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Belarus Jails Nobel Winner Bialiatski for 10 Years By AFP Moscow times, Updated: March 3, 2023 Veteran activist Ales Bialiatski.Vitaly Pivovarchyk/AP/TASS Belarus on Friday handed a 10-year jail term to Nobel Prize-winning activist Ales Bialiatski, drawing immediate condemnation internationally. Bialiatski, who founded the authoritarian nation's most prominent right group, has repeatedly run int..

The making of Ukraine Russia's brutal invasion has revealed the depth and strength of Ukrainian nationhood. Tim Black Columnist Spiked, 22nd December 2022 On 24 February 2022, the world changed in ways with which we are still to come to terms. That, of course, was the day Russian president Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine. ‘I have decided to conduct a special military operation’, ..

Marion Maréchal Le Pen.Credit...Photo illustration by Matthieu Bourel France’s Far Right Turn A rising nationalist faction has grown its coalition by appealing to Catholic identity and anti-immigrant sentiment — and reshaped the country’s race for president. By Elisabeth Zerofsky The New York Times Magazine, Updated April 2, 2022 With only one month to go until France’s presidential election in ..

軍事前面、変わるＥＵ 将来像の再考急務―ウクライナ危機で最大の試練 時事通信, 2022年03月12日20時43分 ベルサイユ宮殿に集まった欧州連合（ＥＵ）首脳＝１０日、パリ近郊（ＡＦＰ時事） １１日に閉幕した欧州連合（ＥＵ）首脳会議は、ウクライナ危機一色に染まった。ロシアの脅威を踏まえ防衛力増強に向け投資を拡大することに合意。第２次世界大戦後、不戦共同体として発展してきたＥＵが軍事を前面に出す姿は、大きな変化を印象付けた。欧州の戦後秩序は最大の試練を迎え、ＥＵは将来像の再考を迫られている。 独自部隊、２５年までに整備 新安保・防衛戦略決定―ＥＵ ◇歴史的転換点 「ロシアの侵略戦争は欧州の歴史における構造的転換だ」。首脳会議の共同宣言は、ＥＵの安全保障に関しより大きな責任を引き受ける決意を示した。ＥＵの防衛力増強に向けた国防費や投資の拡大に加え、ロシア産化石燃料への依存からの早期脱却を..

The uncomfortable truth about Sweden Too many liberals have tried to suppress debate about Sweden’s violence problem. Charlie Peters Spiked, 2nd Febeuary, 2022 Peaceful, comfortable, and broadly middle-class, Sweden’s reputation as a Scandi social-democratic paradise has been one of modern life’s reliable constants. But this image is starting to crumble. Rocked by a migrant rape crisis, a wave o..

Protesters outside 10 Downing Street.Photograph by Rasid Necati Aslim / Anadolu Agency / Getty Letter from the U.K. The Fall of Boris Johnson After reports of the Prime Minister and his staff partying during the pandemic, his appeal has shattered. By Sam Knight The New Yorker, January 19, 2022 The end, now that it is coming, is coming fast for Boris Johnson. On November 30th, about seven weeks a..

런던 한복판에 홍대포차? 영국인들 줄서서 소맥 말아 먹는다 중앙일보 입력 2021.12.07 22:21 백종현 기자 영국 런던의 한식당 '요리'. 종업원도 손님도 현지인이 대부분이다. 한류에 관심이 많은 젊은 층에 특히 인기가 많다. 젓가락질은 서툴지만 밥상 앞의 표정은 하나같이 밝다. 백종현 기자 ‘banchan(반찬)’ ‘dongchimi(동치미)’ ‘samgyeopsal(삼겹살)’ ‘mukbang(먹방)’…. 10월 영국 옥스퍼드 영어사전에 새로 추가된 한국어 단어들이다. ‘오빠’ ‘대박’ ‘애교’ 등 한국어 단어 26개가 등재됐는데, 음식 관련 단어가 9개로 유독 많았다. 한국 음식의 세계적 파급력과 영국 내 K푸드의 인기를 단적으로 보여준다. 한류 열풍은 어제오늘의 일이 아니라지만, 근래 영국의..

Sinophobia must not become Britain's "new normal" The pandemic may be the immediate cause behind the spike in anti-Chinese hate crimes, but it's also time that the UK confronts its Sinophobic history. By Editorial Staff New Humanist 13th May, 2021 Image: Elvert Barnes When former US president Donald Trump called Covid-19 the “Chinese virus”, he was deliberately playing with fire. In a climate of..

Should we blame America? It’s hard for Europeans to argue that ‘culture wars’ and ‘identity politics’ are American imports Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks during a video conference meeting (Getty) Written by: Ben Sixsmith Spectator April 4, 2021 Americans might be unaware, but a great deal of right-leaning discourse in Europe holds the United States responsible for the outbreak or inflamma..

What If Trump Won't Go? Europe Preparing for the Worst in Washington Concern is growing in the European Union that Donald Trump might refuse to recognize the election results if he loses. Preparations are underway for the worst-case scenario. By Markus Becker, Christiane Hoffmann und Peter Müller Spiegel International 16.10.2020, 18.37 Icon: vergrößern German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas with Eur..