Last September, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pledged he would eradicate neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn from the country. In an alarming turn since a series of crackdowns on the party, Golden Dawn’s candidates managed to break double digits in a
Iranian actress Leila Hatami was at the Cannes Film Festival in France when she kissed the president of the festival on the cheek. Kissing on the cheek, widely appreciated as a normal greeting custom in the civilized world, is not
Russia is trying to rebuild its former empire and it looks like it’s succeeding in Crimea and Ukraine. Meanwhile, economists point out that the Chinese economy is larger than that of the United States, and Beijing intends to expand its
Anybody who knows the French right-wing knows it has never been anything like the American right-wing — at least, not until now. In an interview on Monday with the Financial Times, Marine Le Pen, leader of the French right-wing Front
The Sports Hangover recuperates from a weekend of a final-furlong-finish Preakness, the NBA and NHL playoffs weeding out weakness, and an MMA card with several losing fighters peddling a grievance. Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful “F— France and F—
(AFP) Iranian actress Leila Hatami on Sunday angered authorities in Tehran by kissing the Cannes film festival’s president on the cheek, an act seen as affront to the “chastity” of the Islamic republic’s women. A photograph carried by Iranian media
Using criteria which some American constitutional scholars may consider incorrect – or at least conveniently Scandinavian — a two-man academic study financed by Norway’s foreign ministry has come to the conclusion that the Norwegian constitution is better than the United
CANNES, France, May 18 (UPI) — Actress Salma Hayek got a little political Saturday on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, holding up a sign in support of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian girls. The schoolgirls were abducted
In what could be an attempt to discredit Hungary’s far-right party just days before the elections to the European Parliament, a ‘Jobbik’ MEP has been accused of being a Russian spy. Jobbik which most analysts regard as being on the
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum proposal Sunday to create the world’s highest minimum wage, according to Swiss TV projections. The idea of creating the world’s highest minimum wage of 22 Swiss francs ($24.70) per hour was
Thousands of young people who are say they are “pro-European but anti-European Union” held a march in Vienna yesterday as part of the Identity Movement which has sprung up in France, Germany and Austria. The movement, known in the Germanic
What does the death of a French author have to do with the recent “black mass” flap at Harvard? To start with, the collected works of Joris-Karl Huysmans (aka Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans), born in Paris on Feb. 5, 1848, include a
It seems like a while ago that Tony Blair gave his most recent Middle East speech, where he warned about the rise of radical Islam. In fact it has only been 24 days. And in that 24 days, at the
In a move that will outrage millions of conservative French voters, the head of the French Socialist party has ceded his spot in a debate with Marine Le Pen, leader of the right-wing eurosceptic Front National, to Martin Schulz, a
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A 26-year-old French photojournalist who had spent months documenting deadly conflict in Central African Republic has been killed, the French presidency said Tuesday. Camille Lepage, a freelance photographer whose work was published in major
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in exchange for its prisoners, according to a video posted on YouTube
The European Union passed more sanctions against Russia on Monday and Moscow said the sanctions will hurt any attempt at peace in Ukraine. Russia said the West should encourage open dialogue between Kyiv and the pro-Russian forces in the east.
From Reuters. Written by Nicholas Wapshott, who is the author of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage. Establishment Republicans have been delighted by the victory of Thom Tillis, their favored candidate in last week’s North Carolina primary. After
In a stunning split with official European Union foreign policy on Russian, France will press ahead with a €1.2bn contract to sell helicopter carriers to Russia because cancelling the deal would do more damage to Paris than to Moscow, French
France decided to honor their $1.66 billion contract for Mistral helicopter carriers with Russia despite pressure from the European Union to cancel the deal. French ministers said that cancelling the deal would harm Paris more than Moscow. “The Mistrals are
French President Francois Hollande on Sunday denounced separatist votes by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine as “null and void”. On a visit to the ex-Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, Hollande said the votes taking place in Donetsk and Lugansk made “no
CANNES, France, May 9 (UPI) — Actress Nicole Kidman said she understands why the children of Princess Grace of Monaco are upset regarding the movie being made about their mother. Kidman portrays the actress-turned-royal Grace Kelly in the upcoming film
Greeks are determined to use their votes in the European elections but are rapidly losing faith in Europe according the BBC. The corporation sent a reporter to talk to ordinary Greeks in the city of Thessaloniki, where unemployment is running
In 2012, the AP apologized for firing war correspondent Edward Kennedy for reporting the end of WWII on May 7, 1945 in defiance of military censors accommodating Stalin’s wishes to announce the German surrender on May 8. — Notice the media huzzas for
US President Barack Obama has no plans to meet one-on-one with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in June when both attend the D-Day anniversary in France, the White House said Thursday. Russia’s intervention in the political crisis in Ukraine has
