French citizens, just like Americans and citizens around the world, are fed up with their politicians and the election process. A new French election platform called LaPrimaire.org seeks to change that by creating a crowdsourced ...
Two churches on the small Greek island, Chios, celebrate Easter every year by shooting rockets back and forth aiming for the church bell towers, all while parishioners attend mass. People don’t usually think of rockets ...
Every two years the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council elects non-permanent members to add to the five permanent members. The Security Council has the power to impose sanctions or authorize the use of force; thus, ...
Italy’s two anti-establishment populist parties, Five Star Movement (M5S) and Lega (NL), formed an alliance to pass the first challenge of setting up a new Italian government. Last Friday they came together and struck a ...
The U.S., Canada, EU nations and some non-EU members announced on Monday that they are going to expel Russian diplomats in the coming weeks following the poisoning incident of an ex-Russian spy and his daughter ...
Complete with sleigh dogs, reindeer and snow white uniforms, Russia gives a glimpse into one of two Russian arctic bases. Around the world, people celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with images of green shamrocks and leprechauns–but ...
The United States just announced support for a Kosovo army, a suggestion not well received by Serbia or its Russian ally. A recent visit to the Balkans by Assistant Secretary of State for European and ...
The Chancellor of Germany was finally confirmed on March 14th and to no one’s surprise it was Angela Merkel. Germans awoke on September 25, 2017 to the final results of the federal elections, but ...
Two major Turkish media outlets are bought by a pro-government group and Turkey President Erdogan detains hundreds of journalists all while other European countries face similar threats to press freedom. Freedom of the press faces ...
As U.S. and Russia tensions grow increasingly tense and complex, Vladimir Putin secured six more years at the Kremlin after a landslide victory in the Russian election on March 18. Putin won almost 77 percent ...
Slovakia was rocked by the murder of investigative journalist, Jan Kuciak, a young reporter investigating political corruption. The current Slovak government is now scrambling to retain power. Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico has officially stepped ...
Last Saturday an ex-Russian spy and his daughter were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury, England, victims of a suspected Russian nerve agent attack. The attack has set off an international incident and resulted ...
Terrorism in the Balkans becomes an increasing worry as official reports claim rural communities in the Balkans are popping up and may be home to thousands of ISIS sympathizers. The number of potential terrorists and ...
A struggling economy and the promise of an Italian basic income likely propelled the populist Italian party, M5S to win the largest percentage in the Italian election last Sunday. But M5S get enough votes to ...
After public uproar over two child sex cases in France, France has set the legal age of consent at 15 in a win for sexual assault advocates. France announced that it plans to make 15-years the ...
University teachers from 61 different universities are on strike in an effort to prevent severe pension cuts. The strikes effect an estimated 1 million students across the U.K. The U.K. teachers’ strike has been the ...
Last week Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin used the Russian state of the nation address to announce that Russia has developed a nuclear underwater drone and nuclear missiles that can reach the U.S. and are invincible ...
As the Muslim population in Europe grows, how well are immigrants adapting to their new land and how strong is the anti-Muslim sentiment across Europe? Two new reports came out recently that documented anti-Muslim crimes ...
Italian politics faces a pivotal day on March 4. Italians will elect a new national government, that is if any party wins enough seats in the Italian election to form a government. Despite having multiple ...
Leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs, and celebrities from all over the world gathered at the 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. On the agenda were several crucial issues in a four-day conference ending Jan. 26, ...
As Trump flew to Switzerland Wednesday night to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland many wondered how he would fit in. It remains to be seen how the right-wing Donald Trump will fit ...
(Democracy Now) The Paradise Papers revealed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is conducting business with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law through a shipping venture in Russia. According to the leaked documents, Ross owns a stake through ...
In response to the U.S. shooting down a Syrian fighter jet on Sunday night, the Russian Defense Ministry gave the following statement: “All flying objects, including planes and drones of the international coalition, detected west ...
9 Russian politicians, diplomats or officers have died under suspicious circumstances. The causes of death are a mixture of gun shot wounds, accidents and heart problems.
Leaked phone call of US Ambassador to Ukraine and State Department official planning ways to manipulate Ukraine’s government. Full Transcript here.
This is the official briefing regarding the Nuland – Pyatt leaked phone call in which the State Department official and US Ambassador to Ukraine can be heard planning to influence the Ukranian government. Be sure ...
Note this may not be an actual BBC Video but the footage has been seen in multiple outlets. Some are questioning the Hebdo shooting. Additionally a French Police Chief committed suicide hours after he began ...
Per Democracy Now: Leaked U.S. embassy cables from Madrid reveal the United States pressured the Spanish government to close a court case brought by the family of a Spanish cameraman, José Couso. Couso was killed ...
In October of 2014 Udo Ulfkotte admitted in an interview on RT to taking bribes from the CIA and submitting articles that were purposefully pro-US. He claims that, like him, many journalists around the world ...