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National fronts? The Algerian War began 60 years ago. Some eight years later, a new Arab nation came about – and a million Algerians of French origin fled to France. The recent successes of the extreme-right Front National have made these "pieds-noirs" a political factor again, as the fronts of the Algerian War retain contemporary relevance. By Jakob Krais During her campaign for the local and European elections at the beginning of 2014, Marine Le Pen addressed an open letter to her "friends, the harkis and pieds-noirs". It was an assessment of the former French president Charles de Gaull...

Luxembourg is not a country that is known for gun-making, nor is it typically associated with the political intrigues of decolonizing the African continent. Nevertheless, in 1957, gun-making drew Luxembourg into the middle of a diplomatic confrontation with both France and Belgium regarding the war in Algeria. It all started in January 1952 when 49-year-old businessman Nicolas Scholer established a company named Société Luxembourgeoise d'Armes (abbreviated as “SOLA”) with administrative offices in the city of Vianden, and a factory in the city of Ettelbruck. The Scholer family had bee...

What Has Become of the GRU, Russia’s Military Intelligence Agency? To understand the Czech arms depot explosion, you have to delve into the history books. Dalibor Gluck / CTK / TASS Two striking facts from a Czech investigation into the GRU’s role in the 2014 explosions of ammunition depots in the village of Vrbetice shed light on how the GRU has developed over the years.  First, investigators learned that GRU agents organized the two explosions — that claimed human lives on the territory of a European country. This was part of an operation to poison Bulgarian ar...

Article content Prince Philip, whose death at age 99 was confirmed by Buckingham Palace Friday, visited Quebec more than you might have imagined.  The Duke of Edinburgh was a more frequent visitor than Queen Elizabeth, dropping in 14 times, four more than his wife. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Prince Philip (1921-2021): Duke of Edinburgh visited Quebec more often than the Queen Back to video And unlike the Queen, whose stops in the province were always part of tours that took her to other parts of the country, Prince Philip once spent an ...

Kidnapping, Murder, Unrest: Quebec's 1970 October Crisis Explained By Marina Manoukian/March 16, 2021 1:46 am EDT In the 1960s, members of the Québécois separatist movement started a bombing campaign against the Canadian government. In 1970, this standoff escalated to a hostage situation. Overnight, people in Québec found themselves essentially living under martial law. The October Crisis gripped the nation as a British diplomat and Québec's Minister of Labour and Immigration were kidnapped and held by the Front de libération du Québec. In response, soldiers and tanks rolled through t...