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A poll has shown Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz increased his public support ahead of Germany's coming February 23 elections.
The French National Assembly has voted to tighten birthright citizenship laws in Mayotte, aiming to curb illegal immigration in the overseas territory.
A man has been shot dead in the Brussels' municipality of Anderlecht.
Former left-wing Polish prime minister Leszek Miller has called on the present government to deport Natalya Panchenko, a Ukrainian activist who, while campaigning…
"Return hubs" set up by EU countries to hold failed asylum seekers outside EU borders would face “serious fundamental rights risks", making it difficult for governments…
An investigative report on the differences in treatment of patients with various kinds of insurance by German dentists is causing outrage in Germany because it showed…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has stated that Poland’s proposed response to the migration crisis on its border with Belarus would be…
French President Emmanuel Macron has filed a legal complaint in response to a painting depicting him beheaded with his neck dripping blood.
A man has been shot in the leg near the Clemenceau metro station in Brussels. His condition was initially described as critical but later as stabilised.
President Donald Trump’s decision to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has left Democrats reeling and knees quaking in Brussels.
Germany's Green Youth, the youth organisation of the Greens party, has demanded that the country take more migrants from abroad.
New figures from the French Ministry of the Interior have revealed record-high migration levels. In 2024, 2,858,083 visas were granted, or a rise of 16.
Friedrich Merz, the lead candidate for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to become Germany's next chancellor, was believed to be at risk of violent attacks from…
The hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is the most popular among German users of gay dating app Romeo.com, according to the site's survey.
More than one in five Ukrainians were considering leaving their country when the war with Russia ends, with Poland being the favourite destination, according to…
Eleven people have been killed in a shooting at an adult education centre in the Swedish city of Orebro, police said.
The French Housing Foundation, formerly known as the Abbé Pierre Foundation, has warned that France was "sinking into a housing crisis, with 4 million people who…
Food NGO Food Watch, food consumer app Yuka and the French foundation League Against Cancer have launched a Europe-wide petition calling for a ban on aspartame,…
Asylum applications in Germany fell by 34 per cent last year, the country's interior ministry has said.
In Berlin, sexual crimes soared last year, according to local government data.
Switzerland has announced it will cancel its development aid payments to Eritrea as of May.
Almost two-thirds of Poles want the reintroduction of border controls within the European Union to combat illegal migration, according to the latest attitude poll…
Salwan Najem, an Islam-critic whose fellow Quran-burning activist Salwan Momika was shot dead on January 29 in Stockholm, has been convicted of incitement against…
Apple has criticised a pornography app newly available on iPhones in the European Union, claiming it was "required by the European Commission to allow it".
Those poor, deluded German CDU demonstrators who last week denounced their party – with their winsome SHAME ON YOU placards - for agreeing to AfD demands to cut…
Georgian police have arrested two government opposition leaders during street protests against the ruling administration.
The French Socialist-led city of Nantes has announced plans to revamp public spaces in the name of equality as part of the city 2025 budget.
The European Commission has said that Poland will not be free of the obligations of the European Union Migration Pact.
US technology giant Amazon has boosted its advertisement spending on social media giant X.
Bad Kreuznach county in the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate has been paying €40,000 per month for private security services to monitor an allegedly aggressive…
