RESPONDING to the 100,000 people in Belarus who took part in the country’s largest protest to date in the wake of a ‘contested election’, the EU has bravely told Belarusians ‘you are not alone’ and left it at that. Delivering the message from a Zoom call which placed the Belarusian people’s side of the conversation… Read more »
WANT to know all about the disputed Belarusian election results, the crackdown on the political opponents of Alexander Lukashenko, the cutting off of internet and the subsequent protests? Many people are turning to local Polish friend Alek Symanski for all the essential details, and while you might fear your Polish friend may tire of your… Read more »
TAKING the €750 billion EU recovery fund as his ‘green light’ Taoiseach Micheál Martin has announced the first initiative which could truly stimulate the Irish economy; the reintroduction of the once extinct native Celtic Tigers back into Ireland. Taking a leaf from Eamon Ryan’s book Fianna Fáil leader Martin feels Ireland’s ecology could still benefit… Read more »
IT SEEMS like they are only winners in the aftermath of the EU agreeing a staggering €750 billion virus recovery fund among its members which the EU will hope can kick start economies in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. No one was celebrating more wildly than the president of the humble, small and hitherto… Read more »
ADOPTING the ‘ask for forgiveness, not permission’ strategy that served them so well through the 2008-11 banking crisis years, the property developers and senior bankers of Ireland have preemptively informed the Irish government that whatever share of the announced €1 trillion Covid-19 EU recovery package Ireland gets has already been spunked on a nearby wall… Read more »
THE EU Commission has announced plans for a rescue and stimulus package worth approximately €1 trillion which will help aid the recovery of any member state that hasn’t voted to leave the EU in the last 5 years, WWN can confirm. “That’s right, if you’re a member of the EU then you’ll be getting your… Read more »
RYANAIR chief Michael O’Leary is said to be determined to ‘have the last laugh’ when it comes to Covid-19 refunds, by vengefully sending out any owed monies to customers in the form of sackfuls of 1c and 2c coins. The coins will be couriered out to the waiting customers after an EU ruling that stated… Read more »
IN a generous move, EU officials have confirmed that asylum seekers on Greek islands would be given financial incentives to move out of harms way to Northern Italy. The move, which will fund all travel and expenses for families and individuals hoping to enter the EU, will relieve pressure on overwhelmed refugee camps for the… Read more »
A SENIOR EU official overseeing digital policy has warned tech giants such as Twitter, Facebook or the Facebook owned Instagram and WhatsApp could face fines if they fail to reverse their platforms’ slide towards cavernous cesspools of knuckle dragging hate and bile, WWN can reveal. With curbing disinformation and hate speech at the top of… Read more »
WITH the passing of Brexit Day has come the first of a number of required measures being implemented by the EU, in accordance with Britain carrying to conclusion the Withdrawal Agreement, WWN can reveal. Large tankers worked round the clock over the past weekend to reorientate the locations of the islands of Ireland and the… Read more »