Category: NEWS

EU Countries Remain Skeptical of the €66B Budget Top-Up

Most EU members demand more clarification, increased defense funds, or settling old scores before granting the Commission’s request for extra contributions, while the most frugal ones simply reject the idea altogether.

Eurobarometer: Migration is Now Third Biggest Threat

Fewer people think that inflation and the war are the biggest challenges facing the EU, while considerably more pointed to migration than six months ago, according to the Commission’s latest EU-wide survey.

Rumors of Reshuffle Within the French Government

In the event of Élisabeth Borne’s departure, the question arises of the colour of the person who would replace her: would Emmanuel Macron then choose to lean more to the Right or more to the Left?

Abortion Survivors Left To Die

Abortion Survivors Left To Die

Based on the news site’s account of international data, the number of U.S. abortion survivors left to die is presumably higher than reported.

January 2, 2023
Croatia Formally Adopts Euro, Enters Schengen Zone

Croatia Formally Adopts Euro, Enters Schengen Zone

Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković tweeted that through Croatia’s accession to the euro zone, its citizens “will be better protected against crises.”

January 2, 2023
Radical Globalist MEP Guy Verhofstadt Calls PM Orbán a Traitor

Radical Globalist MEP Guy Verhofstadt Calls PM Orbán a Traitor

A 2018 study by anti-corruption organization Transparency International EU revealed Guy Verhofstadt to be among the top three MEPs earning the most cash in “supplementary roles.”

January 1, 2023
Crisis Averted As Serbs in Kosovo’s North Lift Barricades

Crisis Averted As Serbs in Kosovo’s North Lift Barricades

“Diplomacy prevailed in de-escalating tensions in north Kosovo. Violence can never be a solution,” Josep Borrell, the EU’s top diplomat, said.

January 1, 2023
Persecution of Clergy in 2022

Persecution of Clergy in 2022

Nigeria was the country with the highest number of victimized clergy this year, including 4 murdered priests and 29 kidnappings.

January 1, 2023
French Bill To Protect Creches in Public Spaces

French Bill To Protect Creches in Public Spaces

For the senators proposing the bill, the danger is very real and goes far beyond the sole question of Christmas creches. Other traditions are also subject to attacks motivated by the ideology of wokeism, like Christmas trees and Easter eggs.

January 1, 2023
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Dies

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Dies

The 95-year-old retired pope died at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, his chosen residence after resigning from the papacy in 2013.

December 31, 2022
Swedish PM Delivers a Grim Christmas Speech

Swedish PM Delivers a Grim Christmas Speech

“Sweden is in a very serious situation,” the prime minister began, warning that “the years ahead may be the toughest financially for our country since the 90s crisis and the financial crisis.”

December 31, 2022
The Grand Mosque of Paris Sues Michel Houellebecq

The Grand Mosque of Paris Sues Michel Houellebecq

The Grand Mosque condemns Houellebecq’s remarks as “staggeringly brutal.”

December 31, 2022
ECHR Upholds Eric Zemmour’s “Incitement to Discrimination” Conviction

ECHR Upholds Eric Zemmour’s “Incitement to Discrimination” Conviction

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) dismissed Zemmour’s complaint, ruling that decisions made by the French courts were in fact justified.

December 31, 2022
Czech President Miloš Zeman Affirms Support for Ukraine in Final Christmas Speech 

Czech President Miloš Zeman Affirms Support for Ukraine in Final Christmas Speech 

“I have always been a supporter of correct economic relations with the Russian Federation, especially due to the supply of relatively cheap energy raw materials. But there are situations when economic interests must give way to security interests.”

December 30, 2022
German Retirement Insurance Expects Surprising Surplus in 2022

German Retirement Insurance Expects Surprising Surplus in 2022

The surplus is in large part explained by the high excess mortality, which officials chalk up to COVID. But statisticians say the numbers don’t add up.

December 30, 2022