Speaking of an EU coup in Greece, Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has warned Europe will no longer exist as a monetary union if it fails to reform. In a recent interview he also accused the architects of the new
In his latest column for the Mail on Sunday, journalist and author Peter Hitchens continues his campaign to expose the mistakes of Prime Minister David Cameron. On this occasion he turned his guns on Cameron’s “Libya folly” explaining the current
According to latest polling information released by the European Commission, immigration is the main concern of Europeans, ahead of economic problems and unemployment. The 38 per cent of respondents across the European Union citing immigration as their top concern contrasts to a similar
Germany’s domestic intelligence chief has been defending the halted treason charges which were controversially brought against Netzpolitik reporters. In what was seen as an attack on press freedom in the post-Snowden world Netzpolitik was to be investigated to ensure “the fight
A major annual gay pride event attracting 160,000 to Brighton on England’s Sussex coast had to be rerouted yesterday after the discovery of a “suspect package”. The start of the 25th annual Brighton and Hove Pride march was delayed as organisers and police worked to agree a
To date in 2015 the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) has recorded almost as many reports of threats and violence in asylum accommodation in Sweden as for all of 2014. Incidents reported are not limited to threats and violence against other people alone, but
Prime Minister David Cameron is demanding online pornographers either ‘voluntarily’ install effective age-restricted controls on their websites or risk legislation that could see them closed down altogether. In a move which will see the state assuming the role of parent in regulating children’s
Hollywood star Sir Ian McKellen is to narrate a documentary about Muslim drag queens. Britain’s Channel 4 has announced it will air the one-off film giving new insight into clandestine elements of the so-called Gaysian community in the UK. To some Sir Ian may
Three members of a gang of teenage girls and women accused of beating a bikini-clad 21-year-old in a French park have been identified. Police now say the violent assault was a fight between rival female gangs and had “absolutely nothing to do with religion”
A father and seven other men, including a church pastor, have been charged with 503 child sex offences involving a 13-year-old girl in Perth, Western Australia. Police allege the girl’s father facilitated and participated in the horrific abuse, including aggravated
A UN Goodwill Ambassador on Sexual Health has told British parents to be less prudish when it comes to discussing sex with their young children. Goedele Liekens, a former Miss Belgium, said parents should teach toddlers about sexuality using children’s
Social networks across France responded angrily to the news a 21-year-old woman was beaten up by a gang of girls and young women for the crime of wearing a bikini in a park. Authorities are yet to have identified the attackers but
Britain’s biggest supermarket chain is joining the ‘war on sugar’ and axing some of its best-selling children’s drinks in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. Health campaigners have greeted the “great news” as they urge parents to make their children drink
British Prime Minister David Cameron is set to call the In/Out referendum on Britain’s European Union membership in June 2016, using his keynote address to the annual Conservative Party Conference this October to announce the fast-tracked date. Although 10 Downing Street has refused to comment
LONDON, United Kingdom – Campaign 4 Truth, an umbrella organisation along with EO Antisemitism, Yadbyaduk, Irish 4 Israel and UKFOI today held a rally in Whitehall opposing the Vienna Accord, the nuclear deal struck between the so-called P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the
‘Jihadi John’, the notorious Islamic State (IS) executioner from Britain who featured in several beheading videos, is thought to have gone on the run from the Islamist terror group several weeks ago, reportedly trying to reach North Africa. The Express reports the British terrorist
Reports surfaced in the German media yesterday that Chancellor Angela Merkel had collapsed while attending the 104th Wagner Opera Festival in Germany. Several mainstream news outlets, such as Der Speigel and Bild, reported the incident only to have it contradicted later by Chancellor Merkel’s
South Korea posted the worst quarterly economic growth figures in six years this week, having been hit by the spread of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Weak exports, severe drought and reduced tourism have all added to the
A landmark legal ruling means Britain’s voluntary sector regulator, the Charity Commission, faces a judicial review of its decision to pressure charities into cutting donations to Cage. The British advocacy group linked to Islamic State (IS) executioner ‘Jihadi John’ previously alleged the regulator exceeded its role, acting
In a last-minute rush to hit Prime Minister David Cameron’s foreign aid target, the Department for International Development (DfID) threw over half a billion pounds of taxpayers’ money at a controversial Swiss-based fund. Critics say the gift to the celebrity-backed Global Fund to
Two men were arrested by Italian police yesterday on suspicion of supporting Islamic State (IS) and plotting to carry out terror attacks. The arrests of the Tunisian and Pakistani men based in Brescia in northern Italy were the latest in a series forming part
Denmark’s capacity to admit migrants is near breaking point. With 12,000 refugees searching for a place to live, nearly a third of the nation’s struggling municipalities say that they have little to offer newcomers. A survey published today by Danish newspaper Politiken shows waiting times for
French Police in the picturesque Alpine town of Annecy are issuing notices to tourists wearing full face veils to remind them of France’s total burka ban in public. Swiss newspaper Le Temps reports many of the tourists in question cross on day trips from Switzerland
Speaking about the “deepest systematic crisis in EU history”, a top European Socialist yesterday said that the EU’s social agenda has been “replaced by a form of financial dictatorship” and warned if that continues Europe “will die”. In doing so Gianni Pittella (pictured
A senior figure in the Church of Scotland has joined the ranks of those criticising Prime Minister David Cameron for his five-year plan to tackle extremism. There are those critics who validly cannot trust the Prime Minister’s sincerity because of their own backgrounds in
In a move guaranteed to anger Londoners, the Scottish Nationalists stand accused of “crossing the line” after giving notice of the latest battleground on which they will dictate events in England. In the argument over runway capacity the SNP leader Nicola
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Tzipi Hotovely has told European foreign ministers, their deputies and several European ambassadors that their governments, including the UK’s, provide financial assistance to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that “actively blacken Israel’s name around the world.” The European Jewish Press reports Hotovely (below
A carbon dioxide detector which can alert truck drivers to illegal migrants hiding in their loads went on sale in Britain yesterday. The product is aimed at freight companies such as those using the French port of Calais where hundreds of migrants have been boarding Britain-bound
The Labour Party should not have voted for Britain to recognise the Palestinian state said a leadership candidate during election hustings organised by Labour Friends of Israel and the Jewish Chronicle. Referring to last year’s Parliamentary vote in which Labour whipped its MPs to in
EU home affairs ministers yesterday failed to reach agreement on the distribution across Europe over the next two years of the 40,000 mostly Syrian and Eritrean migrants and asylum seekers who landed in Greece and Italy. The decision on the scheme, which
South Yorkshire Police, the police force heavily criticised in the Rotherham abuse scandal, is still failing child sex exploitation victims. A post inspection review by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) into the force found “major improvements” still need to be made to its
The Times reports today: “An abortion clinic has been forced to close because of ‘intimidating protests’ it has been claimed, a first in the escalating battle between pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners.” Trouble is, nobody is identifying the clinic, information which
The prominent Italian economist and former government minister, Paolo Savona, has said that Italy “must have a plan B” to exit the euro. He added that the Greek bailout deal was “badly constructed” and warned packages like it, designed to exert economic control
The European migrant path travelled by those leaving the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa has shifted geographically in recent months. In a new development migrants are now coming into Europe by land across the western Balkans rather than across the sea
It is worth noting that Islamic State does not have the monopoly on brutal jihadism. From time to time it is confronted by others with an equally medieval take on punishment, as a local IS commander caught by other jihadis fighting to control a strategically
Nigel Farage has slammed socialist French President Francois Hollande’s “desperate” bid for the revival of old plans for a ‘eurozone government’ as part of a plan to renew faith in the European project. Calling for further integration between member states as a
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has announced the arrest of 431 suspected terrorists linked to Islamic State, preventing suicide attacks on mosques, security forces and a diplomatic mission. The announcement came after Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for Thursday’s car bomb attack at a security
The long-delayed publication of the Chilcot Report, the findings of the official inquiry into the Iraq War, has prompted new anger over the fees paid to Sir John Chilcot and his fellow committee members. As demands for immediate publication mount there are
Belgian authorities are monitoring the activities of four radical imams believed to be encouraging young people into Islamist extremism. All four face expulsion from Belgium, following the example of a Moroccan-Dutch radical imam whose residence permit was revoked on Tuesday. Flanders News
Syrian Islamic State (IS) supporters have publicly crucified, flogged and caged nearly 100 people accused of breaking the daytime fast observed during the Muslim holy month. UK-based monitor the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR) yesterday said it had documented 94 such punishment cases
