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MelbourneAustralian infectious disease researchers have raised the alarm about fake data in a study published in The Lancet denouncing the drug hydroxychloroquine in the treatment Covid-19. The Australian Department of Health has been stockpiling millions of doses of hydroxychloroquine.

MarseilleIn response to the ban on the prescription of hydroxychloroquine decreed on Wednesday in France and several other EU countries, Prof. Didier Raoult published his own study, carried out on 3 737 patients treated at the IHU Mediterranean.

StockholmAlthough Spain is one of the countries in the world most affected by Covid-19 with more than 27 000 fatalities and almost 300 000 cases, the number of Spaniards with antibodies seems to be very low. An ongoing national survey shows that only 5 percent of the population has developed antibodies and can thus be believed to have been infected.

The terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 became the starting point for massive surveillance of the world's citizens, and not least in Western countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom.

BudapestOn May 5, Hungary's parliament voted no to a convention of the Council of Europe that was supposedly about "violence against women". Hungary’s justice minister Judit Varga argued that existing national laws already protect women against violence.

ViennaThe conservative FPÖ party has requested legal consequences for Austria's Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen for violating the Corona rules.

ParisFor the deputy of the National Rally in France, the speech of the singer Camélia Jordana on Saturday evening claiming she is afraid when she sees a police officer, is a typical example of the excesses of the cultural left: They prefer to defend the delinquents rather than the police.

RomeThe anti-migration policies carried out by Matteo Salvini were legal, but the Italian justice still chose to attack them, according to a WhatsApp conversation between magistrates, disclosed in the press.

IstanbulThe Turkish Minister of Defense, Hulusi Akar during his visit to a Turkish naval base, spoke of "harassment in the Aegean" in recent days, which he described as a "very serious challenge", adding that he could not "explain them".

MadridSpain's government led by Pedro Sanchez has been severely criticized for the choices made during the Corona crisis. Sadly, the country has been singled out in Europe for the high number of victims with 28 000 deaths and 234 000 cases.