World Farming has released a major new undercover investigation showing the “immense suffering caged female pigs continue to endure.” Powerful new footage obtained as part of a major European investigation into 16 farms across Poland, France, Italy and Spain – including those supplying ‘premium’ hams such as Parma and Bayonne – is said to reveal…
People recovering from cancer and other types of surgery are being urged to consider a “simple, tried-and-true” remedy …. chewing gum. Leading physician Andrew J. Vorenberg says “space-age technology” can help but so too can something like gum. “That”, he says, “is because the chewing reflex stimulates the gut and gets the digestive tract moving again,…
Global news continues to be filled with increasing horror stories following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, coupled with increasing admiration at the country’s resistance led by their inspirational President Zelenskyy. “Cometh the hour, cometh the man”, writes Philip Bushill-Matthews. I suggest we should also pay tribute to another country, also blessed with an inspirational President…
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala presented on Wednesday the programme and main goals of the Czech Council Presidency’s semester. During her opening speech, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola noted that “with an illegal war on our continent, the Czech Presidency comes at a turning point in history. Our next steps will be decisive for our…
The European Parliament will this week vote on a resolution on the minimum tax rate on the profits of multinationals, following the Hungarian government’s veto on 17 June. The Parliament is demanding, among other things, to pass this deal through enhanced cooperation and move towards qualified majority voting in the tax field in order to…
If you’re looking for an unusual musical diversion this summer an upcoming concert at Brussels’ Bozar could be just for you. The Embassy of Azerbaijan has organised a concert of what is described as exceptional Azerbaijani mugham and folk music. It will be performed by Mansum Ibrahimov, one of the most impressive musical talents from…
It is hard to keep up with the catalogue of terror and war crimes perpetrated by the Russian Army in Ukraine against civilians. But records need to be kept so that ultimately the criminals responsible are brought to justice and punished. On 29 June the Russian army launched about 10 rockets at Mykolaiv and the…
Russia is the No. 1 terrorist country in the world. It could perhaps be more accurately described as an international criminal mafia organisation rather than a country. The Russian Federation illegally invaded Ukraine and has for the last 4 months been indiscriminately attacking civilians and their property throughout Ukraine in violation of all international law….
Kharkiv is a city of millions of people, beautiful landscapes, a city of scientific discoveries, large enterprises and clean streets. Kharkiv has many hallmarks: Freedom Square is the largest in Europe, the Gorky Recreation Park, the largest Ferris wheel in Ukraine and many others. It is also the original capital of Ukraine. The centre of…
Yesterday the Russian occupiers fled from the Ukrainian territory of Snake Island, which they had occupied. Thanks to the defenders of the Odessa region, who took measures to liberate a strategically important section of Ukraine’s territory, to foreign partners for providing weapons, as well as to the designers and manufacturers of the Ukrainian Bogdan self-propelled…
