Europe becomes world’s biggest arms importer as purchases treble
Europe has become the world's largest importer of major arms, with purchases more than trebling in recent years, according to new data from the Stockholm International…
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Swiss vote to enshrine use of cash in Constitution, end tax penalty for married couples
Swiss citizens have voted on several contentious issues in four nationwide referenda – approving a constitutional right to use cash, ending tax penalties for married…
UK net-zero airline goes bust before take-off
EcoJet Airlines, the Scottish start-up promoted as the world’s first zero-emission regional carrier, has collapsed into voluntary liquidation without ever operating…
Pro-Iran demonstration in Frankfurt attracts hundreds shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’
Between 650 and 800 participants, mostly men, were at a pro-Iranian regime demonstration at Romerberg, Frankfurt, yesterday, organised by the Islamic Religious Community…
Europe needs severity: Mass deportations, even re-migration, must occur
On the surface, it would seem that Europe’s establishmentarians are finally waking up.
Germany’s CDU loses to Greens in state election, reversing polls
The German Greens Party has narrowly won the state parliament elections in the populous state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.
“Violent act of anti-Semitism”: Explosion outside synagogue in Liege
An explosion occurred outside the synagogue of the Israeli community of Liège, a major landmark for the city’s Jewish community that also houses a museum dedicated…
Polish right-wing party leader signs book of condolence for late Iran leader Khamenei
Grzegorz Braun, an MEP and leader of the right-wing Polish Crown party, visited the Iranian Embassy in Warsaw and signed the book of condolence for Ali Khamenei,…
Poland’s opposition PiS unveils its candidate for Prime Minister
Poland’s largest opposition party, the Conservatives (PiS), unveiled the former education minister Przemysław Czarnek as its candidate for Prime Minister for…
European political leaders: Old order living on borrowed time
All European leaders have had to adjust their ways of thinking and governing to address American President Donald Trump’s dramatic changes in US policy and its…
Harsh prison terms for seven Spaniards for hate speech against illegal migrants
Spain's Supreme Court has upheld prison sentences for seven individuals convicted of hate crimes over social media posts targeting unaccompanied foreign minors in…
Concerns grow over influence on EU of foreign propaganda and new media
A panel discussion hosted by MEP Dominik Tarczyński yesterday explored growing concerns about foreign influence in Europe and the role of new media in addressing…
Merz goes behind Trump’s back to mimic and mock him
Was German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s great show of respect for President Trump in the White House on Tuesday precisely that: Just a show?
Who are the mystery men shifting $80m in Ukrainian cash through Hungary?
Hungarian police have detained seven employees of Ukraine's state-owned Oschadbank while they were transporting approximately $80 million in cash and gold through…
The EU sees a world that isn’t there
Twenty-five years ago, Europe stood poised to administer a world where all nations sought peace and prosperity.
New AI tool developed by ECR Group and Patriots for Europe to monitor Immigration Pact
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, developed by the ECR Group and Patriots For Europe, and meant to monitor the EU Immigration Pact, was launched on March…
Leading scientists accuse European Commissioner of ‘misleading statements’ on smoke-free nicotine products
A coalition of 23 leading European experts in medicine, toxicology, epidemiology and addiction science has accused European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare…
‘US will oppose any attempt by Poland to have nuclear weapons’
The US Undersecretary of War has said his country would “strenuously oppose” European nations such as Poland, Germany or the Scandinavian states from developing…
Threatening Orbán? Patriots for Europe condemn Zelensky’s ‘unacceptable’ remarks
The right-wing Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament has condemned remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Hungarian officials say…
German police conduct 13th Day of Action against online ‘hate’
On Wednesday, February 25, German law enforcement carried out a nationwide “Day of Action Against Online Hate” involving raids and interrogations in connection…
President of Belgian hunting federation violently beaten up by apparent activists
The chairman of the Belgian hunting federation Hubertus Vereniging Vlaanderen (HVV), Rudi Van Decraen (63), was severely beaten on Wednesday evening in a wooded…
Trump ‘calls PM Starmer loser who has no future’
US President Donald Trump has branded British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “a loser” in private conversations, claiming the Labour leader “has no future”.
War in the Middle East: latest developments
Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East:
Belgian media outlet officially reprimanded for publishing JD Vance speech in full
A right-leaning news outlet in Belgium, 21News, violated journalistic ethics by publishing the complete transcript of the speech made by US Vice-President J D Vance…
Syrian terrorist gets 13 years for knife attack at Berlin Holocaust memorial
A Berlin court has sentenced a 20-year-old Syrian immigrant to 13 years in prison for a stabbing attack on a tourist at the German capital’s Holocaust memorial.
Iranian regime “conservative”? Never, the mullahs are like 19th century Bolsheviks
Western pundits love to call the Islamic Republic of Iran “conservative.” This label is lazy, misleading, and fundamentally wrong.
Italy to send air-defence aid to Gulf countries: PM
Italy will send air-defence assistance to Gulf countries hit by Iranian strikes launched in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said…
Polish President proposes funding rearmament from central bank profits, not EU loan
Poland’s President and the head of the central bank have proposed a “sovereign, Polish” alternative to the government’s legislation to facilitate borrowing…
Hungarian elections: The EU’s dangerous wishful thinking
After Poland, Georgia, and Romania, it was clear that the Hungarian elections would be the next testing ground for the EU’s electoral interventionism, with the…
‘We sound like the Greens’: Germany’s AfD internally divided on Iran war stance
A statement by the leadership of Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) criticising the US and Israel over their attack on Iran has caused internal…