Source: The Local French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen will headline a European gathering of eurosceptic and far-right leaders in Germany on Saturday as they seek to put on a united front in a year of high-stakes elections. Billed as a “counter-summit”, organisers said the parties would use the event […]
Source: The Local A new poll ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration shows that most Germans are pessimistic about what he will bring to Europe. According to the poll released on Friday by opinion research group Civey, very few Germans have anything positive to say about Trump. Just 5.2 percent of […]
Source: BBC By Simon Copland 18 January 2017 This month Finland is embarking on a radical economic experiment. Its government is giving 2,000 people free money for two years, guaranteeing […]
Source: BBC Rescuers have removed three bodies from a hotel engulfed by an avalanche in central Italy as a desperate search for up to 35 other people continues. Heavy snow […]
How might Europe turn Brexit to its advantage? There was something of that in the Prime Minister’s speech but what she says carries no force. What we think does not matter. It is up to them Hamish McRae How can Brexit be better for Europe? From the UK perspective the whole business […]
Source: The New York Times By ALISSA J. RUBIN, BENOÎT MORENNE and ISABEL KERSHNER PARIS — An effort by France to give impetus to the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process through […]
Source: The Local Despite a major 2015 Constitutional Court ruling striking down absolute headscarf bans in schools, a lower court has rejected a case brought by a woman who was not allowed to teach due to wearing the garment. An Osnabrück court on Wednesday dismissed a complaint filed by a […]
GROWING DEMAND JAN 17, 2017 – Switzerland has some 10,000 fewer nurses than it needs. Supporters of a new initiative hope to encourage more young people to enter the field by improving working conditions and training opportunities. At a press conference in Bern on Tuesday, the Swiss Association of […]
By AFP – Jan 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on September 3, 2016 shows French far-right party Front National (FN) president and member of the European Parliament, Marine Le Pen gesturing as she delivers a speech during a FN political rally in Brachay, northeastern France (AFP […]
theguardian: by Luisa Dillner — Some people can bounce back from life’s pressures, but others do not seem to have the capacity. Can anything help them to strengthen their emotional armour? How people cope with disappointment used to be considered a genetic trait, but techniques can be learned. Photograph: […]
Source: Daily Sabah Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte ruled out the possibility of a coalition with Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom, who is known for his […]
Boris Johnson blocks statement on how EU could encourage resolution of Israel-Palestine conflict in second row in 24 hours Boris Johnson’s rejection of the EU statement follows the UK’s dismissal of the conclusions of a Middle East peace conference in Paris. Photograph: Isopix/Rex shutterstock Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor and Jennifer […]
Sicilian Peoples: The Arabs by L. Mendola and V. Salerno Magazine Index Best of Sicily Arts & Culture Fashion Food & Wine History & Society About Us Travel Faqs Contact Map of Sicily The Peoples of Sicily: A Multicultural Legacy. Full of Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Germans and Jews, the most […]
Source: Daily Pakistan Global By Haider Ali Sindhu ROME – In an unexpected statement, Italian Archbishop has predicted that soon Europe will become an Islamic state. Monsignor Carlo Liberati, an important […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL The Turkish and Greek Cypriot delegations have failed to agree on maps for new borders on the divided island state, each slamming the other’s proposals as “unacceptable,” Turkey’s foreign minister said Saturday, after peace talks stalled. A week of U.N.-brokered talks in Geneva between Greek […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The leader of the Scottish Anglican church has said he was deeply distressed at the widespread offence caused by a reading from the […]
Source: BBC The UK may be forced to change its “economic model” if it is locked out of the single market after Brexit, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said. Mr Hammond […]
ARGUMENT Before the continent started banning hijab, European aristocrats used to change their names to Abdullah and Muhammad, and going to the local mosque was the latest trend. BY MARYA HANNUN, SOPHIE SPAAN MAY 5, 2016 From the outside, with its high minarets and bulbous Mughal-style dome, the Wilmersdorf mosque, […]
The Local news.austria@thelocal.com 13 January 2017 An undercover reporter who visited 35 asylum centres throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland says security is so bad that they risk fomenting terrorism as radicals can easily infiltrate them and convert vulnerable people to their cause. Investigative reporter and terrorism expert Shams Ul-Haq, 41, […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 12 January 2017 Photo: SBB Members of the public are calling on Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) to remove controversial posters from its railway stations just days after right-wing campaigners launched their provocative publicity campaign. The poster, unveiled in railway stations on Monday, shows a woman wearing a […]