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Universities in the Netherlands are ditching the “cum laude” (with distinction) title for the best-performing medical graduates in the hope of reducing pressure…
Efforts to censor the internet in Europe must be left to the European Union and its Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission has told France.
Another kingmaker has emerged in Spanish politics following last month's inconclusive elections: an MP from the Canary Islands.
In a report in Belgian news outlet Le Soir, senior police admitted violent crime in Brussels is now rampant: severed fingers, abductions, torture with irons, injury-ravaged…
MEPs from the hard-right Identity and Democracy group have called on the European Union to abolish one of its oldest institutions, which they have described as among…
Germany has long been regarded as the engine of the European economy but that engine is sputtering and the "Sick Man of Europe" label is starting to stick.
Thierry Breton, the EC's current internal market head, is now reportedly using his status as a champion of the bloc's pro-censorship Digital Services Act to spearhead…
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz admitted he was "moved to tears" by the novel Hillbilly Elegy, written by a US politician and supporter of former US President…
Helen McEntee, Ireland's Minister for Justice, has been told to resign amid a rapid rise in crime in the country's capital Dublin.
European governments are becoming increasingly reliant on Elon Musk, with the US tech billionaire holding a near-monopoly on a variety of major services.
A number of military forces across the European Union are struggling to attract recruits, despite concerted multimedia campaigns.
From building apartments for new employees to offering retired workers free canteen meals to share their expertise, Central Europe's arms manufacturers are…
Polish broadcasters reported flights of helicopters over the Białowieża forest area near the Polish-Belarusian border.
Twitter, now branded X, has pressed charges against an organisation that claims to fight online hate but is, according to the platform’s US billionaire owner Elon…
German Greens party co-leader Ricarda Lang has said that she would not walk through a Berlin park infamous for drug trafficking, sparking outrage across German media…
Poland is asking Ukraine to "commit suicide" with its request for Kyiv to accept European Union import restrictions on Ukrainian grain, a senior official within…
Ricarda Lang, the co-leader of Germany's Green Party, has banned cooperation between her group and the populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) amid controversy…
British Professor Jim Skea, the new chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says apocalyptic messaging on climate paralyses public debate…
The IOC is calling on the EU "to take the necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such criminal acts under the pretext of freedom of expression".
People are reported to be fainting in food queues in the besieged enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, as the situation becomes more desperate.
British private bank and wealth manager Coutts has extended an offer to former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to restore his bank accounts.
Attempts to undermine the military coup in Niger will be seen as "a declaration of war", junta governments operating in Mali and Burkina Faso have stated
German right-wing party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has chosen Maximilian Krah as its “Spitzenkandidat”, or lead candidate, for the European Union elections…
"A pedestrian crossing has one and only one objective: to secure pedestrian crossings," said one Brussels mayor.
The tallying of votes from Spaniards abroad has changed the distribution of seats in the Spanish Congress to the disadvantage of the Socialist Party and Spanish…
Threads, US billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's response to Twitter, is losing its shine after a promising start; users are leaving the new platform in droves, it seems.
Germany is experiencing a "creeping process of de-industrialisation", Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz has said.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on July 30 that Moscow “would have to use a nuclear weapon” if Ukraine’s apparent counteroffensive was successful.
Mercenaries from the Russian-backed Wagner Group could infiltrate the European Union by posing as migrants, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has warned.
A state-funded television show in Germany has featured a segment during which a presenter stated climate activism makes her "orgasm".
