On Tuesday, Denmark’s public broadcaster reported that the US exploited its relationship with the Nordic nation’s intelligence agency to spy on political figures in France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden between 2012 and 2014. America’s National Security Agency (NSA) reportedly used internet cables to and from Denmark, which hosts key landing …
Read More »France says allegations of US espionage on European leaders are ‘extremely serious’ & may have ‘consequences’
“It is extremely serious, we must verify if our EU partners, Danes, have committed errors or mistakes in their cooperation with the American services… And then on the American side, see if indeed there was listening, spying on politicians,” Clement Beaune said in an interview with the France Info radio …
Read More »Denmark helped NSA spy on Merkel & other European leaders, new reports reveal, as Snowden says Biden was ‘deeply involved’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank Walter-Steinmeier are among those who were spied on by the NSA with the cooperation and help of the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (FE), according to the European media investigation. The US spying on not only its own citizens, but also leaders in foreign …
Read More »‘Snowden was right’: Celebration and calls for pardon after European court rules UK spy agency GCHQ’s online snooping was illegal
In a ruling issued on Tuesday morning, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) declared that GCHQ’s bulk interception of online communications, which was first brought to light by former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in 2013, was illegal. GCHQ stands for Government Communications Headquarters. In its findings, …
Read More »Belarus-Ryanair plane case is outrageous? America & its European allies set precedent when they tried to get Snowden, critics say
On Sunday, a Ryanair commercial flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted from its course shortly before leaving Belarusian airspace and made an emergency landing in Minsk. This allowed the Belarusian authorities to take Roman Protasevich, former chief editor of Polish-based opposition Telegram channel NEXTA Live, into custody. In his …
Read More »Left for dead? The European left has become Covid-19’s latest victim, as paranoia and fear see right-leaning sentiments surge
Public health officials tell us the lingering effects of Covid-19 include fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, brain fog, insomnia, heart palpitations, pins and needles, depression, tinnitus and earaches. Nowhere on this list do they mention a chronic aversion to the ideology of the left. But thanks to the latest …
Read More »The European Parliament has called for regime change in Russia, but no one in Europe cares because it is a pointless talking shop
RT and other Russian media have been shocked by a draft resolution of the European Parliament which calls for regime change in Russia and proposes various measures to achieve it. European Union citizens, by contrast, have ignored this story because they never pay any attention to what happens in the European …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver ‘not a magic bullet,’ European Council chief warns
“We don’t think, in the short term, that it’s the magic bullet,” Michel said during a meeting of EU leaders in Porto, Portugal, adding that Brussels is ready to discuss “concrete” US proposals on intellectual property rights of vaccines. Instead, vaccine producers should boost deliveries overseas, he said. “We encourage …
Read More »NATO’s latest large-scale European exercise will only reveal that it is not up to the task of defending itself
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the 29-member transatlantic military alliance borne from the geopolitical realities of post-Second World War Europe, decided last year, in the face of what it deemed a threat from a resurgent Russia, that it needed to reinstitute the kind of large-scale military exercises centered on …
Read More »Why did it take football’s European Super League crisis to show Britain that selling its prize assets abroad is a bad idea?
RIP the European Super League. It was fun while it almost lasted. Much like England’s chances of ever winning another major trophy, on paper, the European Super League (ESL) flattered to deceive. With a team sheet of galacticosthat included Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus, its formation looked unstoppable. But that was …
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