Reflectii

“The industries have a very limited need for people without experience and education.” — Johanna Odö, municipal councilor; Aftonbladet, October 3, 2019.

Now, to save money, the Ystad municipality will no longer serve hot meals to the elderly and cleaning services will be limited to once every three weeks.

Motala municipality had said that it would lower the heat in buildings managed by the city, including old age homes, to save money. “We will take care of the elderly; they will not be freezing, they can have blankets,” the message went.

Meanwhile, in June, the Swedish parliament voted in favor of a law that is likely to increase immigration to Sweden based on family reunification.

The current image of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to take a hit. Earlier this month was the one year anniversary of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The situation in Yemen continues to fester and earlier this summer a series of UAV strikes targeted the country including the Petroleum Industry.

We are roughly thirty days into Operation Peace Spring. The Turkish Intervention into Northeastern Syria which was launched days after President Trump made the controversial decision to shift the small US Troop presence in the Country.

CHRISTMAS is right around the corner and that means festive markets are popping up across Europe’s cities. A favourite of tourists over the season, unfortunately, recent years have meant they also carry a threat. The FCO has issued an updated warning on the risk of terrorism at Europe’s favourite Christmas markets.

Ceci n’a que la valeur d’un témoignage, et est vieux de dix ans de surcroît. Mais…

Le ton est tellement vite monté à propos du voile que je livre ce témoignage tel quel, même si je me doute bien que ce n’est pas nécessairement ce que veut entendre le lectorat de Causeur. Comme le malheur des temps m’y oblige –on se croirait dans les années 70-, je vais dire d’où je parle. Une double filiation communiste et chrétienne, mais si, ça existe tout comme en Italie d’ailleurs, quelque part entre le PCF et la JOC pour ceux qui se souviennent encore de ce que recouvre ces cycles.

Eric Zemmour a déclaré sur CNews voir un problème « fondamental » entre l’islam et la France. Notre contributeur revient sur cet affrontement entre droit divin et droit positif.

In Sweden, crucial societal issues, such as who is behind the current crime epidemic, are a public taboo.

The headscarf is, of course, just a symptom of a deeper problem: many perceive it as the symbol of an invasion by an outside culture into the public sphere.

The refusal of the French government to take back Islamic State fighters from Syria could fuel a new jihadist recruitment drive in France, threatening public safety, a leading anti-terrorism investigator has said.

While much of the discussion around disinformation focuses on the role of nation-states, violent non-state actors have also developed fairly sophisticated disinformation capabilities.