Basel Carnival is part of the city’s identity culturally speaking, it is at the heart of its creative energies and represents three days when the city goes wild. Owing to its uniqueness and quality, it has been added to the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. In 2021, the Carnival in Basel (Fasnacht) will not take place as usual and will be a little different from the major event that we know and love. More information
Carnival, or the “Fifth Season,” is in full swing in Germany. From Thursday, costumed revelers will be crowding the streets to celebrate parades and never-ending parties. Here is our guide to carnival and its greetings.
A photo of hundreds of people queuing in the snow for food at a soup kitchen in Glasgow has gone viral after social media users lamented the inaction of the government in tackling a worsening poverty crisis.
“Not a photo of the Soviet Union in the 1930s but the UK today. How did we allow this to happen on our watch?”, one person said.
A worrying shift in ideology has used the Covid-19 pandemic to increase its influence in Europe Union government under the pretence of offering a solution to combating the coronavirus crisis.
People opposing the Danish government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic marched through the capital in one of a growing number of fresh protests on Saturday. Unlike some previous events, this week’s gathering remained peaceful and prompted no arrests.
German farmers flooded streets of Berlin again to denounce the way government spends EU subsidies and its emission policies that satisfy neither them nor environmentalists, who are also taking part at the protests.
Playing cards, a card game that originated in the 9th Century could be changed forever after a media sponsored woman came up with a deck without kings, queens and jacks. The new invention is widely published with positive spin and promoted by multi-national Reuters news agency that supplies Western media with a constant stream of news and views that is heavily influenced by Israeli interests.
The suspension of the Twitter account of Spanish conservative party Vox shows that the Left does not want to debate on equal terms, writes Małgorzata Wołczyk for Polish portal dorzeczy.pl
While deploying troops to assist the police in monitoring the national border controls and upholding the government’s entry ban due to a mutated Covid strain, Sweden freed asylum seekers from the new restrictions for ‘humanitarian reasons’. Migrants are still being encouraged to come to Sweden and spread like a contagion.
Imagine you’re running a restaurant that struggles to stay open. People come and go; they sit at its terrace tables and read your newspapers. On leaving they congratulate you on your business and some leave a dime on the coffee cup’s saucer.
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