Miss Netherlands competition ends: ‘No longer relevant in today’s times’
After 35 years of wide smiles and long legs, the annual Miss Netherlands competition is coming to an end.
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Bribe people €1,000 in fuel to buy electric cars, German Green ministry suggests
Germany's Green-led ministry for economic affairs has argued in favour of bribing consumers with €1,000 in fuel credit to buy a new or used electric car.
EU overregulation gives edge to Russian AI, Moscow bank boss says
Overregulation of artificial intelligence in the European Union has given Russia's technology sector an advantage, a leading Russian banking executive argued.
European electricity prices skyrocket as German renewables fail to deliver power
Prices for electricity in central Europe have skyrocketed to record highs, as German renewable sources fell short of meeting demand.
Bosch, ‘absolutely unbearable,’ to cut up to 10,000 jobs as German economy slows
German industrial giant Bosch will lay off thousands more employees than it had already announced, it said on December 11.
EU tries to tighten border ahead of possible Syrian migrant wave
Brussels has launched additional measures to strengthen the European Union's external borders, amid fears of a coming migrant wave from Syria.
Berlin University refuses exhibition on persecution of Jews over concerns of backlash
The Freie Universität Berlin (FU) has decided a travelling exhibition on anti-Jewish pogroms cannot be exhibited in the university building, fearing an "emotional…
Oil giants backslide on climate commitments, citing profitability drop
TotalEnergies, an energy company headquartered in Paris, has become the latest fossil fuel giant to retreat from its climate commitments, citing disappointing results…
“Saving” the state by breaking the law? A Roman warning
The notion that in affairs of state the ends justify the means long predates the writings of Machiavelli, the figure most identified with this idea.
German police arrest teen boy and two young men over alleged Christmas market terror plot
Police in Germany have apprehended three young men who were allegedly planning a terror attack on Christmas markets in either Frankfurt on Main or Mannheim.
Sportswear icon Adidas caught in EPPO tax evasion probe
Adidas, one of the largest and most recognisable sportswear companies in the world, is suspected of tax evasion and had its offices raided by investigators on the…
Idiot Tax? Chinese companies use Germany’s ‘green’ rules in suspected €1bn scam
Chinese companies are believed to have scammed the German taxpayer out of around €1 billion using the country's own 'green' rules, a major economic research centre…
Greek police crack down on Turkish criminal gangs amid rising violence
Greek authorities have detained 16 individuals and confiscated weapons and drugs as part of a targeted operation to dismantle Turkish criminal groups operating within…
German Greens call for relaxing EU emissions fines on carmakers
Germany's Greens party economy minister Robert Habeck has called for the relaxing of fines on automotive emissions that were set to hit European Union carmakers…
‘Keep cash at home due to geopolitical threat’, Dutch banks warn
Dutch Banks will advise people to keep cash at home because of the tense international situation, a spokesperson of the Dutch Banking Association (NVB) has said.
Polish PM Tusk’s government ‘led unprecedented assault on rule of law’, claim Brussels think-tank
The Brussels think-tank MCC, linked to the Hungarian Mathias Corvinus Collegium education forum, has published a report alleging the Polish Government led by Prime…
European Parliament called on to back ‘repatriation’ of Syrians after Assad’s toppling
The European Parliament should back the "repatriation of Syrian nationals" within the bloc now that the Assad regime has collapsed, a German MEP has said.
PM Tusk moves to stop Hungarian purchase of Polish commercial TV
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced he will place the commercial television networks TVN and Polsat on a list of "strategic companies", giving his…
Belgian lottery reacts to ‘highly unusual’ former justice commissioner Reynders’ case
In response to the investigation of potential money laundering via high-returning scratch cards against former European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders,…
France: Son of imam and two others arrested over alleged ‘Islamist terror plot’
Three young men who were said to have been radicalised have been charged with alleged criminal terrorist conspiracy by France's intelligence services, the General…
Russia tells its citizens to avoid travel to the West
Russia said on December 11 that relations with the United States were so confrontational that Russian citizens should not travel to the United States, Canada and…
French National Rally star Marine Le Pen leads poll for next presidential election
The latest poll in France has shown hard-right National Rally (RN) heavyweight Marine Le Pen leading the race for the next French presidential elections.
Francafrique collapse: France starts to pull its military from Chad
France has started removing its fighter jets from central African country Chad as its armed forces begin their exit from the former French colony.
Austrian Chancellor praises X’s ‘contribution to freedom of speech’
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has publicly stated his appreciation for X, the social media platform owned by US tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Kallas wants US to be afraid of Russia, but can’t even get Europe to be afraid of Russia
The European Union has no “foreign minister.
Audi to recall more than 700,000 cars in new blow for owner VW
Audi, a Volkswagen subsidiary, has said it will have to recall hundreds of thousands of cars due to technical issues.
Authors go to EP to warn of radical Islam in Belgian schools
Jean-Pierre Martin and Laurence D’Hondt, who wrote a controversial book on the rising Islamism that is facing teachers in Belgium, presented their book on December…
China played ‘pioneering role’ in rebuilding Notre Dame, its state-run media claims
China played a "pioneering role" in rebuilding Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral following its burning down in 2019, the Communist country's state-owned media has claimed.
Exclusive: Brussels Signal interviews toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s cousin
Ribal al-Assad, first cousin of toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, has given an exclusive interview to Brussels Signal following the former Syrian leader's recent…
‘Don’t leave Syria to Erdogan’: Ribal al-Assad, first cousin of the deposed President
Europe must save Syria from any takeover by Turkey-backed Islamists, according to the man who has spent most of his life opposing the regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad,…