The Average Croatian Doesn't Leave Home Until They're 32!! Figures from Eurostat have revealed the average age at which young people leave their parent’s house in Europe. You will find more infographics at Statista As Statista’s Martin Armstrong reports, at the top of the list is Montenegro where the nest is generally flown at the ripe age …

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Putin Drives Dump Truck Across $3.6 Billion Bridge He Built To Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled the auto section of a $3.6 billion (223 billion rouble) road-and-rail bridge over the Kersch Strait on Tuesday linking Russia to the Crimean peninsula – much to the consternation of Ukrainian officials who said the bridge showed “disregard for international law.”  The …

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Delhi Has The Worst Air Quality In The World A World Health Organization report released on May 2 found that Delhi has the worst air quality in the world. India’s capital was found to have a heavy presence of PM10 particular matter – 292 micrograms per cubic meter. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes, the annual safe limit set by …

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WHO Prepares For "Worst Case" As Congo Ebola Outbreak Spreads In the week since we first noted the new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the number of cases has risen by 50%, and The World Health Organization has now said it is preparing for “the worst case scenario.” The WHO has …

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Moscow's "Eye In Turkey": Transfer Of S-400 Missiles Will Open Turkey To Russian Spying, NATO Warns The German language Der Spiegel magazine in a recent editorial attempted to sound the alarm of encroaching Russian influence in NATO connected with Russia’s advanced S-400 anti-aircraft systems. “The Turkish government wants to buy the state-of-the-art Russian S-400 anti-aircraft …

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Trump's Pyrrhic Victory: The US Opts For A Path That Can Only Lead To War Authored by Philip Giraldi via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Nearly everyone loses by President Donald Trump’s decision on Tuesday to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) relating to Iran’s nuclear energy program and to reinstate the “highest …

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The Worst Man In Modern History Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, It seems extraordinary that in defiance of all factual history and philosophical knowledge anyone should celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx. More than anyone, through wrong-headed ideas, he bears responsibility, indirectly admittedly, for the deaths of an estimated one hundred …

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Rome Has A Big Problem With Burning Buses Yesterday, a public bus caught fire on Rome’s Via del Tritone. The number 63 bus quickly become engulfed in flames but thankfully, the driver and passengers escaped unhurt. Interestingly, as Statista’s Martin Armstrong notes, the sight of a burning bus in central Rome is nothing new with people blaming …

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Putting London's "Soaring" Homicide Rate In Perspective London has a problem with rising violent crime, that is unfortunately a fact. According to Metropolitan Police statistics, there was a 51 percent rise in murders from financial year 16/17 to 17/18. Picking up on the issue, U.S. President Trump said at an NRA rally on Friday that …

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Firepower: Russian Troops Get New Kalashnikov Assault Rifles As the United States Army marches towards acquiring the LSAT (Lightweight Small Arms Technologies) light machine gun for their infantry, Russia’s Defense Ministry recently purchased the newest family of Kalashnikov assault rifles for Russian soldiers. Russian soldier aims the new AK-12 assault rifle. (Source: Sergey Bobylev, TASS) The Russian Defense Ministry …

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