EU deplores ‘deterioration’ of Hong Kong freedoms after vigil convictions
Judges found the organisers of Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen vigil guilty of inciting subversion and both face up to 10 years in prison.
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Vučić points to October for Serbian snap election
The Serbian President has said the ballot will pit his ruling party against a single bloc of everyone else, though he has still not set a date for his own resignation.
NABU releases new tapes implicating Zelensky’s former deputy chief of staff in corporate raiding
Investigators say the group used unauthorised interference with Ministry of Justice databases to seize control of enterprises.
German trauma surgeons record sharp rise in life-threatening stab injuries
A 12-year analysis of Germany's national trauma registry has found the number of patients admitted with severe stab wounds up by almost 60 per cent, with the increase…
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Italy seeks compensation from Berlin over migrants brought ashore by German NGOs
The figures cover the period since Giorgia Meloni's Government took office in October 2022.
Heinz lifts ban on Christian references for personalised ketchup labels after backlash
The company’s British online customisation service previously blocked those Christian references while accepting “Allah”, “Islam”, “Muslim” and even…
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Hungarian public television resumes news after government-ordered blackout
Weeks earlier the Prime Minister overturned an editorial appointment at the broadcaster with a comment on Facebook.
German officials and unions prepare ‘to resist’ an AfD government
In an article for the GdP union magazine, Hüber argued that: "Anyone who takes their oath seriously has no other option: the AfD is a no-go!"
Protesters jailed longer than migrant who sexually assaulted 14-year-old that sparked Epping unrest
Footage showed Land repeatedly attacking police vehicles, including climbing onto one and kicking the windscreen while masked.
North Korea fires missile salvo as Trump scales back South Korea drills
Pyongyang launched about 10 short-range weapons hours after the US President said he expected to meet Kim Jong Un this year.
Merz popularity hits personal all-time low
Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-chair Alice Weidel sits at the bottom of the top-10 list on –2.5.
French PM admits few ministries meet cyber standards after large hacks
A detailed proposal for the unit's organisation, rules of engagement, resources and leadership is required by August 21.
Denmark sends its first conscripts to Greenland
The recruits are the first national service intake to take on operational duties in the Arctic territory.
UK Home Office hands asylum seekers pamphlets explaining that rape is illegal and children cannot consent to sex
The materials note that "laws and customs here may be different from your home country".
Belgium searches for owner of gold hoard found by teenage worker
Authorities in East Flanders are investigating the origin of an estimated €9 million in gold bars and coins uncovered in a bricked-up cellar wall during renovation…
French singer-turned-activist Francis Lalanne announces 2027 presidential run
He will hold his "first major campaign rally" on August 21 at the Théâtre Galabru in Paris, a roughly 100-seat venue on the Montmartre hill.
Ghent University suspends academic who exposed Arday fraud, eyes firing him
The researcher in question is Nathan Cofnas, an American philosopher of biology who joined Ghent in 2026.
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Tusk begins bid for re-election with petrol price decrease and tax cuts
Since his government took office, pay has increased by around 30 per cent, bringing increasing numbers of people into the higher tax bracket.
Former US ambassador calls NATO rebrand ‘lipstick on a pig’
Ivo Daalder said Washington no longer treated the security of Europe as bound up with its own.
Spanish NATO jets scramble as drone crashes in eastern Romania
A drone entered Romanian airspace near Galați before coming down in an unpopulated area of Tulcea county, the defence ministry said.
French senator slams ‘Christianophobia’ over LGBT bar’s ‘Holy Phallus’ party
In a video published on social media on August 14, Ravier condemned the event as an attack on Christianity.
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Meloni-Frederiksen deal on migration sparks fight inside Europe’s socialist family
The cooperation between Meloni and Frederiksen became even more explicit on August 10, when the two prime ministers published a separate joint statement.
Member states split over Brussels’s ‘Buy European’ procurement plan
Governments and MEPs remained at odds over how much of the EU's public spending should be reserved for home-made goods.
Spain defies EU and prepares transfer of 500 migrant girls from Ceuta to mainland after spike in sexual assaults
Officials say the girls and children under 13 are being given priority because they are considered the most vulnerable profiles.
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European banks raid Wall Street to close the investment banking gap
Barclays recruited Bank of America's Mike Joo to co-lead its investment bank, the latest senior hire from a US rival by a European lender that has been losing ground…
Migrant camps displace Ceuta’s cat colonies as carers search for missing animals
Volunteers say feeding sites beside the desalination plant and in several outlying neighbourhoods have emptied since the July 30 crossing.
Sweden reports rare measles outbreak following music festival
Sweden's Public Health Agency has reported 21 measles cases linked to the Urkult music festival, primarily affecting unvaccinated individuals under 18.
Nord Stream saboteur suspect caught in Croatia
Germany is seeking his extradition so that he can be brought before an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice.
Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to concealing documents on Covid origins
Prosecutors said he discussed scrubbing government accounts of communications that could fuel debate over the virus's origins.
Sweden grants only 98 citizenships in July, most of them Nordic, as tougher rules take effect
The figure compares with 1,602 citizenships granted in June and 18,332 over the first seven months of 2026 as a whole.