Category: NEWS

Macron in Beijing: Sticking With China

Not accepting that future conflict between the West and China is “inescapable,” the French president urged Europe to commit to maintaining trade with China.

Russia Tension Forces Finns Party ID Split 

There is the potential for more Danish and Estonian contingents within the ID group to join in the defection, as Finns Party leadership looks disfavourably at the AfD’s pro-Russian line within the bloc.

Scholz Questioned Over Links to Tax Fraud

The CDU hopes to hold Scholz’s feet to the fire for his ties to a German bank implicated in extensive tax fraud committed while he was mayor of Hamburg.

Hundreds of Migrants Rescued Near Malta

The migrants had left from the eastern coast of Libya, near Benghazi, on April 1st. They spent four days at sea, the last two without food or water.

Hungary and Slovakia Step Up to Keep Russian Oil Flowing Through Ukraine

Hungary and Slovakia Step Up to Keep Russian Oil Flowing Through Ukraine

Oil deliveries from Russia had been detained through the southern half of the Druzhba pipeline due to a problem with transit fee payments caused by EU sanctions.

August 12, 2022
Election Forecast: Italy’s Counter-Globalist Right Coalition May Win 60% of Seats

Election Forecast: Italy’s Counter-Globalist Right Coalition May Win 60% of Seats

If the forecast is correct, the conservative, anti-establishment coalition could secure 245 out of 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 127 of 200 seats in the Senate, garnering a comfortable majority in both legislatures.

August 12, 2022
Citizens Opposed to EU Solar and Wind Energy Projects

Citizens Opposed to EU Solar and Wind Energy Projects

The Commission’s directives would enshrine in EU regulation solar and wind energy projects as worthy of “overriding public interest” status. Being overridden is exactly what rural communities fear.

August 12, 2022
More than 100K Britons Refuse to Pay for Energy This Fall

More than 100K Britons Refuse to Pay for Energy This Fall

On its website, the collective Don’t Pay UK demands a “reduction of energy bills to an affordable level.”

August 12, 2022
German State Media Excludes AfD from Public Discourse

German State Media Excludes AfD from Public Discourse

A new study shows how drastic the suppression of conservative and right-wing opinions has become: since the last election, not a single AfD politician has been invited to a talk show on state TV.

August 11, 2022
Hungary Fines Ryanair over Profit Tax

Hungary Fines Ryanair over Profit Tax

Ryanair responded to the penalty by pointing to EU law, which permits airfare pricing within the union “without interference from national governments.”

August 11, 2022
EU Cancels Order For Traditional Vaccines

EU Cancels Order For Traditional Vaccines

It has made some wonder if the Commission, particularly Von der Leyen, is not intentionally side-lining vaccines that could compete with Pfizer products.

August 11, 2022
Spain: Possible Expulsion of Muslim Leader over Radicalization Activities

Spain: Possible Expulsion of Muslim Leader over Radicalization Activities

It is interesting to note the support he has gained from politicians whose position on gay marriage, transgenderism and a host of issues would seem to contrast starkly with his.

August 11, 2022
Nord Stream 1 Turbine Still in Germany

Nord Stream 1 Turbine Still in Germany

With the missing gas turbine stuck with Siemens in Germany, Gazprom blames the delay for delivering only 20% of its capacity via Nord Stream 1. Meanwhile, Germany’s gas reservoirs are steadily filling up.

August 11, 2022
Bannon at CPAC: We Are at War

Bannon at CPAC: We Are at War

In the impassioned speech, Bannon called Biden an illegitimate president, characterized his backers as radical cultural Marxists who want to destroy the Republic, and insisted the Federal Reserve central bank be abolished.

August 10, 2022
Podemos Co-Founder Investigated for Illegal Charges

Podemos Co-Founder Investigated for Illegal Charges

There are indications that these charges point to a larger architecture of illegal financing of Podemos by the Venezuelan government.

August 10, 2022
Poland, EU Reach Rule-of-Law Impasse

Poland, EU Reach Rule-of-Law Impasse

While the Polish parliament has passed legislation to meet demands from Brussels, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen believes “those measures have not gone far enough.”

August 10, 2022