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– A firewall is no use if the roof is on fire
CDU’s firewall against the AfD is completely crazy, says CDU politician Martina Schweinsburg, who sits in the Thuringian state parliament, just before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD is set to become by far the largest party. Will the CDU get rid of people like Schweinsburg, or is a change of strategy coming?
Continue reading »US designates British activist group Palestine Action a ‘global terrorist organisation’
The United States has designated the British group Palestine Action as a global terrorist organisation. The group is thereby placed in the same category as Hamas, al-Qaeda and Islamic State, among others.
Continue reading »Denmark to send rejected asylum seekers to deportation centres in third countries
More and more European countries are trying to do something about an asylum policy that appears to be out of control. Denmark is now working with four other EU countries to establish deportation centres in third countries.
Continue reading »Austria’s chancellor says he wants to ban political Islam
Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker recently called for a ban on political Islam to be enshrined in the country’s constitution. But his coalition partners are sceptical, and the Freedom Party believes he is bluffing. Time and demographics are not on the side of the anti-Islamist politicians. 41 per cent of primary school pupils in Vienna are Muslims.
Continue reading »Ukrainian security services open fire on each other
The Ukrainian security services HUR and SBU opened fire on each other in Kyiv on Wednesday, leaving three agents wounded. The shooting was caused by rivalry. The domestic security service SBU came to arrest a Russian fighting against his own country. He is under HUR’s protection, and they refused to hand over their agent. The shooting then broke out.
Continue reading »Putin on Norwegian seizure: ‘State terrorism’. Ambassador summoned
Norway’s ambassador in Moscow has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry to answer for the seizure of the Russian cruise ship in Barentsburg. Russia is demanding an explanation and wants the ship released. Putin was asked about the matter during the summit in Vladivostok and described the conduct as state terrorism. Norway’s Ministry of Justice washes its hands of the matter and says it is not their responsibility.
Continue reading »Turns down USD 40 million from Trump: Abortion and diversity more important
Norwegian People’s Aid believes it is more important to work on abortion, gender ideology and diversity than to accept NOK 400 million in annual funding from the United States.
Continue reading »Svalbard drawn into the dispute between Ukraine and Russia
Russia is protesting vehemently against the Norwegian authorities’ seizure of a Russian cruise ship at the request of a Ukrainian company. The Ukrainians want compensation for assets they lost when Russia took over Crimea in 2014. But with the two countries at war, Norway risks being drawn into the conflict, and in the highly sensitive area of Svalbard.
Continue reading »Massive protests against migration in Spain
Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards demonstrated in cities across Spain on Wednesday evening in protest against the government’s handling of the migration crisis in Ceuta and in solidarity with people in the Spanish enclave. In Madrid alone, 150,000 people took part. In Valencia, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was denounced as a ‘traitor to the country’.
Continue reading »Secret Spanish police report: Morocco behind the invasion of Ceuta
Just days after Pedro Sánchez absolved Morocco of responsibility for the invasion of Ceuta, the country’s own police have pulled the rug from under him with a report that delivers a damning verdict: Morocco organised the invasion as part of a plan to wrest control of the enclave from Spain.
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