Merkel, Macron and Johnson urge Iran to abandon moves violating nuclear deal

Merkel, Macron, and Johnson also urged the Iraqi authorities to ensure support for the US-led anti-terrorist coalition. German Chancellor Angela Merkel – AP Photo/Markus Schreiber BERLIN, January 6. /TASS/. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime … Read More

EU panic as Boris Johnson to become ‘nasty’ with Brussels to secure Brexit trade deal

posted in: European Union, News

EUROCRATS have been warned Brexit trade negotiations could bring out the “nasty” side of Boris Johnson after the Prime Minister pledged to deliver on an agreement within 12 months. Boris Johnson ruled out extending the Brexit transition period past December 2020 as he … Read More

‘Looking back, I realize I was naive’: reporting on the refugee crisis

Raihan Mohammadi, five, Farzan Mohammadi, 11, and Ilyas Rezwani, five, in Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos. Photograph: Alice Aedy When photographer Alice Aedy first covered the refugee crisis in 2016 she believed Europe would respond with humanity to images of … Read More

Anti-Macron Yellow Vests Protests Continue Unabated in France

Source: Charles Baudry / Twitter. Although it’s not exactly considered frontpage news by the leftist mainstream media, the so-called Yellow Vests continue to protest every single weekend against President Macron’s horrendous policies. Don’t believe me? Well, just watch this rather … Read More

Turkey warns refugee crisis could return with a vengeance in 2020 as Greece struggles with overcrowded camps

A Syrian family flees fighting in the country’s northwestern Idlib region CREDIT: AFP Five years after Europe’s migrant crisis eased, Turkey is warning that it may no longer be able to handle a growing flood of refugees from Syria on its own. … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 27 December 2019

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, There is troubling news about Iran.  The Russians and Chinese are reportedly cooperating with Iran in maneuvers at sea.  All three nations are reportedly conducting drills in the Indian Ocean.  It seems foolish to repeat Iranian government … Read More

German businesses already incurring Brexit losses, says industry boss

posted in: Germany, News

German businesses have already been suffering from the negative effects of Brexit, said Holger Bingmann, head of the foreign trade industry group BGA, pointing out losses to German exporters worth €3.5 billion this year. Prospects of an agreement between the … Read More

Germany: Welfare payments to foreigners nearly double over 12 years

As the number of foreigners in Germany has risen, so have welfare payments dispensed to them over the past 12 years. Much of the money went to asylum-seekers from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The amount in welfare that foreigners receive … Read More

Why Boris Johnson will not go for a ‘hard’ Brexit, but a slow Brexit

posted in: European Union, News

A year of headlines and parliamentary debates dominated by EU negotiations would be a political disaster for Johnson. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson  Getty Images Wars end when the belligerents give up fighting. The surest way for this to happen, and … Read More

1 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 101