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Robert Fico and the rise of political violence in Europe
18 May 2024 06:02 GMT
As Robert Fico recovers in hospital, and well-wishers across the globe continue to send him support, the motives behind Wednesday's attempted assassination of the Slovak prime minister remain shrouded in mystery.
A 71-year-old man has been arrested and …
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Russia warns US, EU, Kiev they are playing with fire — MFA about Ukrainian strikes
17 May 2024 17:34 GMT
MOSCOW, May 17. /TASS/. In connection with terrorist attacks by the Ukrainian military Moscow warns the US and the EU, as well as Kiev controlled by them, that they are playing with fire, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has …
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Violence is now a feature of Europe's political landscape
17 May 2024 12:26 GMT
Robert Fico is taken to hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 15 JOJ TV / VIA REUTERS The attempted assassination of Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, on Wednesday, May 15, is part of a rising tide of attacks on elected …
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Fico’s Enemies Risk Slovak ‘Civil War’ to Keep EU Leaders in Line on Ukraine
16 May 2024 17:47 GMT
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Fico’s Enemies Risk Slovak ‘Civil War’ to Keep EU Leaders in Line on Ukraine
Fico’s Enemies Risk Slovak ‘Civil War …
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Neo-Nazi Curious, Champions of Israel: Diaspora Minister Heads to Spain's Far-right Confab
16 May 2024 17:42 GMT
Amichai Chikli, a minister in the Netanyahu government who calls Hungary's Viktor Orban 'an exceptional leader,' and has joined a series of ultra-right conventions across Europe, is now speaking at a confab in Spain run by a party once shunned …
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All eyes on EU liberals as coalition with far-right tests campaign promise
16 May 2024 15:12 GMT
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German democracy finally wakes up to the far right
17 May 2024 17:47 GMT
Since early in 2024, the German far-right and its political spearhead, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), have been put on the back foot by an unexpected – and massive – grassroots movement. Since mid-January, millions of Germans have taken to the …
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London mayor urges foreign leaders to condemn Trump as racist, sexist, homophobic
18 May 2024 18:21 GMT
Former Trump senior counselor Kellyanne Conway, nationally syndicated radio host Hugh Hewitt and former Obama economic adviser Robert Wolf react to a Fox News poll indicating Trump's lead over Biden is shrinking on 'The Story.'
London Mayor …
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Amid legal battles and political turmoil, Trump and the NRA woo Dallas
18 May 2024 22:03 GMT
Former President Donald Trump took a break from his legal troubles in New York and traveled to Dallas to speak to the National Rifle Association — which had legal struggles of its own in Manhattan earlier this year.
And he picked up the NRA's …
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UCLA’s Unholy Alliance
18 May 2024 20:37 GMT
In December the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses that forced University of Pennsylvania president Liz McGill and Harvard University president Claudine Gay to resign in its wake. In April the …