The Vatican has long maintained a hardline stance against gay marriage, but over the last few days, the Holy See has intensified its anti-gay agitprop, vowing to fight LGBT marriage equality around the world. According to Reuters, the governing body of the Catholic Church launched an anti-gay media campaign over […]
John Hooper in Rome from The Sydney Morning Herald Officer called to deal with immigrant accused of stealing pasta, milk, nappies and baby food takes pity on hard-up suspect The financial crisis in Europe may have brought out the worst in certain bankers, but it seems to be bringing out […]
by Ali Bluwi ARABNEWS Saturday 3 November 2012 I had the opportunity to read two reports on the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and Britain and their relationship with the Freemason movement. I also read a report on Rashin Ghanoshi and Khairat Al-Shater — two leading figures of the Muslim […]
by Renat Kuenzi, swissinfo.ch For Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, joining the European Union is no longer a priority. Instead he is pursuing a course of industrialisation and Islamisation, says […]
By Christoph Sydow SPIEGEL.DE Officially, the European Union views Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories as illegal. But that hasn’t stopped the EU from doing booming trade with the outposts. […]
by Stefania Summermatter, Chiasso, swissinfo.ch Europe should rethink its criteria for immigration, according to a worker at an asylum seeker reception centre on the Swiss-Italian border, which deals with almost […]
By Edward Cody, The Washington Post VIERZON, France — When the Rev. Alain Krauth preached to his dwindling flock at Mass last Sunday, the subject was real estate. But it […]
Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has presented the first National Action Plan Against Human Trafficking at a forum attended by 250 representatives of the federal administration, cantons and civil society. Human […]
Four years after Switzerland officially joined the European Union’s borderless Schengen zone and the Dublin accord on asylum, it has been revealed that costs of Swiss membership are almost 14 times what were originally mentioned. In June 2005, the cabinet announced that the costs “would amount in the coming years […]
By Raffaello Pantucci, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Raffaello Pantucci is an associate fellow at the International Center for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College and the author of the forthcoming “We Love Death As You Love Life: Britain’s Suburban Mujahedeen” (Hurst). A growing number of young Europeans drawn […]
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s economy minister condemned the European Union on Tuesday as the most hypocritical organisation in the world, in vitriolic remarks which underlined the EU candidate country’s growing alienation from Brussels. Turkey’s bid to join the bloc has virtually ground to a halt in recent years due to opposition […]
Source: Spiegel International It is tough to find fault with handing the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union. But that is exactly the problem — it shows a lack […]
Source:The Local: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former chancellor Helmut Kohl hailed the choice of the crisis-hit European Union for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. More:
Source: Spiegel DPA Central banks are currently flooding cash-strapped industrialized nations with money. This may help governments reduce their debt load, but it also erodes the value of people’s savings. A massive redistribution of wealth is threatening to take place in Germany and Europe — from the bottom to the […]
Guardian: Turkish military fires into Syria for second day after five civilians are killed by shelling in border town Turkey’s parliament has authorised military operations against Syria and its military […]
Source: BBC: Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would veto a new European Union budget “if necessary”. The EU is beginning negotiations on its next budget for 2014 to 2020. Mr Cameron also told the BBC that in the longer term the EU should have two different budgets – […]
29-year-old Muslim woman named culture minister of Norway – The first ever Muslim minister in the Norwegian Cabinet is Hadia Tajik of Pakistani origin, who was handed the culture portfolio […]
Source: The Local European aerospace giants EADS and BAE have less than a month from Thursday to clear big hurdles to a projected $45 billion merger and create a united […]
Credit. Spiegel Germany A Commentary by Thomas Darnstädt DPA Justices with the German Federal Constitutional Court, including President Andreas Vosskuhle (center): The ruling on Wednesday by the Federal Constitutional Court on the euro bailout fund makes one thing very clear: The Karlsruhe-based institution will not stop European integration because it […]
Populist Dutch politician Geert Wilders has been receiving financial support from American anti-Islam groups, a Reuters investigation revealed on Monday. While that information in itself is not new, the details provided in the Reuters report are, and they beg the question why the domestic Dutch media have seemingly ignored the […]