Category: NEWS

Green NGOs Suspected of Writing EU Policy Document

Green MEP Jutta Paulus has denied pasting the document on methane emissions regulations into the draft legal text, as MEPs look to tighten rules on lobbyists in the Parliament.

Tough Job Market for Young Workers

Tough Job Market for Young Workers

The actual employment rates for young workers varies drastically across the EU. On average, the 27 member-state European Union had a 73.6% employment rate for the young workforce. The euro zone averaged 73.1%.

April 6, 2022
Cardinal Ranjith: High-Level Officials Behind Sri Lanka Easter Bombings

Cardinal Ranjith: High-Level Officials Behind Sri Lanka Easter Bombings

The cardinal’s appeal comes after the country’s Parliament Select Committee released a report that suggested high-level government officials had allowed the country’s Christian minority community to be targeted in a string of terrorist bombings on Easter Sunday in 2019.

April 6, 2022
Spanish News Agency Manipulates Zelensky’s Speech; Puts VOX in the Hot Seat

Spanish News Agency Manipulates Zelensky’s Speech; Puts VOX in the Hot Seat

The anti-Spanish slant of the Agencia EFE tweet provoked a strong reaction from supporters of VOX on Twitter, as they called for Zelensky’s speech to the Spanish Parliament scheduled for Tuesday, April 5th, to be cancelled.

April 5, 2022
European Press and Leaders Give a Cold Reception to Orbán’s Victory

European Press and Leaders Give a Cold Reception to Orbán’s Victory

Overall, congratulations from European leaders to the reappointed prime minister have been slow or lukewarm, while the majority of European media outlets have been critical. No official reaction came from the offices in Paris, Berlin, or Rome.

April 5, 2022
Hungarian Trucking Company Hiring Indian Drivers

Hungarian Trucking Company Hiring Indian Drivers

Europe has an overall shortage of truck drivers. According to Transport Intelligence, the continent lacks as many as 400,000 drivers, as truckers have retired and fewer young people are interested in taking up the profession.

April 4, 2022
Hungary Election: Viktor Orbán Wins Fifth Term As Prime Minister

Hungary Election: Viktor Orbán Wins Fifth Term As Prime Minister

“We will remember this victory until the end of our lives because we had to fight against a huge number of opponents,” Viktor Orbán said in his speech on Sunday night. “We have had a victory so great it can be seen from the moon; no doubt it can be seen from Brussels.”

April 4, 2022
Spain’s Educational Reform: Sexual Diversity and Multiculturalism

Spain’s Educational Reform: Sexual Diversity and Multiculturalism

All of this reform accompanies a general slackening of standards, which is fitting, given that the ideologically-driven deconstruction of traditional categories and standards is facilitated if the young are brought up to be unaccustomed with precise thinking and rigor.

New EU-U.S. Data-Sharing Pact

New EU-U.S. Data-Sharing Pact

The Privacy Shield, struck down by the European Court of Justice in 2020, has now been replaced by a new data-sharing agreement between the U.S. and EU. How its implementation will ultimately fare, and whether it will arouse the scrutiny of European courts, remains to be seen.

Spain’s New Animal Rights Legislation

Spain’s New Animal Rights Legislation

From a possible massively expanded sterilisation rate, to new limitations on training and employing animals in rural areas, including hunting dogs, many fear that the new legislation seeks to maximise animal emotional or sensory pleasure, ignoring the fulfilment of their instincts (often the result of centuries of breeding).

Mental Health-Related Work Absences Reached New Heights in 2021

Mental Health-Related Work Absences Reached New Heights in 2021

The latest figures, published at the beginning of March by Germany’s third-largest statutory health insurer, DAK-Gesundheit, show that absence from work due to mental illness reached a record high in 2021.

April 2, 2022
McKinseyGate: Candidate Macron in Trouble

McKinseyGate: Candidate Macron in Trouble

McKinseyGate could seriously weaken the candidate Emmanuel Macron. The massive use of consulting firms discredits his record as president, but also his program as a candidate.

April 2, 2022
MPs Vote Against Government to Make At-Home Abortion Law Permanent in England

MPs Vote Against Government to Make At-Home Abortion Law Permanent in England

Charging £85.00 for the virtual consultation and an added £475.00 for the pills themselves, the decision to make it permanently easier to kill unborn children by such means is a further boon to the Marie Stopes business model.

April 2, 2022