Polish President backs Trump and tells Ukraine to ‘compromise’ for peace deal
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has said Ukraine would have to “make compromises” to achieve a durable peace deal with Russia.
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Report alleges Swedish care sector infiltrated by organised crime operators
A joint report by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency and the National Police Operations Department (NOA) has exposed alleged connections between organised crime…
German city of Bonn abandons plan for ‘living-space tax’
The German city of Bonn has abandoned plans for the introduction of a new tax to incentivise people to abandon flats and houses considered “too large” for them.
French minister refutes court ruling, says Muslim school a ‘bastion of Islamist influence’
French interior minister Bruno Retailleau has challenged the decision to reinstate public funding for the private Averroès Muslim secondary school in Lille following…
How the Right can win the world: Taking nationalism international
It does not take a political scientist to understand that the Western populist-right has been on a roll lately.
Belgian Court of Appeals cuts sentences for terror group planning to attack PM
Members of an Islamist terrorist group who planned to attack Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever have received a much lighter sentence on appeal.
Brussels officially declares itself an ‘anti-fascist city’
Brussels municipal council has unanimously approved a motion declaring the Belgian capital an “anti-fascist city".
EU ‘doesn’t know what it’s doing with digital laws’
The European Commission's lack of understanding of the digital market it has tried to regulate has harmed the bloc's competitiveness, according to a member of the…
Northern elites panic: Will Greece, Italy, and Spain become their human wastelands?
The EU’s southern frontier - Greece, Italy, and Spain - teeters on the edge of collapse, battered by a migration crisis that Brussels aggravates.
The drums of war: Lithuania sets out evacuation plan
Vilnius in Lithuania has unveiled an evacuation plan amid fears of a Russian invasion.
Deforestation rules hamper EU efforts to strike free-trade deal with Malaysia
Trade negotiations between the EU and Malaysia, home to five types of strategic minerals essential for Europe’s high-tech sector, are stumbling over the bloc’s…
Europeans have only two months left to keep the Americans in and the Russians out
The annual NATO summit in Brussels on June 24 and 25 is likely to be the most consequential in decades.
Two more arrests after Romanian treasure theft in the Netherlands
Two more people have been arrested in connection with the alleged theft of the Golden Helmet of Coțofenești and three golden bracelets — irreplaceable Romanian…
Russia ‘will never rule central and eastern Europe’
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski says NATO could soon outspend Russia by 17-1 on defence if members of the alliance hit the 5 per cent GDP target on…
Bpost fined for sacking CEO who flagged fraud
Belgium’s leading postal service, Bpost, which is majority-owned by the Belgian Government, unlawfully dismissed its CEO in 2022 after he reported the misuse of…
Persecution, interrogation, arrest: How Tusk runs the Polish presidential election
In May and June 2025, Poland will face a decisive moment in its modern history.
Calm down: the ‘geopolitical crisis’ narrative is overblown
It has become cliché to say that the advent of the second Trump administration has thrown the world into chaos.
EC ‘will defend in court’ its combined €700m fines on Apple and Meta
The European Commission says it is prepared to defend the fines imposed on Apple and Facebook owner Meta.
AfD tops German polls as incoming coalition government loses support
The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has hit new records in voter surveys.
Interpol refuses to issue ‘wanted’ notice for exiled Polish MP
The international law enforcement agency Interpol has refused to issue a Red Notice for the detention of Polish a Conservative (PiS) politician who has claimed asylum…
EU is no match for China or US, Europe can only play for time
In hindsight, what makes the 1990s appear to be worthy of nostalgia is the fact that almost everything ran on autopilot.
‘Church should stay out of politics, focus on life and death’ : German parliament president
Germany's Bundestag President and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) MP Julia Klöckner has criticised the churches' involvement in politics, sparking debate across…
Dutch authorities arrest 14 for alleged incitement to terrorism via TikTok
Dutch authorities have carried out a series of co-ordinated raids across the Netherlands resulting in the arrest of 14 individuals suspected of alleged incitement…
Francis, an admirer of Peron — and the most culpably heretical pope in history?
The death of any public figure is usually the occasion for setting aside party feelings and paying tribute to the deceased.
Italy deports first criminal migrant via Albanian camp ahead of ECJ ruling
Italy has sent the first illegal immigrant back to his home country via a camp set up in Gjader, Albania.
Reform party shakes Westminster, poll shows Nigel Farage could be PM
In a political landscape increasingly defined by fragmentation and voter discontent, a recent survey by More in Common MRP on April 20 has delivered a jolt to the…
Call for French university chief to go after professor targeted by ‘anti-racist students’
Academics have called for the resignation of the president of France's University of Lyon 2, Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen, over her treatment of a professor targeted…
US scientists headed for France to keep studying ‘gender and history’
US academics are crossing the Atlantic to continue their progressive gender studies, statistics suggest.
Polish region refuses to set up EU-funded migrants centres
The Polish region of Małopolska, controlled by the opposition Conservatives (PiS), has refused to participate in government plans to establish European Union-funded…
Evil in unexpected places, even among wartime allies
An old Irish proverb describes how a stranger asks an elderly countryman for directions to a certain place: “If that’s where you want to go,” comes the reply,…