Liverpool born poet and writer Michael Walsh traces his Liverpool roots back to 1865. This was the year his Irish great-grandmother arrived in the Second City of Empire. His parents were born at the turn of what was to become the most tumultuous century in history. Michael's father, Patrick, fought in three major conflicts before reaching his fortieth birthday. His mother, Kathleen, was a former nun turned gun-running renegade.
On leaving school at 15 years of age, Michael spent 12 weeks at the Merchant Navy School for Sailors in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. During his years at sea, he was to visit and work in over 60 countries.
The journalist and broadcaster since provided articles and columns for numerous magazines and international news media. In 2011 he was awarded Writer of the Year by the publishers of Euro Weekly News, Europe's highest-circulation newspaper of its kind. He has authored, edited and ghosted over 70 book titles.
Protesters claim the Dutch government is lying about the extent of the emissions problem in order to grab privately owned land. Thousands of Dutch farmers protested on Saturday against the government’s policies to reduce nitrogen emissions, warning they will put farms out of business and affect food production.
According to recent opinion polls, almost half of the black population in the United States does not agree with the statement: ‘There is nothing wrong with being white,’ reports Fox News. As channel host Tucker Carlson noted, this is not surprising – after all, the American liberal-infested media in recent years have been cultivating anti-White propaganda.
Police in the Canadian province of Ontario has arrested and detained a student at a local Catholic school, Josh Alexander, who had previously come into conflict with the school administration because of his Christian beliefs.
Thousands of Czechs took to Wenceslas Square in Prague to protest high inflation and military support for Ukraine. During the rally, the participants also demanded the resignation of the government headed by Prime Minister Petr Fiala, which, according to them, does not put the interests of Czech citizens in the first place.
EUROPE RENAISSANCE EXCLUSIVE: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ addressed the archbishops of the Orthodox churches, Pope Francis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and other religious leaders and representatives of international organizations with messages in which he called on them to make every possible effort to prevent the expulsion of the monks of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the Kyiv-Pechersk Cathedral and the forced closure of the monastery. This was reported on Saturday on the website of the Moscow Patriarchate.
After the drowning deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean, Meloni’s government tightens immigration laws. The Italian right-wing government has decided to introduce prison sentences ranging from 20 to 30 years for people traffickers who cause the deaths of migrants as a part of new regulations aimed at tackling illegal immigration.
We have space, but not for Germans’ – Protests against elderly residents being evicted to accommodate migrants labeled ‘far-right’. Are lurid and cowardly claims of xenophobia being used to shut down dissent over Germany’s immigration crisis?
One tries to read widely about the state of the Ukraine war, though it’s extremely difficult to cut through the fog of propaganda and obvious lies. But slowly, the picture of a determined, slow-moving, grinding, painful Russian victory emerges.
In a move reminiscent of Hitler’s ‘Germans First’ policy, Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán also discussed Hungary’s national budget, the construction of gas-powered plants, and the state of the country’s automotive sector.
EUROPE RENAISSANCE EXCLUSIVE: Losses to the UK economy due to sanctions-related small business closures could top £12bn this year. Hundreds of thousands of small businesses across the UK are at risk of closing this year, with total economic losses likely to reach £12bn against the backdrop of rising inflation and a deepening crisis, according to Sky News.
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