Europe

Lamp posts have been fitted with listening devices and cameras in order to monitor conversations in public

High-powered bugs to eavesdrop on street conversations

The government has announced that all street conversations in the UK will now be monitored with listening devices inserted into lamp posts. Think I’m joking? Councils across several major cities in England have announced the insertion of new “intelligent” listening devices  which will allegedly be used to counteract terrorism and crime. The Sigard system has been tested in London, Manchester,[Read More…]

Britain tops Russia and Uganda in Big Brother surveillance scandal

Britain tops Russia and Uganda in Big Brother surveillance scandal

Big brother is alive and well in Britain it seems after new data revealed that men and women in the UK are placed under more surveillance than those living in countries such as Russia, Serbia and Uganda. Facebook has published its first Transparency Report which tracks the amount of requests for personal data that the governments demand about their citizens[Read More…]

Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Hungary gives the boot to IMF bankers

It has recently been reported that Hungary has paid off all of its loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and has since begun the process of ejecting IMF bankers from the country. Very few countries in the world have managed to escape the clutches of the IMF, but the nation, under the leadership of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has[Read More…]

Thousands of protesters gather in Germany against mass surveillance

Thousands of protesters gather in Germany against mass surveillance

Protesters have taken to the streets to campaign against a mass spying program that is currently sweeping across Europe. The surveillance is being carried out in collaboration with US spy agency the NSA, together with other Nato countries. Demonstrations have taken place in several German cities with protesters angry at their country’s participation in the NSA global espionage program. Thousands[Read More…]

Worst Train Crash in 21st century Europe

Worst Train Crash in 21st century Europe

SNCF France’s only national railway company proudly boasts of being one of the best in Europe. But over recent years there have been more and more rail disasters. One has to question why do these disasters happen? In the UK, the last major crash was a Paddington station in the 20th century and since then British Rail – if you[Read More…]