Category: NEWS

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.

U.S. Announces Another $2.6B in Weapons for Ukraine

U.S. commitment to substantial resources “reflects the American interests and values that are at stake,” the Department of Defense said, vowing to send more packages in the future.

NGOs Block Public Disclosure in EU Congo Sex Probe

UNICEF is among the NGOs attempting to block the disclosure of files relating to the exploitation of women and children in the Congo amid reports that aid workers impregnated 26 women.

Emma Watson and J.K. Rowling at War

Emma Watson and J.K. Rowling at War

On several occasions, Emma Watson has distinguished herself through deliberately militant and feminist statements, especially toward J.K. Rowling. This time she may have gone too far, since some of her detractors do not hesitate to call her a “woke brat.”

First Steps of Elisabeth Borne, France’s New Prime Minister

First Steps of Elisabeth Borne, France’s New Prime Minister

Elisabeth Borne seemed to willingly partake in the delicate exercise of navigating among oppositional factions, despite the electric atmosphere in the Palais Bourbon.

Slovakia Wants to Mute Visegrád Foreign Policy

Slovakia Wants to Mute Visegrád Foreign Policy

In the wake of the war in Ukraine, internal division within the Visegrád group is at an all-time high. The upcoming Slovakian presidency hopes to shift attention away from foreign politics to economic and cultural collaboration.

Togo and Gabon Join the Commonwealth

Togo and Gabon Join the Commonwealth

The attractiveness of the Commonwealth is a reflection of the deficiencies in French policy, which for several years has been unable to maintain constructive relations with its former colonies, both culturally and economically.

OPEC Loses its Secretary General in the Midst of Energy Crisis

OPEC Loses its Secretary General in the Midst of Energy Crisis

OPEC’s Secretary General, without executive power in the strict sense, usually plays a decisive diplomatic role in facilitating discussions between producer countries with often divergent interests.

$750 Billion Towards Ukraine’s Recovery

$750 Billion Towards Ukraine’s Recovery

While Kyiv wants frozen Russian assets to go towards rebuilding its war-torn nation, the thorny issue of its legality remains.

Czechia Outlines Priorities for Presidency: Defence, Energy, and Ukraine

Czechia Outlines Priorities for Presidency: Defence, Energy, and Ukraine

He chose as his theme “Europe as a task,” inspired in an essay by communist resistance leader and first Czechian prime minister Václav Klaus.

July 8, 2022
Berlin: Lecture on Binary Nature of Human Sexuality Canceled

Berlin: Lecture on Binary Nature of Human Sexuality Canceled

A self-described “very Left” biologist is accused by Green politicians of “inhumane biologism” for insisting on biological bi-sexual differences.

July 8, 2022
Boris Johnson Resigns

Boris Johnson Resigns

Prime Minister Boris Johnson plainly calculated that it would be more dignified to quit than carry on an unwinnable fight.

July 7, 2022
Spain’s New Law of Historical Memory

Spain’s New Law of Historical Memory

Rejecting the Franco-era state to this degree, however, implies rejecting the political reform that led to the current democratic constitution. Indeed, some analysts suspect this is partly the law’s intent.

EU Parliament Gives Gas and Nuclear ‘Green’ Status

EU Parliament Gives Gas and Nuclear ‘Green’ Status

For hard-core environmentalists and countries that have already weighted their energy production away from both gas and nuclear, the taxonomy is considered ‘greenwashing.’

July 7, 2022
Germany: New Law Allows Gender Change Once a Year

Germany: New Law Allows Gender Change Once a Year

Germany proposed a new law that will allow everybody aged 14 or older to change their gender and first name with a simple visit to the registry office.

July 7, 2022