Friday, 30 July 2021 10:14
Greece: wildfire out of control
Several areas north of Athens were evacuated on 27 July as an out-of-control wildfire swept through a hillside forest threatening homes near Athens. Winds have dropped now but on 29 July the battle against wildfires continued…
Friday, 23 July 2021 10:13
Germany, Belgium, Holland: rescue, finance, and prayers
The death toll from flooding in Western Europe keeps climbing as rescue workers dig deeper into debris left by receding waters. Germany’s finance minister has proposed a package of immediate aid, of more than 300 million…
Friday, 23 July 2021 10:09
Alarm over migrants’ hunger strike in Brussels
The Belgian government is under pressure to offer residence permits to hundreds of undocumented migrants who have been on hunger strike in Brussel’s Béguinage church and university buildings for sixty days and are in a life…
Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:29
Western Europe: deadly floods a ‘catastrophe’
Record rainfall in parts of western Europe has caused major rivers to burst their banks In Germany; at least 33 are dead and dozens missing after record rain left homes and cars washed away. The Rhineland-Palatinate…
Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:27
Political alliance to fight godless EU superstate
The 2 July ‘Joint Declaration on the Future of the EU’ represents a significant endeavour by Eurosceptics to oppose efforts by European federalists to transform the EU into a godless multicultural superstate. The leaders of sixteen…
Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:22
Netherlands: 1,000 catch coronavirus at outdoor festival
Over a thousand festival-goers caught coronavirus after attending a 20,000-person event in Utrecht, leading the city's mayor to apologise, saying it was ‘an error of judgment’. Health authorities say the disease spread over both days of…