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Denmark First EU Country to Lift All COVID Restrictions; Austria Makes Slight Concession

Tristan Vanheuckelom January 28, 2022

Following a recommendation from the Danish Epidemic Commission, the government had decided that COVID-19 “should no longer be categorized as a socially critical disease” after January 31st, 2022.

EU Government Deficits Declining

Sven R. Larson January 26, 2022

Two factors contribute to the decline in the consolidated budget deficit: the tapering of pandemic-related stimulus spending and the gradual return of economic activity to pre-pandemic normal.

Germany: 2021 Saw Record Number of Politically-Motivated Crimes

Robert Semonsen January 26, 2022

The considerable uptick observed, according to the security authorities, was not caused by an increase in extreme-Left or extreme-Right activity, but by an increasingly tense social climate which—amid the COVID-19 pandemic—has taken hold of German society.

Protests Against COVID-19 Measures Erupt Across Europe

Robert Semonsen January 24, 2022

From Stockholm to Paris to Barcelona to Helsinki, EU governments braced themselves as citizens—singing anthems, waving national flags, and shouting slogans—gathered in the main squares and marched along the major thoroughfares to express their dissatisfaction with the current order.

Austria: After Fiery Debate, Mandatory Vaccination Law Passed in National Parliament

Tristan Vanheuckelom January 22, 2022

The new law, the brainchild of the center-right ÖVP and the Greens and opposed by the FPÖ, allows citizens’ vaccination status to be checked by police. Fines for infractions will range from €600 to €3600.

Italy: Treatment of the Unvaccinated Elicits Response from Amnesty International

Tristan Vanheuckelom January 20, 2022

The fact that a Western, formally democratic European country is being upbraided—however gently—by the human rights group, is something Europeans are rather unused to.

Bulgaria: Thousands of Anti-Green Pass Protestors Storm National Parliament

Robert Semonsen January 19, 2022

Shortly after some 3,000 people gathered in front of the National Assembly last Wednesday in Sofia, tempers flared, and demonstrators—comprised heavily of supporters of the irredentist-nationalist Revival party—clashed with police and stormed towards the parliament, coming just several meters away from the main entrance.

Germany’s Domestic Intelligence Chief Brands COVID Critics ‘Enemies of the State’

Robert Semonsen January 18, 2022

During a weekend interview, Thomas Haldenwang, the president of Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, called anti-lockdown protesters, vaccine skeptics, and so-called ‘lateral thinkers,’ “enemies of the state” who “fundamentally reject the democratic state.”

“We Failed”: Leading Danish Newspaper Apologizes for Inadequate COVID Coverage

Robert Semonsen January 16, 2022

In an editorial piece titled “We Failed,” Ekstra Bladet, a traditionally center-left Danish tabloid newspaper, confessed that the publication—along with the wider mainstream liberal press—hadn’t been “vigilant enough” in questioning narratives put forward by government authorities.

Italian Bishop Bans Non-Vaccinated Priests from Giving Communion

Hélène de Lauzun January 14, 2022

Monsignor Cirulli justifies these extreme measures by relying on the words of Pope Francis, who sees vaccination as an “act of love.” The deliberate obstruction of the distribution of the sacraments to the faithful in times of peril, however, raises questions. The bishop has attracted a lot of criticism for this decision, which for the moment remains purely local.

Tag: COVID-19

Denmark First EU Country to Lift All COVID Restrictions; Austria Makes Slight Concession

EU Government Deficits Declining

Germany: 2021 Saw Record Number of Politically-Motivated Crimes

Protests Against COVID-19 Measures Erupt Across Europe

Austria: After Fiery Debate, Mandatory Vaccination Law Passed in National Parliament

Italy: Treatment of the Unvaccinated Elicits Response from Amnesty International

Bulgaria: Thousands of Anti-Green Pass Protestors Storm National Parliament

Germany’s Domestic Intelligence Chief Brands COVID Critics ‘Enemies of the State’

“We Failed”: Leading Danish Newspaper Apologizes for Inadequate COVID Coverage

Italian Bishop Bans Non-Vaccinated Priests from Giving Communion

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