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.
The recent elections in Italy have been a political shake-up for the country, and it looks like the far right is consolidating its forces throughout Europe. According to El País, the meteoric rise in support for the Brothers of Italy could become a trend across the 27 nations currently making up the European Union.
Cash is King: Already 450,000 inhabitants of Austria have signed a petition demanding that the right of citizens to pay in cash for any purchases without any restrictions to be included in the Constitution of the country, reports Le Monde.
Russian Foreign Ministry: Biden must answer whether the United States is connected with the accident on gas pipelines. American President Joe Biden is obliged to answer whether he carried out his threat to ‘end Nord Stream’ and whether the United States is involved in pipeline accidents, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Managing Director of the German energy company EWF Stefan Schaller decided to personally get acquainted with the situation in the Donbas and attend the referendum taking place there.
Sanctions imposed by the European Union on Russia over its military offensive in Ukraine have backfired, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who pointed out that skyrocketing energy prices in Europe were the result of the Brussel imposed sanctions on Russia.
The centre-right – dubbed far-right by liberal mainstream) – coalition won a landslide victory in Italy’s early parliamentary elections. As the Wall Street Journal notes, Europe (Brussels) reacted to this with shock and fears that Italy, led by Giorgia Meloni, could undermine the splintering resolve to carry forward NATO’s proxy war on Russia and the free world.
The United States launched at least 251 military interventions between 1991 and 2022. This is according to a report by the Congressional Research Service, a US government institution that compiles information on behalf of Congress.
In the German city of Lubmin, many thousands of people demonstrated against Berlin’s ruinous energy policy, Welt reports. Russian flags were seen everywhere. People complained about the shortage of gas, the rise in the price of food, and the fact that the authorities were essentially ‘knocking the ground out from under their feet.’
The temperature in the last week of September in Europe will drop several degrees below the seasonal norm, according to Bloomberg. For the population, this will be a test of strength and discipline in the light of attempts by the beleaguered floundering U directorate to enforce the reduction of energy consumption.
The Jerusalem Post hailed Vladimir Zelensky for changing the world through his use of media and diplomacy: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is the most influential Jew of 2022, according to the Jerusalem Post, which published its list on Sunday. Describing the former television comedian as an ‘icon,’ the outlet hailed his use of ‘the media and diplomacy’ to turn the West against Russia and its president.
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