Category: NEWS

A Wave of Attacks on Reconquête and Rassemblement National Activists

A Wave of Attacks on Reconquête and Rassemblement National Activists

These attacks were exploited by both parties as evidence of the current administration’s poor handling of security and immigration. Despite the spin, they actually testify to the advanced deterioration of the political climate in France: an accumulation of tensions in society, ready to flare up at any moment.

March 24, 2022
Marion Maréchal: Historical People of France Could be Minorities by 2060

Marion Maréchal: Historical People of France Could be Minorities by 2060

Marion Maréchal spoke of the demographic race against time that France faces, saying: “If we continue on this curve, it may be that by 2060, what is called the ‘historical people’, the natives will be a minority on French territory.” 

March 23, 2022
Canadian App for Contemporary Art Appraisal Uses AI to Predict Artists’ Careers

Canadian App for Contemporary Art Appraisal Uses AI to Predict Artists’ Careers

An app dedicated to evaluating the quality of artists networks uses AI to predict not only the price trajectory of art works, but also of entire artists careers. Big companies and museums are willing to trust the system and predict a growing arts market in the coming years.

March 23, 2022
Russia Deploys Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile in Ukraine

Russia Deploys Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile in Ukraine

Russia’s hypersonic Kinzhal missile has apparently destroyed an arms depot in western Ukraine—the use of hypersonic missiles and Russian missile advancement will likely shape the European rush to increase military budgets and purchase weaponry.

Italy Offers to Finance the Reconstruction of the Mariupol Theatre

Italy Offers to Finance the Reconstruction of the Mariupol Theatre

The Italian government, through the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini, announced its decision to finance the reconstruction of the Mariupol theatre as it was.

March 23, 2022
Rural Spain Takes on the Capital to Protest its Abandonment

Rural Spain Takes on the Capital to Protest its Abandonment

The annual protest to rally for politics in favour of rural areas has been going on for years, but this year’s demonstration brought out a record number of participants. Organisers, principally farmers and hunters associations, estimated that 400,000 people marched en masse through several of Madrid’s principal streets.

March 23, 2022
Zelensky to German Bundestag: “Give Germany the Leadership Role it Deserves”

Zelensky to German Bundestag: “Give Germany the Leadership Role it Deserves”

Ukrainian President Zelensky asked the German Bundestag for more sanctions against Russia and spoke about the “historical responsibility” of Germany to help Ukraine. Opposition leaders were outraged about the lack of debate in the Bundestag following the speech.

March 22, 2022
Report Claims 1 in 3 Refugees Arriving in France is Non-Ukrainian

Report Claims 1 in 3 Refugees Arriving in France is Non-Ukrainian

A sizable minority of refugees who’ve arrived in France after allegedly fleeing the Russia-Ukraine conflict are not Ukrainian, with many of the new arrivals originating from Africa, the Middle East, Central and East Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, a French media outlet has claimed.

March 22, 2022
Italian Airport Workers Protest over Flight Containing Weapons Cargo Destined for Ukraine

Italian Airport Workers Protest over Flight Containing Weapons Cargo Destined for Ukraine

Workers in Pisa allege a flight meant to contain humanitarian aid was stocking military equipment.

Zelensky Bans Opposition Parties; TV News Nationalized in Clampdown

Zelensky Bans Opposition Parties; TV News Nationalized in Clampdown

“The activities of politicians aimed at splitting or collaborating will not succeed, but will receive a harsh response,” Zelensky said.

March 22, 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Reunited with Family After Six Years of Detention in Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Reunited with Family After Six Years of Detention in Iran

Zaghari-Ratcliffe touched down at Brize Norton, a Royal Air Force station based in Oxfordshire, in the early hours of Thursday morning to be greeted by her family.

March 21, 2022
Netherlands: Over Half of Dutch-Morrocans Support Pro-Migration Islamist Party

Netherlands: Over Half of Dutch-Morrocans Support Pro-Migration Islamist Party

The rise of Turkish-led, Muslim-dominated parties backed expressly by immigrant communities isn’t a phenomenon that’s confined to the Netherlands. Similar parties have cropped up in Sweden, Austria, Spain, France, Greece and Bulgaria.

March 21, 2022