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Expert: Gas Prices in Some European Countries May Double or Triple by 2023 

Expert: Gas Prices in Some European Countries May Double or Triple by 2023 

An expert from an Austrian think-tank has predicted that European gas prices—despite already having skyrocketed across the continent following the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war—may double or even triple by next year. 

June 30, 2022
Spanish Government Manipulating Economic Statistics

Spanish Government Manipulating Economic Statistics

While the INE showed a Spanish economy that started to slow at the end of 2021, the government has maintained that the recovery continues at a substantial rate. This move intensifies a pattern of the current government to control, or attempt to control, independent institutions.

June 30, 2022
China Developing ‘Mind-Reading’ Helmet to Detect Porn Consumption

China Developing ‘Mind-Reading’ Helmet to Detect Porn Consumption

Chinese researchers have patented a ‘mind-reading’ helmet that responds to brainwaves triggered by pornographic material. While this sounds like the next step in China’s dystopia, practical questions about its usefulness remain unanswered.

June 30, 2022
Kissinger Warns that Russia’s Interests Must be Respected

Kissinger Warns that Russia’s Interests Must be Respected

Kissinger evoked strong criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in May when he suggested that Ukraine cede territory to Russia to end the war.

June 30, 2022
Sanctions Force Russia Debt Payment Default

Sanctions Force Russia Debt Payment Default

The default has been reported as “mostly symbolic” of “the worst economic contraction” in Russia in many years; Russian President Vladimir Putin has a different account of the Russian economy.

June 29, 2022
Austria Abolishes Mandatory Vaccination

Austria Abolishes Mandatory Vaccination

Less than half a year after its introduction in February, the Austrian government has announced that the mandatory COVID vaccination will soon be a thing of the past. The opposition calls people to remain watchful though.

June 29, 2022
Spanish Court Condemns Local Closure of Churches During the Pandemic

Spanish Court Condemns Local Closure of Churches During the Pandemic

Under two ordinances, the sites of different religious confessions were forced to remain closed precisely during the times that worshipers normally gathered—mosques on Fridays, synagogues on Saturdays, and churches on Sundays, in all three cases from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

June 29, 2022
EU Wants Brussels Friendly Schools

EU Wants Brussels Friendly Schools

In keeping with the Conference on the Future of Europe, the EU seeks to take a lead in how children are educated about the EU, its history, and why it exists, and to develop an EU-wide and euro-centric approach to education.

June 29, 2022
Macron Lectured Putin a Few Days Before Going to War

Macron Lectured Putin a Few Days Before Going to War

At the end of the discussion, Emmanuel Macron managed to extract from Vladimir Putin the principle of an international meeting. A few days later, the conflict broke out. The international meeting would never take place.

June 29, 2022
Germany Spent Nearly €22 Billion on Asylum Seekers and Integration Costs in 2021

Germany Spent Nearly €22 Billion on Asylum Seekers and Integration Costs in 2021

As its middle-class increasingly shrinks, the federal government last year continued to spend an exorbitant amount of its state funds on asylum seekers and integrating newcomers from alien cultures.

June 29, 2022
G7 Summit, Day 1: Price Caps on Russian Oil, Ban on its Gold 

G7 Summit, Day 1: Price Caps on Russian Oil, Ban on its Gold 

The club of wealthy nations comprising Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the U.S. took the opportunity to renew their vow of standing with Ukraine on all fronts “for as long as it takes.”

Thousands of African Migrants Storm Spanish Border; 23 Dead and 140 Officers Injured

Thousands of African Migrants Storm Spanish Border; 23 Dead and 140 Officers Injured

Thousands of sub-Saharan African migrants, most of whom appeared to be military-aged males, stormed the land border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla in the early hours of Friday morning, in what was the deadliest illegal border-crossing ever recorded at Melilla.

June 28, 2022