A network of European far-right extremists is set to converge on Vienna on 11 April for a conference billed as a defence of traditional Western values but which is, in reality, a gathering of far-right culture warriors, Holocaust deniers and open antisemites. The event, titled “U-Turn for Europe” (UT4EU), is being organised by Stefan Korte, […]
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Tate brothers claim Romania victory but face mounting legal charges on three fronts
A Romanian court has lifted the remaining “judicial control” measures on Andrew and Tristan Tate, removing supervisory conditions in one of the cases against them. The brothers are celebrating it as a victory, but it does little to reduce the threat of legal actions facing them. The Romanian ruling, handed down in Bucharest on 6 […]
Kanye’s ban is right: he needs to do more than just say sorry
The Home Office decision to ban Kanye West from entering the UK to perform at Wireless Festival is the correct one. That conclusion, however, does not come easily to those of us who are instinctively wary of calling for cultural figures to be banned, even those who have caused genuine offence and harm. Wireless, organised […]
Georgia police arrest thirteen more neo-nazis as crackdown continues
Georgian police have made a second round of arrests in their investigation into neo-Nazi violence in Tbilisi, detaining a further 13 individuals, seven of them minors, on charges that now include torture, group violence, robbery, extortion, and illegal possession of firearms and explosives. When Searchlight reported in January on the first wave of arrests, 16 […]
UK-linked Holocaust denier defies french court
One of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers – well known to UK nazis and revisionists – was last week sentenced by an appeal court in Paris to 12 months house arrest. Vincent Reynouard will be required to wear an electronic tag and was ordered to pay €1,500 damages to the leading French anti-racist organisation […]
Roberto Fiore’s pro-Putin roadshow rolls across Europe
Vladimir Putin’s intelligence service continues to use the European far right for both propaganda and terrorism. Some of the most pro-Moscow fascists from across the continent gathered last month at a luxury hotel in Rome, the Cristoforo Colombo, following an earlier event in Madrid. As Searchlight recently reported, there have been police raids against a […]