Friday, 04 May 2018 11:06
Malta: volunteer pilots’ search and rescue
Two French pilots were not content with doing nothing about the annual tragedy of hundreds perishing in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe in small makeshift boats. José Benavente and Benoît Micolon invested all their €130,000…
Friday, 27 April 2018 00:35
Ireland's abortion referendum
Ireland goes to the polls on 25 May to vote in a referendum that could end the country’s ban on abortion. Voters will be asked if they want to repeal the eighth amendment of the country’s…
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…