Qatargate: MEP Arena lobbied for son’s cannabis business
More tricky Qatargate questions are haunting Belgian socialist MEP, Marie Arena.
Macron calls for ‘public funding surge’ at Paris climate summit
French President, Emmanuel Macron, took a decidedly green turn at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris on June 22, stating no country should have to face a…
Belgian government struggling with fallout from Tehran mayoral visit
Belgian politics is still reeling over the controversial recent visit to Brussels of the hard-line Iranian Islamist Mayor of Tehran, Alireza Zakani.
Twitter boss Musk folds on free speech in India, claiming he has ‘no choice’
US billionaire and Twitter owner, Elon Musk, seems less of a free-speech advocate than he would like the world’s public to think.
Member States approve watered-down Nature Restoration law by slim majority
In an extremely tight vote, EU Member States have agreed on a ‘general approach’ to the new Nature Restoration Law, despite strong opposition.
Scientific theory that right-wingers are prettier given the European Parliament test
Can we really judge people by their looks? Science suggests we may just be able to, at least when it comes to politics.
Qatargate lead investigator forced to step aside
Michael Claise, the investigating judge leading the Qatargate inquiry, has had to disqualify himself due to a possible conflict of interest.
Europe ‘in danger of losing the battery race’; green energy transition at risk
The EU's court of auditors is sceptical about the bloc’s push for an effective transition to greener energy, saying the whole process might be at risk.
Right-wing bloc taking shape in Spain
The Spanish centre-Right Partido Popular (PP) party is signing pacts with Vox, a party further to the Right, in a move that looks likely to lead to a political shift across…
Invitation of Islamist Teheran mayor forces Brussels State Secretary to resign
Pascal Smet, Secretary of State for the Brussels-Capital Region, stepped down on June 18, claiming he had been "thrown under the bus" after the backlash he received for inviting…
Finnish right-wing parties agree to form government
A Conservative coalition has been formed in Finland after the previous leader’s resignation in April.
African leaders launch Ukraine-Russia peace mission
African leaders are visiting Ukraine and Russia as part of a peace mission to the region engulfed in vicious ongoing war, in what may be seen by many as a remarkable turn…
Belgian Socialist leader says he’s bisexual in controversial YouTube video
Conner Rousseau, the leader of Vooruit, Belgium's Dutch-speaking socialist party, announced publicly on June 15 that he is sexually attracted to men and women.
EU Nature Restoration Act grinds to a halt amid growing division
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) was forced to postpone the vote on a proposed nature restoration law following…
Private cars of German police officers sabotaged during far-Left riots
Riots involving hundreds of far-Left radicals in Leipzig, Germany, protesting at the conviction of the activist known as 'Lina E', resulted in what a German police chief said…
US senator blocks arms sales to Hungary in revenge for Budapest’s Sweden NATO veto
Jim Risch, the top-ranking Republican on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on June 14 he will postpone a $735 million arms sale to Hungary until the country…
Qatargate: lead investigator’s phone hacked
Spyware has been found by Belgian police on several smartphones belonging to Belgian magistrates and police officers, including the phone of Michael Claise, the magistrate…
Hardline Tehran mayor brought ‘secret agents’ to Brussels
The Islamist mayor of Tehran, Alireza Zakani, invited by State Secretary of the Brussels-Capital Region, Pascal Smet, to City Hall in Brussels on June 13, arrived with a group…
Timmermans on the defensive over EU environmental laws
European Commission Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, claims the Christian Democrats ‘ran away’ from an agreement on environmental legislation, accusing them of wanting…
Russia threatens to destroy Europe’s undersea communications cables
Russia says there is now nothing to hold it back from blowing up “its enemies' undersea communications cables”, after accusing the West of being responsible for the destruction…
Deaths on Middle East and North Africa migration routes skyrocket
Almost 3,800 people died on migration routes from the Middle East and North Africa in 2022, the highest number since 2017.
Brussels City receives Tehran’s hardline mayor weeks after EU banned a group he led
Politicians and Iranian refugees have criticised the city of Brussels for inviting Tehran's hardline mayor to City Hall, just weeks after the EU sanctioned a group he led…
Swedish police wrong to ban Quran burning, judges rule
Swedish police were wrong to ban two gatherings earlier this year during which protesters intended to burn the Quran, an appeals court has ruled.
Erdogan demands recognition of Northern Cyprus, tells EU to stay out
Turkish President Recep Erdoğan called on Greek Cypriots to “face reality” and recognise Northern Cyprus, in his first overseas trip since re-election.
French Right-wingers alarmed about ‘Islamist’ participation at European youth-event
The European Youth Event (EYE), organised by the European Parliament in Strasbourg over the weekend of June 9 and 10, has sparked controversy after it included an invited…
Calls to suspend Nicola Sturgeon: ‘This soap opera has gone far enough’
The former leader of the Scottish government, Nicola Sturgeon, has been released without charge following her arrest on June 11, pending further investigation.
Nord Stream sabotage: US intelligence service tip-offs ‘point to Ukraine’
The United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) allegedly told Belgian secret services that the explosions that destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines were the work of…
Learn to live with rats, says Paris city council
In what late film star James Cagney might refer to as a case of, “You dirty rats!
Von der Leyen buckles: EU nature restoration law to be watered down
Critics of European Commission environment plans seem to be getting their way.
Lira plunges as Erdogan appoints first-ever female central bank governor
The Turkish lira has plunged to record lows after President Recep Erdogan named Hafize Gaye Erkan as the new and first-ever female leader of the country’s central bank.