EU warns Slovakia against foreign agent law for NGOs
The European Commission has warned Slovakia that it will take immediate legal action if the government pushes ahead with a proposed law requiring NGOs that receive…
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Belorussian TV interviews German ‘terrorist’ sentenced to death
Rico Krieger, a German man who's been sentenced to death in Belarus, has featured in a TV interview on Belorussian national TV, where he confessed guilt and begged…
Internal combustion going nowhere, as EVs fail to rev buyers’ engines
I just came across a Los Angeles Times headline: “The electric automobile will quickly and easily take precedence over all other kinds of motor carriages, as soon…
Nordic MEPs promise ‘Conservative revival’ in Brussels
Nordic members of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament have promised a revival of more traditional Conservative politics…
German publisher drops Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy over alliance with Trump
German publishing house Ullstein Buchverlage has sparked outrage by deciding against a reprint of the sold-out German translation of Hillbilly Elegy, the 2016 autobiography…
Meloni arrives in China, aims to boost trade balance
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrivies in China on July 26 for the first time since she took office in 2022.
Revolting Brussels Metro YouTube ‘prankster’ strikes again
An infamous Brussels-based YouTuber who is known for throwing buckets of excrement, oil and other filth over unsuspecting victims on the city’s Metro system has…
Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange accusations as tensions rise again
The Azerbaijan defence ministry has accused Armenia of "committing provocations using heavy weapons in the Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz directions”.
Terror chief urges Dutch to be prepared for future tech blackouts
Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, the National Co-ordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV), has warned the Dutch they need to be better prepared for blackouts.
Ukraine ‘blackmailing’ Hungary and Slovakia with oil shutdown, Budapest claims
Ukraine is attempting to "blackmail" Slovakia and Hungary with an oil embargo over both countries' positions on Russia's invasion, Budapest has claimed.
Poland: Tusk’s Ukrainian beautician causes a stir
A Ukrainian beautician has been working for Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his party, Civic Platform (PO), while being a member of an organisation that successfully…
As Olympics due to start, French high-speed train system ‘under massive attack’
Just hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in France, the TGV network, the country's intercity high-speed rail service, has apparently been deliberately…
German ministry mistakenly targets CHANEL in Islamic extremism purge
In its clampdown on Islamic extremists in Germany, the country's interior ministry has targeted several Islamic centres, a mosque, and their affiliated online media…
German magazine Compact files lawsuit against government over ban
Controversial right-wing German magazine Compact a has filed a lawsuit with the country's Federal Administrative Court against a ban.
Great art doesn’t need wokery – but London’s galleries take a different view
If you are planning a trip to London this summer, make sure that Tate Britain is on your itinerary.
Weimers demands MEP Strik be punished for ‘racist’ jibe
"Her intervention is completely inexcusable.
Ukraine ‘neutralises Russian FSB cell planning sabotage in the EU’
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has announced it neutralised a group of 19 agents from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) plotting arson attacks on…
EC takes three Member States to court alleging failure to protect human rights
The European Commission has decided to take Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechia to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), accusing them of failing to implement European…
Wilders target of disgusting packages campaign
Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch hard-right Freedom Party (PVV), has been the victim of a revolting campaign.
German army recruits thousands of minors
In the past five years, the German army, the Bundeswehr, has recruited a total of 7,681 people younger than 18, which the hard-left Die Linke party described as…
Poland ‘will not let Ukraine join EU until massacre issue is resolved’
Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has said his country will not agree to Ukraine becoming a member of the European…
Beijing angry as EU slaps tariffs on Chinese biodiesel
Officials in Beijing have expressed their displeasure after the European Union imposed new tariffs on imported Chinese biodiesel.
Cyprus: 50 years after the invasion, is reunification such a good idea?
Fifty years have passed since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
Spanish police dismantle criminal immigration organisation
The Spanish National Police confirmed on July 22 that they have dismantled a criminal organisation with the arrest of 25 individuals following an investigation launched…
Paris prepares for Olympics with barriers, huge police presence and arrests
As France prepares to host the Olympic Games from July 26, the government of President Emmanuel Macron has put 75,000 police, soldiers, and hired guards on the streets…
Hungary borrowed 1 bln euros from Chinese banks in April
Hungary borrowed €1 billion from Chinese banks in April to finance infrastructure and energy projects, government debt agency AKK said on Thursday.
Can Europe defend itself ‘without’ the US?
The prospect of a second Donald Trump presidency and, in particular, his recent pick of JD Vance as vice-presidential candidate have further increased the sense…
French TV channel hosting right-ring show taken off the air by regulator
The French TV channel C8, known for airing the popular right-wing show Touche pas à mon Poste hosted by Cyril Hanouna, will cease operations by 2025 following a…
The Euro MPs who landed on the ‘right side’ of the Parliament’s cordon sanitaire
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group has remained unaffected by the cordon sanitaire applied to other blocs in the European Parliament.
Greek court approves extradition of Turkish citizen awaiting asylum appeal
Greece's Council of State has ruled in favour of extraditing a Turkish businessman, legal sources told Reuters on July 23.