The jihadist terror group Islamic State, formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), has made clear their intentions to create an Islamic caliphate that extends across most of Europe and Asia. They are now further emphasizing their intention
The government of Spain’s Catalonia district is moving forward with plans to ban “burqas and other face covering attire” in public. The Catalan government says this is necessary “for reasons of public safety.” According to The Local, the ban “has
Amnesty International has revealed its pro-immigration prejudice by criticising member states of the European Union for spending hundreds of millions of euros trying to build effective border control. In a report published this week, Amnesty International complains that, “EU migration
The population of the European Union stood at 507.4 million people on January 1, official EU data showed Thursday, with a significant boost from immigration. According to the Eurostat agency, the EU’s population grew by 1.7 million people over a
Before the World Cup began, many wondered whether police in Brazil would be able to quell the many protests against the government’s spending lavishly on the tournament, but those concerns appeared ill-founded – until Tuesday. The defeat of the host team
ARENBERG, France (AP) — Reigning champion Chris Froome crashed twice and quit the Tour de France on Wednesday during a chaotic, nerve-jangling, filthy fifth stage full of spills. Froome fell even before the seven cobblestone patches on the slick road
Today, President Obama appears in the pages of Ha’aretz— on the very day that Israel’s left-wing newspaper is hosting a “peace” conference at which Obama’s anointed (anti-)Israel Lobby is also present: J Street’s Peter Beinart, Avi Shavit, Gideon Levy, et
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi plans to use Italy’s six months in the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union to push the EU to take more responsibility for the tens of thousands of illegal migrants who are
(Reuters) – Spain on Friday said it would introduce a blanket taxation rate of 0.03 percent on all bank account deposits, in a move aimed at harmonising regional tax regimes and generating revenues for the country’s cash-strapped autonomous communities. The regulation, which
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Germany reached the semifinals for a fourth straight World Cup by beating France 1-0 Friday in a cagey match settled by a first-half header from Mats Hummels. The center back headed Toni Kroos’ free kick
Several of the teams that played at the World Cup in Brazil this year had famously banned players from having sex during the tournament. But in the final tallies it appears that every team that enforced the ban lost at
Degenerate gamblers of Planet Earth, rejoice! The bookmakers have finally released the odds for the 2018 World Cup. The painful wait is over! The United States, which played competitively to reach the knockout round this summer, faces a 50-1 uphill
Temperatures are set to soar into the high twenties with much of the South East set to enjoy its warmest day of the year, forecasters said on Thursday. Meteorologists said the capital and Essex will bask in warm sunshine with
In what El País newspaper has called Spain’s “demographic blood drain without precedents,” tens of thousands of Spaniards are fleeing their own country to escape the eurozone economic disaster which has left total unemployment rate at over 25 per cent
The jihadists terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)– now trying to rebrand as simply the “Islamic State“– have released a new map that outlines the territory they aspire to conquer within the next five years. That
One year ago, Croatia joined the European Union with great fanfare, sparking hopes that membership of the rich 28-nation bloc would transform the fortunes of the tourism-dependent economy. But as the anniversary looms, the hoped-for boom has largely failed to
Europe’s fragile recovery is stalling, a batch of economic data showed this week, with analysts warning that France, with the eurozone’s second-biggest economy, could be slipping into another downturn. Even the eurozone’s economic powerhouse Germany — whose performance is increasingly
A Spanish law designed to attract foreign sports stars such as David Beckham with tax privileges has been done away with in the conservative People’s Party government’s latest tax reforms. A 2005 tax decree was known as the “Beckham Law” after
An Argentina fan was shot in the leg during a bar fight in Brazil. It occurred after Argentina defeated Nigeria 3-2 to advance in the World Cup. Reuters reported: The Argentine fan shot in the leg escaped serious injury and
Police from Austria, Germany and the Netherlands have arrested an international gang of tractor thieves, the latest move in a campaign against a Europe-wide countryside crime wave which costs farmers and agricultural equipment dealers millions every year. The gang arrested have
Spain’s justice minister had decided to allow abortion in the case of an unborn child being “malformed,” despite the government’s 2011 election promise to reform abortion laws so that a child may be killed in the womb only in case
Argentina’s 42-year-old Minister of the Economy and former economics professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, is best known for his research papers that “reinterpreted Keynes from a Marxist perspective.” Having elected leaders with this type of intellectual
Famed for its radical theocratic government, bans on alcohol, and rules forcing women to cover up, Iran may not sound like a real competitor to Spain as a summer holiday destination. But more and more British tourists are venturing there,
Britain’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), which is usually pro-wind power, has criticised plans to build 47 wind turbines in Flow Country in the Scottish Highlands, home to the rare Wood Sandpiper (Tringa Glareola), which has only
It is all about sex. First there was speculation that the Netherlands beat Spain because the coach allowed players to visit with wives and girlfriends. Why did Chile beat Spain? A porn star offered a sex marathon for every win.
The radical left-wing party Podemos (“We Can”) of Spain, which became the sensation of the European Parliament elections after winning a stunning five seats and 1.2 million votes on its first try, accepted millions of Euros from Hugo Chávez’s repressive
Governments across the European Union are finally waking up to the fact that from September they are expected to follow EU orders to include earnings from prostitution and illegal-drug dealing in their national statistics. Statisticians at France’s national data agency,
Felipe VI has acceded to the Spanish throne after the abdication of his father became official at midnight Central European Time (11pm BST, 6pm EST). Spanish daily ABC reports that the new king will formally swear an oath in front
Group play hasn’t even ended, but the World Cup has already shattered online-video streaming records. According to Variety, the World Cup has “already broken the record for peak amount of online-video streaming bandwidth as delivered by Akamai Technologies, and also
A group of Chilean fans breached security at the Maracana media center in Rio de Janeiro one hour before the Spain and Chile match. Chile eliminated defending champion Spain in the ensuing game. Witnesses said the fans did not have
Many Spaniards are reported to be “outraged” and complaining of “Spanish Inquisition” that books on how to stop children being gay and how to cure homosexuality are on sale in Spain’s El Corte Inglés, the biggest department store group in
Spain’s King Juan Carlos signs an act of abdication Wednesday to end his 39-year reign, as a flag-festooned Madrid spruces up its streets for the people to hail his 46-year-old son as their new king, Felipe VI. The 76-year-old Juan
On June 16 Spain’s interior ministry said they had arrested eight persons, including a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, “for allegedly recruiting militants to fight for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS). The recruited militants had “already been sent
Fortune Magazine has put forth the top 20 highest earning international athletes and it so happens that ten of those are soccer players. In light of the fact that the World Cup competition is now the main sporting event on
The Supreme Court is due to decide whether the owners of Hobby Lobby craft supplies stores can be forced by the federal government to include in their employee health insurance forms of contraception that are against their religious beliefs. The
A Chinese football fan has reportedly died after spending days awake watching the opening games of the World Cup in a marathon TV session. The 25-year-old man from Suzhou, a city of eastern China, stayed up “for days” to watch
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested eight people suspected of forming a group that recruited jihadist militants to fight in Iraq and Syria. A statement said the eight were arrested early Monday in Madrid. It said
Robin van Persie starred with a brace as the Netherlands gained revenge for their final defeat in South Africa by thrashing champions Spain 5-1 at the World Cup in Salvador on Friday. Arjen Robben also scored a brace with Stefan
Ben Oude Kamphuis, a Dutch soccer fan, drove his 1955 Chevrolet 235 pickup truck nearly 13,000 miles from San Francisco to Brazil just to watch his Netherlands team play in the World Cup, reports NBC Los Angeles. The drive took
Demonstrative enthusiasm for European football stands as a popular passive-aggressive way that Americans announce their superiority vis-à-vis the rubes next door. Like smallpox, Nazism, and Cliff Richard, soccer is something that Europeans should have kept to themselves. We’ll instead take
