While some—the comedian in question included—might want to brush it off as a humorous episode, how it reflects the current state of free speech in the UK is decidedly not funny.
Huge concessions from Sweden and Finland finally allowed Turkey to lift its veto against the entry of the two Nordic countries in the Atlantic Alliance.
After the war in Ukraine started, G7 leaders have been fixated on getting oil and gas from anywhere but Russia. This might prove more trying than expected.
The result of the vote on 23 June 2022 confirms the prevailing consensus among MEPs on the need to maintain control over public freedoms in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 23,000 women and girls living across multicultural Belgium have been subjected to the profoundly barbaric practice known as female genital mutilation (FGM); another 12,000 are at risk.
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.
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.
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.
Kissinger evoked strong criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in May when he suggested that Ukraine cede territory to Russia to end the war.
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.
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.
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.
