Tag: European Union

Donovan the Singing Poet weighed down by awards

MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: British chart-topping 1960s + folk singer Donovan received a prestigious cultural award from the French Government. The hippy-era singer of poetic-style ballads once won the hearts of nations and clearly won French hearts too. Born 10 May 1946 the balladeer was first discovered on […]

MEDIA WALLOWS IN THE DANCE OF DEATH

MICHAEL WALSH GENUINE JOURNALISM SINCE 1983: Libyan rebels who jubilantly clambered over tanks destroyed by NATO air strikes made headlines. Ignorance is bliss for these tanks have likely been taken out by American A-10 aircraft known as ‘warthogs’. These foolish anti-Ghaddafi fighters were breathing residue from the 30mm depleted […]

The European Regimes that Sell the Family Silver

MICHAEL WALSH DISSIDENT JOURNALIST: We often talk about a country’s assets fuelling prosperity; its industrial might and its natural resources, its economic know-how; its pivotal trading position; its geographical location, and its technology. Sadly. People – yes people, the greatest asset is nowhere to be seen on the […]

Some of the lucky ones surrendered and stayed alive

Kyiv has achieved nothing and Russian troops have now taken the initiative, a top diplomat says: The four-month ’counteroffensive’ by Ukrainian forces has failed to reach any of its objectives, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, told the Security Council on Friday. ‘For several days now, Russian […]