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Are LGBT activists allowed to make gender education in Kindergartens in Germany?
There are various rumors about this, particularly in the previous East Block. The goal of the activists is supposed to educate a more tolerant view for the children already in the early childhood. Opponents argument mostly by the (constitutional)…
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(To what extent) was the Lithuanian fence on the border with Russia (Kaliningrad) "funded by NATO" (or the EU)?
Wikipedia has claimed NATO funding for this fence for some years, e.g. today it says:
In early 2017, with increasing military activity and political tensions in the region, the Lithuanian government announced plans to reinforce the…
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Does the Sargentini Report contain 37 factual errors?
On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, Viktor Orbán stated that the Sargentini report
includes thirty-seven major factual errors
Does it?
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Is the “climate change” responsible for the 2018 European heatwave?
The following article Why is Europe going through a heatwave? as well as other articles on the current heatwave in Europe and the British Isles tend to suggest that:
The heatwaves in the northern hemisphere are undoubtedly linked to global warming,…
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Is it true that besides Volkswagen, many other car companies also similarly cheated in the emission test but faced limited consequences?
The Volkswagen emission cheating is well-known at this stage. However, I heard some people say that many other car manufacturers have actually been performing similar cheating in emission tests.
Last year, Fiat Chrysler was also found cheating, but…
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Why do Syrian refugees try to reach the UK instead of settling for another EU country?
In the newest BBC documentary Exodus: Our Journey to Europe, we see journeys of several Syrian refugees across Europe. The one that I followed closely was that of Ahmad's, who is desperate to reach the UK.
He appears to be an amazing man and I wish…
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Does Hungary still allow refugees to enter if they accept registration?
The news of Hungary sealing its borders with Serbia sparked a lot of debate. I've seen claims they still let refugees through if they go to the official border crossings and fill out paperwork, and only those are rejected who refuse to register,…
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Did a yacht owned by a Polish company with Ukrainian owners travel from Rostock to Christiansø on September 6-7, 2022?
A number of mainstream German newspapers claimed on March 7 that a likely Ukrainian commando travelling on false passports boarded a yacht registered to a Polish company (but ultimately owned by Ukranians) from the German port of Rostock on…
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Would a meltdown/explosion at Zaporizhia mean the "evacuation" of Europe?
According to the Guardian, Zelenskiy said (on the fighting at Zaporizhia nuclear plant):
“If there will be an explosion, it will be the end to all of us: the
end of Europe, the evacuation of Europe,”
Source: The Guardian
While such a thing would…
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Do EU countries have the right to close their airspace to a particular plane model?
According to this article in "el país" España delega en la UE la paralización del nuevo modelo 737 de Boeing, the Spanish government claims that
El Gobierno señala que no tiene competencias para restringir la aeronave [...] España no puede imponer…
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Were Dacians in North and South America 9,000 years ago?
I have read that the scientist Robert Marks, President of Subaquatic Archeological American Council, declared in 1982 that he have found some Dacian artifacts that are around 2,000 years old in North America.
The following information is taken from…
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Did no genocide occur in Kosovo?
British Member of Parliament Llew Smith filed a motion in 2004 which is being talked about today because one of the MPs who signed in support of it was Jeremy Corbyn, now leader of the opposition of the United Kingdom. It included the claim that…
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Does Germany contribute 1/3 of the EU budget?
This morning I heard an interview with a german politician in the DLF (Deutschlandfunk) and he said something like
Germany is already contributing 1/3 of the whole EU budget.
when asked, why he does not support the idea of the Euro bonds.
The…
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Is immigration causing unemployment among low-skill workers in the UK?
Immigration policy is a hot topic in UK politics, but is it actually costing British jobs?
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Is the claim that a serial killer is targeting the LGBTQIA+ community in Manchester credible?
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There have been claims that a serial killer has been active in Manchester dating back to the late 2000s. They center on the idea that there have been an unusually high number of drownings of (predominantly) young males in the city's…
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