In Short

German state broadcaster touts Zimbabwean ‘television that generates energy’

JohannesburgThe abysmally stupid journalists at Germany's state broadcaster (which runs on compulsory fees), were exposed once again on Friday. The reporter from ARD in Johannesburg presented a sensational contribution with a “television that generates energy instead of consuming it”.

Thoughts on the impeachment of a French president

Paris"Resistance!" A new demonstration held by the Patriotes party in Paris against the EU, NATO and Macron on Saturday, was evidently a great success: French media ignored it.

Spanish government refuses to disclose vaccine contracts despite court ruling

PalmaOn 28 July 2022, the Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands granted a request by the Asociación Liberum and ordered the Spanish Ministry of Health and the pharmaceutical agency AEMPS to disclose the vaccine contracts with the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen.

After Von der Leyen’s speech, the price of electricity increases by seven percent

StrasbourgIt was a well-aimed shot in the foot: After Ursula von der Leyen's speech, the price of electricity spiked... again.

Majority of Slovaks support a Russian military victory over Ukraine

BratislavaMore than half of Slovaks would welcome a Russian military victory over Ukraine, according to a new poll published on Wednesday (14 September).

US investors pull out of ‘dark’ Europe

New YorkThe US investment bank JPMorgan, which wants to move its employees to London because of the imminent danger of a blackout in Germany, is not an isolated case. Other foreign analysts also consider Europe to be increasingly at risk – and are avoiding doing business in Europe. US companies are already focusing on their domestic businesses.

Triumph of the parallel society: Sweden’s migrant party wins big

StockholmThe final result will probably not be available until today, but some interesting partial results of the Swedish parliamentary election are already available. It is not only the good performance of the right-wing Sweden Democrats, who have probably become the second strongest political force in parliament, that is a sensation – but also the landslide gains that a migrant party was able to record.

European food industry warns: ‘No energy means no food’

BrusselsThe European food industry is sounding the alarm. In a recent statement, companies in the European agri-food industry warn of plant closures and supply bottlenecks as a result of the energy crisis.

Biden’s tenure breaks all records: 4,9 million illegal immigrants

WashingtonNot only the EU is exposed to an unprecedented influx of migrants. The picture is the same in the US: in the past 18 months since President Biden took office, almost 4,9 million illegal immigrants have managed to cross over to US territory.

Orbán warns of ‘population exchange or flooding’

BudapestHungarian President Orbán once again settled accounts with the West and its "values". The West has given up, Orbán underscored, which is why the proportion of people of non-European origin will rise to over 50 percent as a result of mass immigration. One could also call it “population exchange or flooding”.