The German Bundestag has recognized the Holodomor, the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine, as a genocide against the Ukrainian people. Between three and seven million Ukrainians are estimated to have starved to death as a result of the Soviet authorities’ policies against Ukraine in 1932–1933. Until now, however, it has been controversial to describe the Holodomor as a genocide, partly because it... 

Researchers at KTH have succeeded in extracting electricity by letting water pass through treated wood. The work has just been published in the scientific journal Advanced Functional Materials. What happens if wood is put in water and the water then evaporates? Transpiration. This process, that liquid travels through vegetation, occurs everywhere in nature. In connection with that, small amounts of... 

Polish physicians have raised the alarm as the nation’s healthcare system appears to be under significant strain due to an increase in new HIV diagnoses; the issue has been made worse by a shortage of HIV testing kits. 1,910 new cases of HIV were found in Poland at the end of October. Infection cases were reported in 1,056 cases from January to July of this year compared to 561 instances in... 

While the whole world went mad, closing schools, issuing mask orders and mandatory lockdowns, Sweden refused to listen to Bill Gates and the World Economic Forum and kept their society open. Fast forward to the end of 2022 and the data shows that Sweden made the right call. Sweden were the only country in the world to have faith in the immune systems and common sense of their population. Now they... 

Moroccan football fans celebrated their World Cup win over Belgium by staging chaotic riots in numerous different European cities. Diversity continues to be a strength. Morocco beat Belgium 2-0 in Group F yesterday, which many regarded as a shock result given the quality of the Belgian team. Whereas some would expect the result to have prompted friendly and good-natured celebrations, Moroccans used... 

As Europe’s resolve to becoming green appears to waver in the face of an energy crisis, activists have accused the Finnish government of failing to act on its lofty carbon neutrality ambitions. Environmental groups have sued the government for failing to take adequate action to combat climate change in Finland’s first-ever climate trial. Greenpeace and the Finnish Association for Nature... 

Reports suggest that Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia is displaying signs of fear in response to the potential threat of air strikes from Ukraine. Bomb shelter signs have been observed in various locations across Russia, including Belgorod (25 miles from Ukraine), Rostov-On-Don (400 miles away), Novokuznetsk (Siberia), and Moscow. The placement of these signs coincides with Russia’s Security... 

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, regarded as a Putin ally, has blamed Ukraine for the devastation caused by Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities. Lukashenko warned that “complete destruction” is inevitable if Ukraine does not surrender, claiming that they are obstructing peace talks by continuing to resist the Russian military. His comments came amid reports of Russian... 

Hundreds of migrants were rounded up in Serbia after an armed confrontation between rival factions that led to at least one man being shot last week, according to reports. Chaos broke out on Thursday night in Horgoš, a village that lies on the Hungarian border. Residents alerted authorities about gunfire and men carrying automatic weapons in the streets, B92 reports. Serbian police located at least... 

In response to a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 500 million Facebook users, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta $275 million on Monday. The Irish authority, tasked with upholding EU privacy legislation, has fined Meta more than $945 million since last October. The DPC announced the fine in a statement, noting that between May 2018 and September... 

According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Europe is likely to experience a number of hardships as a result of the situation in Ukraine. But he maintained that the US-led military bloc’s members and their allies should step up their efforts to support Ukrainian forces and continue the conflict. Stoltenberg acknowledged in his remarks that the turmoil in Ukraine had a detrimental effect... 

According to Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, the State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, will shortly outlaw foreigners paying Russian women to carry their children. Early December will see the passage of a measure on the subject, he added. On Sunday, Volodin said on his Telegram channel, “The selling of children is abhorrent.” “45,000 toddlers born to surrogate moms... 

NATO countries and Western powers are now looking to shore up Moldova’s resources amid renewed fears of future Russian aggression and energy supply cuts against it. Around 45 countries and international institutions have met in Paris to discuss assistance to the ‘NATO-friendly’ country, which is neither an EU nor a NATO member. The countries reportedly pledged millions of Euros in... 

Newcomers must be forced into houses in affluent neighborhoods. Next year, the S-controlled municipality in Gothenburg will expedite the so-called integration in this manner. According to Gothenburg city councilor Jonas Attenius (S), we now want new arrivals to be put in the wealthy neighborhoods. “Jonas Attenius cites his own district Torslanda as an example of wealthy communities that historically... 

In an interview with the news source Welt am Sonntag, Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (BBK) chief Ralph Tiesler advised Germans to be ready for brief power outages this winter. “Blackouts this winter must be seen as a certain. That refers to a localized, temporary power supply outage. The operators’ planned, brief closure of the networks with the intention of protecting...