Gun sales and gun permit applications have soared in Germany in the wake of the sex attacks in Cologne on New Years Eve. Cologne, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt are all reporting an influx of requests for permits with Cologne police estimating
The German federal government reintroduced border controls Sunday to slow the influx of immigrants arriving from Hungary via Austria, temporarily overriding the stipulations of the Schengen Agreement, which abolished internal borders and passport controls for the 26 participating states. Until
German Chancellor Angela Merkel seems oblivious to the fact that what you reward you get more of. Witness the tens of thousands of welfare seekers cloaked as genuine migrants flooding Europe and now threatening the collapse of the borderless EU she has always proudly
Labour Member of Parliament Rachael Maskell has revealed some of her and her colleagues true intentions for the United Kingdom by declaring that Britain should take as many migrants as it can until we are at “saturation point”. Speaking at
Record temperatures and changes to climate patterns in the world’s oceans are among signs that a global warming pause is coming to an end, Britain’s Met Office said in a report on Monday. The report comes just over two months
A flash mob invaded the British Museum in London to protest its sponsorship by oil and gas giant BP on Sunday. Dressed in black and carrying black umbrellas, the protesters sang and performed a dramatisation of an oil spill, before
Britain on Monday announced it had appointed a minister to deal specifically with the 20,000 Syrian refugees that the country has agreed to resettle from camps bordering the war-torn country. “The queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of
Britain and Ireland will try to resume crisis talks with Northern Ireland’s Protestant unionist and Catholic nationalist parties on Monday in a bid to save a power-sharing government that ended decades of sectarian violence. The British province’s devolved administration is
The first and last British admiral to be courtmartialled and shot was, of course, Admiral Byng in 1757. But the more I read about the fate of Royal Marine commando Sergeant Alexander Blackman, the more I wonder whether it isn’t
It’s not the first, nor is it going to be the last time that we hear of a bizarre announcement from Camp Corbyn, as the new leader of the Labour Party attempts to stamp his brand of socialism on his
Crime suspects freed on bail pending their trials were responsible for an estimated 84,019 offences in 2014. At a rate of approximately 230 crimes every day that averages out at one crime every six and a half minutes, all preventable had the bailed suspects been locked up while awaiting
Germany has halted train traffic from Austria, a spokeswoman for Austrian rail company OeBB said. Migrant arrivals from Austria have soared since Chancellor Angela Merkel effectively opened German borders to refugees a week ago.
German authorities warned Sunday they were stretched to capacity to welcome refugees arriving en masse, as Europe scrambled to hold emergency talks on the unprecedented crisis. Some 13,015 refugees arrived in Munich on Saturday alone, and at least 1,400 are
Germany will introduce temporary border checks on the Austrian frontier in a bid to limit the influx of refugees, the interior minister said Sunday.
A compilation of disturbing evidence of BBC bias surrounding the migrant crisis has been uploaded to YouTube, and appears to show radio host Stephen Nolan at odds with much of his listenership. Although crudely cut, the clip (below) doesn’t just
The father of a vulnerable girl exposed to sexual exploitation when she was 11 has sued Facebook for failing to enforce rigorously its age restrictions. The social network hosting company reached a confidential settlement before a scheduled two week trial was
BERLIN/MUNICH, Sept 13 (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said refugees streaming into Europe should not be able to choose where to settle, as authorities said thousands more were on the move across the continent on Sunday. Germany, Europe’s
France may have declared itself ready to accept thousands of asylum seekers from Germany this week, but it has been accused of ignoring the migrants already there. Those who for months have been consigned to makeshift camps in Paris and Calais,
Denmark has announced its refusal to participate in the EU asylum seeker resettlement plan. Rejecting the proposed distribution of 160,000 refugees, the government declared that with the Danish opt-out on EU asylum policy, there is “simply no reason” for it to participate. Denmark’s Minister
LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party must unite behind new leader Jeremy Corbyn, his deputy said on Sunday as he revealed his own differences with his new boss over issues such as defence and foreign policy. Left-wing
Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens has continued his weekly attacks on Britain’s increasingly leftward-drifting Conservative Party, this time remarking upon how similar Tory policies are to those of the newly crowned Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Last week, Mr
David Cameron will fail to secure any meaningful European Union (EU) renegotiation on behalf of Britain in advance of the country’s referendum on membership, unless he openly supports the idea of a unified EU army, according to German Chancellor Angela
Two topless feminists have stormed the stage at a Muslim conference in France. The activists, from hard-line feminist outfit Femen jumped on stage, with “Nobody makes me submit” scrawled across their bare chests. The most prominent protester shouted, “Nobody makes me
Thousands of people joined anti-migrant protests in three eastern European capitals on Saturday after leaders from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia opposed an EU scheme to fix refugee quotas. In the Polish capital Warsaw, nearly 5,000 people, many chanting
London (AFP) – Scottish nationalists will propose holding a new referendum on independence from the rest of Britain, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday. Sturgeon said her pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) would set out a timescale for
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands held opposing rallies Saturday in several Polish cities, with radical right-wingers marching against hosting asylum seekers and others in smaller numbers supporting helping those in need. Some 10,000 nationalists and right-wingers marched in the rain
