Category: NEWS

Multi-National Sex Trafficking Network Busted

Spanish police working with French, Italian, and Dominican Republic authorities have dismantled a multi-national sex trafficking network and released 41 victims of sexual exploitation.

Nearly Half of Flanders Supports National Right Parties, Poll Reveals

Nearly Half of Flanders Supports National Right Parties, Poll Reveals

The fact that Vlaams Belang is the largest party in successive polls offers unprecedented opportunities, including the formation of a right-wing government in Belgium, like in Italy, MP Filip De Winter told The European Conservative.

February 25, 2023
Belarus To Form 100,000 Man Paramilitary Force

Belarus To Form 100,000 Man Paramilitary Force

Does the creation of a new paramilitary force indicate that Belarus is getting drawn further into the Ukraine war?

February 24, 2023
Chinese COVID Restrictions Helped EU Gas Imports

Chinese COVID Restrictions Helped EU Gas Imports

Commentators warn that Beijing may use the new energy relationship for political leverage.

February 24, 2023
Meloni Reaffirms Italy’s Support With Visit to Kyiv

Meloni Reaffirms Italy’s Support With Visit to Kyiv

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attributed Ukraine’s strength in resistance to nationalism, comparing it to Italy’s reunification in the 19th century.

February 24, 2023
European Commission Bans Staff From Using TikTok Amid Security Fears

European Commission Bans Staff From Using TikTok Amid Security Fears

The social media giant described the decision as being based on “fundamental misconceptions” about security.

February 24, 2023
With NATO Cohesion in Mind, Blinken Urges Calming of Greek-Turkish Relations

With NATO Cohesion in Mind, Blinken Urges Calming of Greek-Turkish Relations

The U.S. secretary of state urged Greece and Turkey “to not take any unilateral actions or use any charged rhetoric that would only make things more difficult and more challenging.”

February 24, 2023
Dutch Governing Party Advocates Accepting Pedophilia and Teaching It in Schools

Dutch Governing Party Advocates Accepting Pedophilia and Teaching It in Schools

Promoting “virtual child pornography” might even decrease the risk of child abuse, the social-liberal D66’s youth organization believes.

February 24, 2023
Netanyahu’s Coalition Moves Forward on Judicial Reform

Netanyahu’s Coalition Moves Forward on Judicial Reform

Despite vociferous opposition, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition is moving ahead with solving Israel’s ‘activist judges’ problem.

February 23, 2023
EU Launches Military Training Mission to Niger

EU Launches Military Training Mission to Niger

The three-year mission to the last stable state in the Sahel region forms part of the EU’s increasingly proactive diplomatic policy, with commentators worried that Niger could be the latest African country to turn to Moscow.

February 23, 2023
Vetoes and Objections: Tenth Sanction Package Still in the Works

Vetoes and Objections: Tenth Sanction Package Still in the Works

Enforcing sanctions requires “a lot of discipline,” said the bloc’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, as a dozen countries rejected the EU’s proposed measures against circumvention.

February 23, 2023
Biden Meets Leaders of the Bucharest Nine To Discuss “Next Steps”

Biden Meets Leaders of the Bucharest Nine To Discuss “Next Steps”

The B9 looks forward to “increased U.S. military presence” in the region, said Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the group’s special summit.

February 23, 2023
“Protectionist” U.S. Stimulus Package Denounced by UK Trade Secretary

“Protectionist” U.S. Stimulus Package Denounced by UK Trade Secretary

Badenoch warned that the scheme would negatively affect global supply chains and confirmed that the UK would cooperate with the EU to frame a response to the Biden administration’s green subsidy plan.

February 23, 2023