Tag: crimes by government

Turmoil on Western Europe: Fires and clashes break out at French protest (VIDEOS)

Police fired tear gas at ‘a group of troublemakers’ in the city of Rennes: A protest against government pension reforms turned violent in the French city of Rennes on Tuesday, as riot police used tear gas to dispel a group of around 200 outraged demonstrators who had built barricades and pelted officers with fireworks. Tens of thousands of people also took part in strikes and protests across France and the Netherlands.

So, where did the Fact Checkers Go

During a visit to Kyiv on February 2, the unelected head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was quick to assure Ukrainians and Europeans that sanctions against Russia had an effect and its economy was thrown back ‘a generation ago,’ recalls Boulevard Voltaire columnist Frederic Lasse. However, as the author notes, these words contradict the data of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which can hardly be suspected of sympathy for Moscow.

EU sanctions blocked Nord Stream repairs – company

Equinor said the Norwegian government prevented it from providing the requested aid. Norway’s Equinor on Wednesday revealed that it was the government in Oslo and EU sanctions that blocked it from responding to a request for assistance in dealing with the damage to Nord Stream pipelines. The Baltic Sea pipelines delivering Russian natural gas to Germany were damaged by sabotage in September, which Moscow blamed on the West.