January 1973 was an eventful month. It saw both the UK and Ireland joining the EEC, the forerunner to the European Union. In British Occupied Ireland it also saw Loyalist paramilitaries bringing the Northern conflict to the streets of Dublin, where a car bomb exploded in Sackville Place, killing Thomas Douglas and injuring 17 others.
Thousands of ethno-nationalist Ukrainian nationalists have taken to the streets in Kiev on the country’s Defenders Day, a public holiday, under the flags of the Azov and Right Sector nationalist organisations, among others. Video
League party leader Matteo Salvini posted a video to Facebook and Twitter showing migrants arriving by boat at the Italian island of Lampedusa carrying smartphones, a poodle, and leisurely smoking cigarettes, with many of them dressed as if they were going on vacation.
The Czech Republic last weekend went to the ballots. From that moment onward, everything has pointed to the victory of the Right-wing Together (SPOLU) coalition. Professor Maciej Szymanowski, the director of the Wacław Felczak Polish-Hungarian Cooperation Institute commented on the election results and explained what they will mean for Polish-Czech relations.
The political scientist Hans Vorländer has confirmed that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is increasingly anchored in the Eastern German state, with the party taking on the role of East German lobbyist from both the Left Party and the Christian Democrats (CDU).
Europe’s most successful prime minster believes that the migration crisis can be ended and the tide reversed only by the decision making coming from elected assemblies which unlike the heads of the EU can be replaced by betrayed citizens.
During a cabinet council meeting involving top Polish politicians in the Warsaw presidential palace, President Andrzej Duda referred to claims in the public sphere that there could be mandatory vaccinations against the coronavirus in Poland. He noted that parents are worried that children will be forced to get vaccinated.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks in Rome with Giorgia Meloni, president of the Italian Fratelli d’Italia party, on Friday. At the meeting, the two politicians discussed the situation of the European anti-globalist right and the growing threat to Europe and the European peoples of migration, Orbán’s press secretary Bertalan told national news agency MTI on Saturday.
It is a bit late to be celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day but such is the Irish presence on the world stage it seems every day is an occasion for an Irish celebration. Despite being one of the world’s smallest nations the Irish presence punches well above its weight.
‘People often suffer from ideological intoxication; some even lose their sanity. There was a similar ideological intoxication in communist times, but I think many at the time were just pretending to be poisoned. Now, this intoxication is much more dangerous, because it is not imposed by force, it is gently and imperceptibly instilled – through the media, the public sphere, social networks. Therefore, many perceive these ideological dogmas as their own. Unfortunately, not all people are capable of analysis and understanding, ‘a professor at the University of Latvia, Dr. hist. Harijs Tumans. He is one of the founders of the Latvian Men’s Association. Today – an interview with Hariju Tumanu.
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