Category: NEWS

Council of Europe: Italy Should Withdraw Decree On Migrant NGOs

Responding to the Council’s claims that the decree violates international law, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said, “the modus operandi of the NGOs falls outside the scope foreseen by international conventions for rescue at sea.”

EU Hopes To Reform Electricity Market by April

The commission and government are considering options to restructure the bloc’s common electricity market, and move it further away from natural gas dependence while stabilising consumer prices.

Eastern European Countries and Visegrad Group Favour Ukraine’s Inclusion in the EU

Eastern European Countries and Visegrad Group Favour Ukraine’s Inclusion in the EU

The European Union is not NATO, but Ukraine joining the Union, while undoubtedly symbolically effective, could further aggravate tensions between Russia and the rest of the European continent.

March 9, 2022
Swedish Health Agency Nixes Puberty Blockers

Swedish Health Agency Nixes Puberty Blockers

According to the Swedish health agency, there is insufficient data to explain why the diagnosis of “gender dysphoria” has increased in recent years and why there are more girls than boys among patients with the diagnosis. 

March 9, 2022
Ukrainian Peace Negotiator Thought to be Russian Asset Killed

Ukrainian Peace Negotiator Thought to be Russian Asset Killed

While Ukraine’s defense ministry says Denis Kireev was killed while serving in an operation to “defend the nation,” local media, two Ukrainian MPs, and Russian media say the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) shot him dead during an attempted arrest for treason.

March 8, 2022
Austrian Minister of Health Resigns after Less than a Year

Austrian Minister of Health Resigns after Less than a Year

Austria’s government is once more changing personnel: after its third chancellor in two years, it will now also see its third minister of health, following the departure of Wolfgang Mückstein.

March 8, 2022
Oncologist Network Pulls Out of Russia

Oncologist Network Pulls Out of Russia

OncoAlert, a global network of oncologists, has cancelled its participation in all collaborations and congresses in Russia, in response to the conflict in Ukraine.

German Health Insurer Director Fired over Letter Regarding Vaccination Side Effects

German Health Insurer Director Fired over Letter Regarding Vaccination Side Effects

A letter by the director of the German health insurer BKK ProVita caused a ruckus among medical associations for claiming that negative side effects of COVID vaccinations were severely under-reported. Now, the director has been fired.

March 8, 2022
Macron is the Official Candidate to his Own Succession

Macron is the Official Candidate to his Own Succession

An outburst of criticism accompanied this last-minute candidacy. For several weeks Emmanuel Macron has been accused of taking advantage of the pandemic, and of the war, to dodge debates about his time in office, now coming to an end.

March 8, 2022
Ukrainian Refugee Visa Scheme Launched by British Home Secretary in Poland

Ukrainian Refugee Visa Scheme Launched by British Home Secretary in Poland

Initially, the Home Office was only showing generosity to Ukrainians with immediate family residing in Britain. But changes to that more restrictive policy have since been announced.

March 8, 2022
Latin Bishops Ask to Consecrate Ukraine and Russia to the Blessed Mother

Latin Bishops Ask to Consecrate Ukraine and Russia to the Blessed Mother

The Latin Rite Catholic bishops petitioned Pope Francis on Ash Wednesday, in which they explicitly asked him to consecrate Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

March 7, 2022
VOX Forces Spain’s Congress to Take a Stand on Migration and the Status of Spain’s North African Cities

VOX Forces Spain’s Congress to Take a Stand on Migration and the Status of Spain’s North African Cities

By submitting a statement to be voted on in congress, VOX is forcing the ruling socialists to decide between agreeing that their government has a responsibility to secure the nation’s borders, and appeasing their radical coalition partners.

The House of Lords Rejects Key Clauses in Boris Johnson’s Nationality and Borders Bill

The House of Lords Rejects Key Clauses in Boris Johnson’s Nationality and Borders Bill

The Lords’ recent victory constitutes a setback for those who had sought a definitive long-term solution to the ongoing migrant crisis on the southeast coast of England.

March 6, 2022
France: Nearly Two-Thirds Say NATO, Biden, Zelensky Bear Responsibility for Russia-Ukraine Conflict

France: Nearly Two-Thirds Say NATO, Biden, Zelensky Bear Responsibility for Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Those who said NATO, Biden, and Zelensky were, at least in part, responsible for the war stood at 68%, 62%, and 57%, respectively, contradicting the establishment press’s grossly reductive explanation of the conflict’s inception.

March 6, 2022