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Scuffles between police & protesters break out as Munich Security Conference takes place (VIDEO)

Posted on February 15, 2020February 15, 2020By Editor

German riot police used brute force to push back against a throng of protesters who gathered in Munich where the high-profile security conference is taking place. The overnight stand-off was caught on film. … Read More >Scuffles between police & protesters break out as Munich Security Conference takes place (VIDEO)

Irish MEP calls Venezuela’s Juan Guaido a ‘gobshite’ in EU parliament, gets swiftly reprimanded (VIDEO)

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020By Editor

Irish MEP Mick Wallace has been reprimanded for referring to Venezuela’s self-declared president Juan Guaido as an “unelected gobshite” during remarks at the European Parliament. … Read More >Irish MEP calls Venezuela’s Juan Guaido a ‘gobshite’ in EU parliament, gets swiftly reprimanded (VIDEO)

Phew! ‘Nothing is Scandinavian’ ad republished as airline SAS is told its critics are actually Putin’s trolls & ‘useful idiots’

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020By Editor

Nothing shows that your values are granite-strong quite like pulling a much-criticized commercial and then reinstating it to a chorus of media voices proclaiming that the negative feedback is just a Russian psy-op. … Read More >Phew! ‘Nothing is Scandinavian’ ad republished as airline SAS is told its critics are actually Putin’s trolls & ‘useful idiots’

Suspected terrorists & war criminals that Sweden cannot deport given job permits & passports, warns migration chief

Posted on February 12, 2020February 12, 2020By Editor

Sweden’s top migration official has warned the country is a ‘safe haven for war criminals and potential terrorists,’ as it gives passports and benefits to suspected dangerous criminals, shielded from deportation by legislation. … Read More >Suspected terrorists & war criminals that Sweden cannot deport given job permits & passports, warns migration chief

Student-teacher strikes across France are met with even more heavy-handed policing (VIDEOS)

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020By Editor

Already beleaguered by pension reform protests and the Yellow Vest movement, France is now grappling with yet more protests, this time by students and teachers fighting new reforms to the country’s baccalaureate high school exams. … Read More >Student-teacher strikes across France are met with even more heavy-handed policing (VIDEOS)

Norwegian Intelligence Chief Sees Threat From Russia’s New ‘Superweapons’

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020By Editor

According to Norwegian Intelligence Service boss Morten Haga Lunde, the Kinzhal, one of Russia’s new missiles, can potentially strike a target in Norway with 40 minutes’ warning time. … Read More >Norwegian Intelligence Chief Sees Threat From Russia’s New ‘Superweapons’

Support for NATO wanes in France, Germany & even US as alliance struggles to maintain unity

Posted on February 10, 2020October 16, 2020By Editor

Public support for NATO has seen a notable decline in France, Germany and the US, according to a new poll. The alliance has suffered from months of budgetary in-fighting and mud-slinging among member states. … Read More >Support for NATO wanes in France, Germany & even US as alliance struggles to maintain unity

WATCH: Europeans test their mettle against Storm Ciara (and lose)

Posted on February 10, 2020February 10, 2020By Editor

Hundreds of flights and trains have been delayed or cancelled amid the onslaught from Storm Ciara as it howled its way inland across Europe, but that hasn’t stopped some adventurous (or foolhardy) souls from braving the elements. … Read More >WATCH: Europeans test their mettle against Storm Ciara (and lose)

Merkel’s would-be successor Kramp-Karrenbauer steps down as CDU head amid coalition mayhem

Posted on February 10, 2020February 10, 2020By Editor

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Germany’s Defense Minister and Angela Merkel’s protégé, is resigning as leader of the Chancellor’s CDU party and will not seek to compete for the country’s top job in the next election. … Read More >Merkel’s would-be successor Kramp-Karrenbauer steps down as CDU head amid coalition mayhem

‘Military Schengen’: NATO’s Russia fearmongering aims to attract neutral EU countries into the fold — Russian FM

Posted on February 10, 2020October 16, 2020By Editor

NATO fans fears of the “resurgent” Russia and drags neutral countries into its orbit, but the fact is that Moscow’s military potential is only half the size of the bloc’s forces in Europe, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. … Read More >‘Military Schengen’: NATO’s Russia fearmongering aims to attract neutral EU countries into the fold — Russian FM

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