Polish Government Seizes Private Pension Assets
Authorities in Poland last week announced the confiscation of bonds held in private pension funds without compensation, implausibly claiming that the move did...
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EU Exploring Scheme to Install Speed-Limiting Devices on Cars
As the deeply unpopular Brussels-based European Union continues to usurp unprecedented powers over citizens and formerly sovereign national governments, another example of the...
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Armed German Police Abduct Four Homeschooled Kids
Global outrage is mounting after an armed squad of German police and social workers abducted four homeschooled children from their loving parents’ arms,...
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NSA Surveillance in Germany May Threaten Merkel Reelection
Challengers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel are accusing her of permitting the NSA to conduct illegal surveillance on the people of Germany. ...
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Snowden Requests Temporary Asylum in Russia
The Guardian newspaper (U.K.) and other news outlets reported on July 12 that during a meeting with human rights activists at Moscow's Sheremetyevo...
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NSA Surveillance Disclosures Recall Days of East German STASI
The comparison of the NSA to the East German STASI reflects the same problem of the surveillance state: Just who is sorting through...
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New Revelations About NSA Spying Abroad Enrage European Officials
Saturday’s revelations by the German newspaper Der Spiegel that U.S. agents placed bugs in European Union officials’ offices in New York and Washington and...
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Anti-Government Protests Continue Across Turkey
As anti-government protests that began on May 28 continued in Istanbul on June 11, hundreds of riot police breached barricades set up by...
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As Sovereignty Dies, EU Hauls U.K. to Court Over Immigrant Welfare
As national sovereignty increasingly becomes a thing of the past for most Europeans, the controversial European Union is taking the British government to...
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Bilderberg Meeting Draws Protests, Media Coverage
The secretive Bilderberg meetings that took place over the weekend in Watford, England, drew protesters from around the world and seemingly unprecedented amounts...
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IMF Staff Report Blames EU for Mishandling Greek Crisis
In a remarkably candid assessment of the IMF's failure to rescue Greece from its follies, the IMF staff's report still misses the most...
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Media Spotlight Shines on Bilderberg; Agenda Still Secret
The infamous annual Bilderberg meetings, which bring together global powerbrokers from government, business, finance, intelligence, royalty, media, central banking, academia, and more, are...
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German Firms Flee to U.S. to Avoid Staggering “Green” Energy Costs
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “renewable energy revolution” is killing the German economy, but Obama and Greens keep pointing to Germany’s debacle as the model...
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Remaining Support for EU Crumbles, Poll Shows
Remaining support for the increasingly powerful but highly controversial European Union is crumbling amid the ongoing economic crisis, an influential survey released this...
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Russian Bombers Perform Simulated “Strikes” on Sweden, U.S.
Russian Air Force nuclear bombers fly dangerously close to U.S. and Swedish airspace, raising concerns over Sweden's military readiness and Russia's overseas intentions. ...
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