Polish Government side-steps Constitution to comply with EU same-sex marriage edict
The Polish Government is planning to by-pass the Constitution by introducing gender-neutral terms to recognise same-sex marriages held in other European Union…
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UK, France mull social media bans for youth as debate rages
Countries including France and Britain are considering following Australia's lead by banning children and some teenagers from using social media, but experts are…
PR disaster? UK ‘woke’ anti-racism campaign spawns right-wing icon
A controversial computer game in the UK, backed by the Home Office and designed to steer young minds away from the dangers of far-right extremism, has backfired,…
Exclusive: How left-wing NGOs emasculate Germany’s ruling CDU
The Prime Minister of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein was accused of calling for the censorship of the online platform Nius during a televised debate…
EU criticised for funding €1.6 million study on Muslim women’s hair
The European Union has come under fire from Italian MEP Silvia Sardone over its funding of academic research projects, which she deems "wasteful".
Compromise proposal on tobacco ‘is opposite of harm reduction’
A leaked compromise proposal from the Cypriot presidency on the European Union’s Tobacco Excise Directive has drawn sharp criticism for undermining harm reduction.
Berlin schoolchildren will no longer study Communist East Germany
The City of Berlin is reportedly planning to change the curriculum for schoolchildren in the German capital, removing the study the history of the German Democratic…
Berlin court acquits left-winger activist who forged AfD letters
A German left-winger who faked and sent out letters purportedly written by right-wing opposition party Alternative for Germany (AfD) had been acquitted by a court…
Dutch dog-owners’ shock at forest ban while wolves roam free
Dog owners in the Netherlands are in shock after a forest in Ulvenhout, in the province of North Brabant, was suddenly declared off-limits this week.
Iran tortures women but Western feminists only reply with ‘context’ and ‘relativism’
The latest events in Iran have once again exposed a familiar and uncomfortable pattern in Western politics. Women are beaten, imprisoned, killed.
More deaths than births in Europe for the first time since 1918
For the first time since the end of the First World War, more people are dying than are being born in Europe.
Embrace the chaos
It has generally been the tendency of every generation to think that its own times are somehow worse and/or more disruptive than those of the preceding age or even…
UPDATED: European court orders Slovenia to pay damages to magazine over Goebbels jibe
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Slovenia to pay more than €15,000 in costs and damages to leftist magazine Mladina.
German parliament push to deny access and pay to ‘extremists’ working for MPs
The leader of Germany's Bundestag, or parliament, is pushing for stricter rules to deny both access and pay to “extremists” who work for German MPs.
UK investigates X and contemplates ban, US pushes back
The UK regulator for communications, Ofcom, has launched a formal investigation into X following reports that the US Grok AI chatbot account on the platform was…
Fast-food giant KFC to offer 24 halal-only restaurants in France
US fast-food chain KFC has announced that 24 of its restaurants in France will switch to offering exclusively halal-certified chicken from January 21.
Council of Europe wants to make questioning gender identity illegal
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) wants to make it illegal to question someone’s self-chosen gender via a new proposal criminalising 'conversion…
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bannon moves to revive ‘gladiator school for nationalists’
US 'MAGA' strategist Steve Bannon is said to be close to launching a “gladiator school for nationalists” at a monastery in Italy.
Fading, forgotten Europe has been dropped from the world order
Metaphors mislead. What is going on in the world in the first month of the second quarter of the 21st century is unlike anything that has occurred before.
Vanishing civilisation: A nation has its own children or a nation disappears
I see that the headlines are filled with reports from Iran, Venezuela, and Greenland.
Polish President vetoes government’s attempt to implement EU’s digital regime
Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed legislation passed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government that sought to implement the European Union’s Digital…
Iranian regime ‘doomed’ says resistance group as hundreds protest in Brussels
Hundreds of Iranians gathered today in Schuman, Brussels, to express solidarity with the widespread protests currently taking place in Iran.
German State PM under fire for demanding crackdown on news sites and social media
Daniel Günther, the Conservative Prime Minster of the German State of Schleswig-Holstein, has come under fire for publicly embracing censorship of critical news…
Dutch court invalidates marriage after use of ChatGPT to ‘liven up’ ceremony
A Dutch court ruled a couple's marriage was invalid after a civil registrar used ChatGPT to draft a "lighter" ceremony speech–which omitted legally required declarations.
Polish school kids protest at teacher removing cross
Polish schoolchildren have protested a teacher’s removal of a Christian cross from a classroom and putting it in a bin, spurring a demonstration in front of the…
UEA cuts funding to its students in UK fearing ‘Islamist radicalisation’
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has restricted government scholarships and funding for its citizens wishing to study at British universities over longstanding concerns…
Former Greek finance minister Varoufakis faces probe after he admits drug use
Yanis Varoufakis, who served as Greece's finance minister at the height of the country's debt crisis in 2015, has come under scrutiny for candid remarks about his…
UK’s Metropolitan Police employed child rapists as officers ‘to improve diversity’
The UK's Metropolitan Police is facing fierce criticism after a damning review revealed it allowed highly problematic and serious dangerous criminals to enter its…
Under Trump, America is fulfilling its Roman destiny
At long last, in its 250th year, the American Republic has caught up with its explicitly Roman founding model.
French Council of State authorises ‘inclusive writing’ on commemorative plaques
France's Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, has upheld the use of inclusive writing (écriture inclusive) on commemorative plaques at…