Category: NEWS

Gay Festivals Linked to Monkeypox Outbreak

Gay Festivals Linked to Monkeypox Outbreak

The Belgian health minister, Frank Vandenbroucke, reported that the cases identified so far were “mostly among men who have sexual contact with other men.”

May 25, 2022
Nordic NATO Expansion Delayed for Weeks

Nordic NATO Expansion Delayed for Weeks

Turkey vowed to block NATO accession for Sweden and Finland as soon as the two countries handed in their applications.

May 24, 2022
Warsaw Accuses Berlin of Breaking its Word on Tank ‘Ring Exchange’

Warsaw Accuses Berlin of Breaking its Word on Tank ‘Ring Exchange’

The ring exchange agreement—which was never binding between the two parties—failed to materialize after Germany stated that could not fulfill Morawiecki’s government’s demands for the latest version of the Leopard tank.

May 24, 2022
Spain Looks to EU for Help with Squatters

Spain Looks to EU for Help with Squatters

The squatting phenomenon is not fuelled by desperate people seeking shelter, but by gangs that often intentionally usurp lived-in homes.

May 24, 2022
EU Commission Allows Gas Payments in Rubles to Russia

EU Commission Allows Gas Payments in Rubles to Russia

On Thursday, May 19th, the EU Commission decided to allow gas importers to open ruble accounts for gas payments to

May 24, 2022
Salvini: Food Shortages Could Bring 20 Million Africans to Europe

Salvini: Food Shortages Could Bring 20 Million Africans to Europe

If Ukrainian grain shipments continue to be affected, “significant hunger is expected on the African continent, which will be a humanitarian, then a social, and finally an Italian problem. Without peace, there will be famine in the autumn and 20 million Africans will be ready to leave,” Salvini said.

May 24, 2022
Marihuana Turns Out the Lights in Spain

Marihuana Turns Out the Lights in Spain

In February, Spain’s National Police raided a flat in Granada that had been consuming an amount of electricity equivalent to 70 flats. The electricity had been lavished on a marijuana plantation that had been responsible for intermittent blackouts in the neighbourhood.

May 23, 2022
Alliance of 17,000 Scientists Releases Joint Statement to Restore Scientific Integrity

Alliance of 17,000 Scientists Releases Joint Statement to Restore Scientific Integrity

Two different COVID summits took place within two days. At the same time that an alliance of physicians and scientists called for the restoration of scientific integrity and an end to national emergencies, EU President Ursula von der Leyen warned against future pandemics.

May 23, 2022
New French Government Nominated: Nothing New To Be Expected

New French Government Nominated: Nothing New To Be Expected

A long and relatively unusual wait for the appointment of a government under the Fifth Republic can be explained by the difficulty in finding candidates for ministerial positions while the next legislative elections loom.

Dalí’s Wax Christ Sculpture Resurfaces After More Than Four Decades

Dalí’s Wax Christ Sculpture Resurfaces After More Than Four Decades

An original wax sculpture by Salvador Dalí has been discovered after more than 40 years in a private collector’s vault.

May 22, 2022
Zemmour Becomes a Candidate in the Constituency of Saint-Tropez

Zemmour Becomes a Candidate in the Constituency of Saint-Tropez

A few weeks ago, Zemmour’s candidacy was not yet a foregone conclusion, nor was the place where he would run. Although the candidate of Reconquête obtained good scores in Var, the game remains difficult for him.

Monkeypox Outbreak Across Europe

Monkeypox Outbreak Across Europe

The latest reports of monkeypox infections sent a scare through Europe. But the mounting evidence seems to indicate that the infections have mostly been transmitted via sexual contact between men. Nevertheless, some are calling for vaccinations already.

May 22, 2022