2019-08-20 10:38
The UK’s new PM Boris Johnston today steamrolled over Brexit’s Irish Backstop. It didn’t go down well with EU negotiators. Ten weeks to go to the next deadline, “This… Read More
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2019-05-21 08:46
EU’s stop-Brexit man Guy Verhofstadt was in the UK campaigning for the “Bollocks to Brexit” party (Liberal Democrats). This party along with an array of anti-Brexit f… Read More
2019-01-23 11:20
And the lesson is beware the quagmire of Irish politics. Put another way which is stronger, Irish Nationalism or Ireland’s loyalty to the European Union.There’s talk of a new bor… Read More
2018-12-09 15:16
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the creation of a “real, true” European army while addressing MEP’s at the European parliament Strasbourg on November 13… Read More
2018-11-14 09:57
House of Doll. Culture wars are still a part of an evolving post colonial Europe. Image Netherlands2012 We are in the moments a Brexit anti-hero makes its appearance. The confidence lin… Read More
2018-05-30 22:18
Abortion, one of the most polarising social and moral issues of modern times.Ireland recently voted to decriminalise the practice.Image Bucharest clinic 1990 from the series Post Communism… Read More
2018-04-02 10:18
Of all the Gallery joints in all the towns in all the World, that Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had to walk into the pizza place next door to my exhibition spot at Galler… Read More
2018-03-29 10:54
March 29th 2018, It is exactly 365 days to the date the UK leaves the European Union. Many divisions, recriminations, doubts, hopes, realisations, pros and cons about the decision to l… Read More
2017-10-24 17:00
At the half way stage of this Brexit phenomena, it would not be unfair to cite the negotiations as heading for a possible collapse as attitudes harden across the table. The talks are becomin… Read More
2017-09-26 14:25
Europe’s most important EU member state, the all powerful resurgent Germany, gasps at the surprise rise of the anti Euro and anti-immigration party Alternative für Deuts… Read More
2017-05-31 17:42
A fully recovered Germany from the horrors of the last century looks to resume its position on the world stage. It now surpasses Brussels to speak and lead on behalf of Europ… Read More
2017-04-09 17:19
Those who know history understand well that none can win a war over another culture while it exists in any shape or form.The folly of the Bush administration to attack the Islamic world afte… Read More
2017-03-28 17:17
May I invite you to view my photojournalism exhibition titled "Excerpts From Extraordinary Journeys". It opens Thursday 6 April 2017 at 15.00 hrs in ArtCetera Studio, 43b Rosemary stree… Read More
2017-01-15 16:30
"We are leaving. We are coming out. We are not going to be a member of the EU any longer," says the British PM.And so says the labour opposition but in different words. “We are n… Read More
2016-12-05 13:18
Grown people know the world they live. Today’s world is financial terrorism- neo-liberal internationalism – economic slavery. It is called globalism; where living standards… Read More
2016-11-13 14:37
An American dream becomes reality anger in the 2017 US election. It is not an anger of violent rage. It is a contest within modern augmented perceptions about two visions of the developed wo… Read More
2016-10-03 19:21
Hard border between Northern Ireland (UK) and theRepublic of Ireland during the "Troubles." 1969 -1990. Hungary's new border fences are the result of new troubles brou… Read More
2016-09-26 16:17
The deep bellowing sounds of Maramures are projected into the moonlit sky. The astoundingly beautiful natural amphitheatre of ‘Sus Pe Bradova’ in the hills above the village of B… Read More
2016-09-19 10:50
Vehement federalists and former prime ministers of Luxembourg and Belgium, Jean Claude Juncker (EU commission chief) and Guy Verhofstadt (Federalist leader), speaking on behalf of the pro EU… Read More
2016-07-10 14:02
POST-BREXIT-Dismantling the European Union: Remain Absorbs the Five Stages of Grief Simultaneously. May 23rd 2016. An article appeared in the Guardian newspaper under the heading… Read More
2016-06-26 12:48
It had to happen. And it did; democracy has stood up against the march of technocratic rule in Europe. Loyalty to the EU’s Commission that has divided Europe is shattered.Soverei… Read More
2016-06-20 10:15
Calved from necessity after 1945 the Common market was officially transformed at Maastricht in 1993. For the 23 years since, this European Union, this controversial institution carved out a… Read More
2016-06-07 20:33
Deception-The practice used till now by the EU commission to reach its stated objectives of political and fiscal union in Europe; thus avoiding permissions of the populace.So far it has mana… Read More
2016-05-30 00:51
From the passion of daytime clashes over the European Union’s “Project Fear,” a worry has arisen that it is no longer a trick, but a new strategic normal to defeat European… Read More
2016-05-02 12:26
Brexit Rebels hold firm after establishment onslaught over post-EU economy. The more sensitive debates follow.Security and Sovereignty will dominate May & June.Image UK 2016UK rebe… Read More
2016-03-28 13:09
A human lifetime is relatively short compared to the collective memory of a nation’s actions – a memory about human engagements that create and shape our destiny. This memory str… Read More
2016-02-22 18:27
Let’s be clear about the role of the European Union (E.U.) But wait, why hear my words when you can get it from the horse’s mouth.“We’re not here to make a single mar… Read More
2016-02-03 14:12
The British press universally lashed out at the UK PM over his watered down “Brussels Deal.” Apparent capitulation over watered down proposals from the Polish European Council Pr… Read More
2016-01-17 20:27
(There is) “So much to fight for and so much to lose!” - A random slogan I just picked out of the blue conveying an importance over “Brexit” and “More Europe.&r&hell…Read More
2015-10-15 16:18
Using God for cover and who loves most the Temple Mount and Al Quds, violence is escalating across the Levant to new and dangerous heights.The October upsurge leaves Israelis and Palestinian… Read More
2015-09-24 11:50
The chief of Volkswagen resigned this week with a severance pay in the region of 28 million Euros. He was forced to resign after his position became untenable. The company got caug… Read More
2015-08-07 14:38
Europe - 5,000,000 recorded deaths per year: “War Refugees-displaced & migrants” 224,000 in 2015. War is a terrible thing for its losers. In today’s theatre of op… Read More
2015-07-13 10:46
It’s game over for the architects of austerity in Berlin and the technocratic Brussels bubble. Democracy won a great battle. And the fight took place in its birthplace as Greeks… Read More
2015-06-24 12:04
Greece refuses to bow the demands of their lenders, despite the growing risk of default.The Greek PM told his MPs: No to humiliation, No to financial strangulation and no to the IMF. It has… Read More
2015-06-24 12:04
Greece refuses to bow the demands of their lenders, despite the growing risk of default.The Greek PM told his MPs: No to humiliation, No to financial strangulation and no to the IMF. It has… Read More
2015-05-11 11:38
Democracy won a great victory in the UK this week. Against all the predictions, backbiting, backstabbing, spite and malice, the British electorate voted decisive victories north and south of… Read More
2015-03-31 19:13
Trust for the European project, and especially its leadership, is evaporating as fast as capital flight from Greek banks.The federalist’s dream is becoming a muddle in the puddle of pe… Read More
2015-03-03 21:28
Suddenly citizens are feeling less European, becoming more akin to defend the beloved country.It’s a typical insurgent situation. A bad situation calls for intervention. Intervention m… Read More
2015-01-26 19:22
“Britain may withdraw from the EU unless there is a new treaty arrangement for countries that reject the Superstate project. There is no prospect of Britain joining the euro or be… Read More
2014-12-11 14:17
The United States took a hard look at the notorious Bush leadership and its reign against terror 2001 – 2009. It didn't like the reflection.During and after WW11 many belligerents on t… Read More
2014-11-09 17:24
The EU, launched in January 1993 is a major let down. An organisation bedevilled with controversy and deemed unfit for purpose by governments and citizens alike.A room with no view . 25… Read More
2014-11-02 20:51
In the end, there was never to be any re-construction of the Kingdom of Allah. The troops just left as they always do. After weary unfruitful years the money runs out, citizens loose interes… Read More
2014-10-24 16:18
It would suit the commission to see the UK bolt for the exit. After all, who wants competition to one’s plan! Using fines and penalties against dissenting voices is a very Europe… Read More
2014-09-25 18:50
Asking the Kurds to fight IS. A boy from 24 yrs ago picturedas a young resistance fighter against Saddam. Today he facesa greater threat from IS. If he is alive that is. ImageKurdistan 1991… Read More
2014-09-20 16:52
A chara SophiaDea-shláinte a thabhairt duit agus an teaghlachHow are you in Stockholm this weekend...disappointed after the result. May I give you my report to make the yes camp… Read More
2014-09-14 16:05
Pawns become powerful pieces in any end game; Scottish separatist leader Alex Salmond knows this all too well....but is it enough to take down aRed Queen from her powerful position as h… Read More
2014-09-13 15:50
“Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never harm me”….we used to shout this all the time as children as tears swelled and the throat went dry; just before… Read More
2014-09-07 16:25
Fanning the flames on Europe's Eastern Flank. Ukraine is spiraling into dangerous gambits. All the right players are present and willing to bluff it out. Image: Ukraine memorial to the… Read More
2014-08-07 10:43
World conflicts are spreading, opposition to a full spectrum dominated uni-polar world gathers pace, the EU is settling on shaky ground, Russia is teaming-up with Iran and maybe China, the A… Read More
2014-07-03 13:15
Juncker gets the top post, Federalists are happy and so are the Skeptics. A Europe consisting of 40% die hard Skeptics will not unite the EU project. Not today, not tomorrow, not… Read More
2014-06-08 15:23
In the eyes of the British and their skeptic allies across the continent, latest assessments on Brussels diktat rule are clear. Federalist agendas have made a mockery of their own slogan &ld&hell…Read More
2014-05-31 15:27
The De Facto “High Priestess” over Europe, Chancellor Merkel, endorses EU Federalist Jean Claude Juncker’s Commission presidency hopes. The Skeptic camp based in UK, D… Read More
2014-05-26 00:38
Three issues dominating the European Union, Reform for GovernanceThe free movement of People and the Euro. A real opposition is on its wayto the EU parliament. The days of living on easy str… Read More
2014-04-21 08:49
Dispatches from TIRASPOL, April 16-2014/ITAR-TASS/:—Ukraine is becoming concerned over Transdniestria’s calls for independence — —Transdniestrian authorities ask Puti… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In September 1991, I was sent to Chernovtsy -Chernivtsi on assignment. We were covering the birth of a nationless country; a former Soviet Republic and aspiring new comer to the hybrid famil… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The weekend coup, revolution, liberation or occupation, depending whether one is Russian or Ukrainian, was nonetheless a Moscow stroke of tactical genius worthy of respect. EU and Nato where… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The current Eurasian Union movement is a providence of Vladimir Putin and his neo-Eurasianists. It is not a new concept, having roots in the 1920’s and again during the years leading u… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
"There can be no cherry-picking when it comes to the EU."This mantra is often levelled at those who dare challenge “Brussels obedience.” They declare the EU’s four freedoms… Read More
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