Friday, 27 April 2018 00:32
Russian blogger’s comments on Brussels conference
The following is part of a translation from a Russian political blogger: ‘A Syrian donor conference opened in Brussels under the guidance of the UN and EU. It included non-governmental organisations of Syria who are officially…
Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:43
‘Islam does not belong to Germany’
In his first interview since taking over the position of interior minister, Horst Seehofer said, ‘Islam does not belong to Germany’, and he has committed to an immigration policy with a ‘master plan’ to accelerate deportations.…
Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:34
Switzerland: Congo aid conference
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) boycotted a UN donor conference in Geneva that was seeking to raise £1.2bn for the country. Over 13 million Congolese need humanitarian aid. It is a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Aid…
Friday, 13 April 2018 04:46
Slovakia: Mass protests continue over journalist’s murder
For the second Friday running thousands of people protested across Slovakia against their government’s handling of a journalist’s murder and an end to high-level corruption, as talks between the country’s leaders failed to end a spiraling…
Friday, 13 April 2018 04:45
Hungary: Viktor Orban - ‘The most dangerous man in Europe’
This week, Viktor Orbán was elected for a third consecutive four-year term as Prime-Minister of Hungary. In 1989, he addressed 250,000 people in Budapest calling for free elections and the withdrawal of Soviet troops. He became…
Friday, 06 April 2018 11:24
Ireland: government calls Catholic schools discriminatory
Ireland’s constitution protects the right to a religious education and for parents to ‘provide, according to their means, for the religious and moral, intellectual, physical and social education of their children’. A new proposal preventing Catholic…