Hungary agrees to EU aid package for Ukraine
All 27 leaders of the European Union on February 1 reached a deal on a €50 billion aid package for Ukraine.
German companies begin four-day working week experiment
Some 45 German companies have made a radical change; their employees will be able to work one day a week less for the same salary.
EC appears to give ground in farmers’ dispute
In response to the mass protests by angry farmers across Europe, the European Commission proposed to put some limits on agricultural imports from Ukraine and loosen certain…
European Parliament’s dirty secret? One in four MEPs ‘compromised’, researchers claim
Research by investigative journalists claims that almost a quarter of MEPs have been involved in a “scandal” at some point, or have actually broken the law.
Orbán expresses outrage at EU ‘blackmail’ plan regarding Ukraine aid
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the European Union are seemingly still on a collision course over the hotly contested subject of aid to Ukraine.
New German party linked to Turkey’s Erdoğan set to run in European elections
A new political party in Germany closely affiliated with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hopes to make a splash in Europe.
Meloni’s grand plan for Africa: Oil wheels of investment to drive down migration
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni unveiled her vision regarding Italy’s Africa relationships with the presentation of the “Mattei plan” - named after the late Enrico Mattei,…
German news outlet backtracks on story that sparked mass protests
German non-profit news group Correctiv has apparently backtracked on its report about a “conspiratorial” Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) meeting where a number of politicians…
‘EU will hurt Hungary if it blocks further Ukrainian aid’
Secret documents show the European Union is planning to intentionally damage Hungary's economy if the country decides to reject more funding for Ukraine at an upcoming meeting…
French judges slash new immigration-law measures
France’s Constitutional Council has removed more than a third of the measures in the country’s new tougher immigration law.
Michel U-turns on European elections to serve full council term
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, will not stand in the European Parliament elections 2024 for his Belgian Reformist Movement party and will instead serve…
European Commissioner knocked out in first round of Finnish elections
Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, took a brutal beating in the Finnish presidential elections first round.
50 bags of cocaine found at office of Belgian education minister
A large stash of cocaine was found in the offices of the Walloon Minister of Education, Caroline Désir of the socialist party (PS).
Tanzania wants to send 200,000 refugees back home
Samia Suluhu, the President of Tanzania, says she wants to send the more than 200,000 refugees residing there back to their home countries.
European Parliament plotting ‘woke’ re-working of history curriculums
The European Parliament is plotting a "woke" re-working of history curriculums across the bloc, several leading academics have warned.
Climate scientist fired for refusing to fly returns after 72 days of ‘slow travel’
In October, Italian climate scientist Giancula Grimalda refused on environmental grounds to take a plane home after research in Papua New Guinea.
Head of Frontex: ‘Nothing can stop people from crossing a border’
There is "nothing" that EU authorities can do that will prevent migrants from entering the continent, the head of the bloc's border control agency has said.
Iranian ‘experts’ have ‘succeeded in influencing European politics’
Iran is manipulating political discourse in Europe via biased individuals disguised as "experts", according to a report by Spanish MEP Javier Zarzalejos.
Recently-formed pro-Macron Rural Alliance loses a top name
A French rural party, set up with the support of President Emmanuel Macron to target the right-wing National Rally party (RN), is facing trouble after a top figure left amid…
Digital euro ‘could significantly destabilise banking system’
"Central Bank Digital Currencies use blockchain technology but in a different way than cryptocurrencies.
Belgium led by ’emperor with no clothes’ as it joins Club Med
Belgium has managed to break into the so-called "Club Med" - Mediterranean countries with higher government debt to GDP ratios - and has surpassed Portugal in such terms.
Protests erupt across Germany against ‘neo-Nazi’ AfD
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Germany to demonstrate against the populist right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, seen by many protestors…
Why you should watch the Belgian elections in 2024
Among the countries to keep an eye on in the next 12 months is Belgium.
EU tightens purse-strings on money laundering – football clubs and crypto outfits may be injured
MEPs and the European Council reached a final agreement over further measures to strengthen the European Union's arsenal against sanctions evasion, money laundering and the…
Germany approves easing of citizenship rules
Legislators in Germany have voted to loosen citizenship laws.
Europe’s capital facing sinkhole, sewage problem as debt explodes
Brussels is in danger of drowning in its own filth while sinkholes erupt across the city like a spotty teen’s chin.
European Parliament threatens to sue EC over funds for Hungary
A majority of MEPs, dominated by Liberals and the assembly's Left, are enraged about the European Commission's decision to release up to €10.
‘I’m an anti-Semite and I don’t give a damn’ says daughter of hard-left French MPs
The daughter of two hard-left French MPs has been arrested for antisemitism and glorifying terrorism, French media has reported.
German pupils ‘aimed to enforce extreme Islamic rules’
German police are investigating whether four young Muslim students attempted to impose stringent Islamic procedures, such as gender segregation and stoning, at a comprehensive…
MEP’s ‘Nazi theory’ on Migration Pact prompts European Parliament probe
Tom Vandendriessche, an MEP with the ID Group, will be investigated by the European Parliament after referring to the European Union’s proposed Migration Pact as a form…