Asset Freeze on EU Parliament VP Eva Kaili Amid Corruption Scandal

Athens Imposes Asset Freeze on EU Parliament VP Eva Kaili Amid Corruption Scandal

The asset freeze applies to Kaili and her immediate relatives’ (husband, parents, siblings) bank accounts, safes, companies, real estate, and other financial assets.

December 14, 2022
Erdogan Threatens Greece with Potential Missile Strikes

Erdogan Threatens Greece with Potential Missile Strikes

The Greek foreign minister condemned the threats by one NATO member toward another.

December 14, 2022
Belarusian Armed Forces Conduct Snap “Combat Readiness” Drills

Belarusian Armed Forces Conduct Snap “Combat Readiness” Drills

Oleh Izhak, the head of research at the Kyiv-based National Institute for Strategic Studies, said that 20,000 combat-capable Belarusian soldiers and 9,000 Russian soldiers could stage an offensive from the north.

December 14, 2022
Swiss Naturopath Launches International Blood Bank for the Unvaccinated

Swiss Naturopath Launches International Blood Bank for the Unvaccinated

The project seeks to establish a new global infrastructure to ensure unvaccinated patients in need of a blood transfusion have access to blood devoid of any kind of coronavirus vaccination.

December 14, 2022
Spanish Government Tightens Grip on Courts

Spanish Government Tightens Grip on Courts

The new norms are likely to become law by the end of the year, slipped in as amendments to other proposed changes to the penal code that would eliminate the crime of sedition and lower the legal consequences for misappropriating public funds.

December 14, 2022
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Ridicules Corrupt European Parliament

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Ridicules Corrupt European Parliament

Hungarian MEP Balázs Hidvéghi also slammed left-liberal MEPS in a tweet, saying: “So basically [left-liberals] have fabricated lies about corruption in Hungary for years, and now their leading politician, the Vice-President of the European Parliament is involved in the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the EU. Hypocrisy at its best!”

December 13, 2022
Germany Wants To Remove ‘Anti-Democrats’ From Civil Service

Germany Wants To Remove ‘Anti-Democrats’ From Civil Service

German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser wants to purge “anti-democrats” from the civil service. An amendment of the disciplinary law will place the burden of proving one’s innocence on the accused.

December 13, 2022
Austria: 3 Afghan Men Convicted of Rape & Murder of 13-Year-old Leonie

Austria: 3 Afghan Men Convicted of Rape & Murder of 13-Year-old Leonie

The court’s indictment said Leonie had been given a drink with at least six ecstasy pills, causing her to overdose. While Leonie was incapacitated—and dying from an overdose—the three men raped her and filmed her agony.

December 13, 2022
Éric Ciotti Elected President of Les Républicains

Éric Ciotti Elected President of Les Républicains

Ciotti’s strategy has been very clear throughout the campaign: having in mind the presidential election of 2027, prepare the ground for Laurent Wauquiez.

December 13, 2022
Nepotism Scandal Rocks Swedish Police

Nepotism Scandal Rocks Swedish Police

The controversial appointment is said to have negatively affected the police response to the so-called Koran riots in April.

December 13, 2022
German Federal Network Agency Warns: “We Need to Save More Gas!”

German Federal Network Agency Warns: “We Need to Save More Gas!”

Despite frost not having hit hard yet, Germans have been slacking in recent weeks in terms of saving gas.

December 13, 2022
Phone Call Between Macron and Zelensky Ahead of Paris Conference on Ukraine

Phone Call Between Macron and Zelensky Ahead of Paris Conference on Ukraine

Since the beginning of the conflict, the two men have had such exchanges no less than forty times—a relationship that is ongoing, if also a little chilly and tense.

December 12, 2022