Football star told to submit online posts for approval after Charlie Kirk backlash
A leading international player with a top German football club has had his social media freedom put under strict limitations.
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Apple says EU digital law ‘has brought porn to iPhone’
US multinational Apple says the European Union's flagship Digital Markets Act (DMA) has forced it to allow porn onto its app store.
EU handouts fund Pakistan authoritarian power and drive migrant invasion of Europe
We have sounded this alarm before, but things are getting worse.
Disgraced ex-French president Sarkozy headed for prison
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted of criminal conspiracy and sentenced to five years in prison.
Budapest Pride nominated by Greens for EU human rights award
European Parliament groups have revealed their nominees for the 2025 Sakharov Prize, the European Union’s human rights award. Among the nominees is Budapest Pride.
ECB U-turn: Defence spending ‘now good for growth’
Defence spending can help growth if done correctly, according to the European Central Bank (ECB).
German political heavyweight warns of ‘loss of entire industries’ due to climate targets
A senior German politician has sounded the alarm about what he said would be the catastrophic effects of current climate policy on Germany’s industrial backbone.
Paris debt spiralling out of control, says auditors’ report
A new report by the Court of Auditors has eviscerated the Paris city management over the French capital's financial straits.
Denmark says ‘professional’ behind drone flights over airports
Denmark said a "professional actor" was behind drone flights over multiple airports in a "hybrid attack" designed to create fear.
Stranded trucks start moving as Poland reopens major border crossings with Belarus
Poland has reopened two major border crossings shut ahead of Russian-Belarusian Zapad military exercises.
Trump has just washed his hands of the Ukraine war
Of all of President Trump’s social media posts, it is the one he fired off on Tuesday that future historians may pick as marking the biggest turning point of the…
Former Spanish PM Zapatero faces US sanctions over close ties with Venezuelan regime
Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, a Socialist, is facing intense criticism over his close association with Venezuela’s authoritarian…
Philippe de Villiers warns: ‘Ignore my immigration plan, face UK-style protest’
If France’s political elite refuses to answer former MEP Philippe de Villiers' call for a referendum on immigration, he warned the anger could spill into the streets,…
Will Hungary ever quit Russian gas?
US President Donald Trump says he may call his “friend” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to make him stop importing Russian energy.
Stellantis shuts down production in European plants due to weak demand
European car giant Stellantis will pause production in its European factories as it continues to struggle with poor sales.
‘Major strategic mistake‘ – CEO of BMW lashes out at EU ban on combustion engines
Oliver Zipse, CEO of German carmaker BMW, has spoken out harshly against the planned total ban for internal combustion engines (ICE) in new cars in the European…
Russia dismisses NATO airspace violation claims as ‘hysteria’
Russia on Wednesday dismissed claims that it breached NATO's airspace as "hysteria", a day after US President Donald Trump said the allies should shoot down Russian…
EU rules risk silencing lawful speech across the globe, Google warns
In a landmark letter written to the US Congress, Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, admitted it had been complicit in political censorship under…
Polish President Nawrocki at UN backs Trump slamming Europe on climate and migration
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has backed US President Donald Trump’s criticism of Europe’s approach to climate change and migration he made at the UN General…
EP maintains immunity for left-wing MEP Ilaria Salis despite accusations of violence
A narrow majority in the European Parliament's legal affairs committee has voted against lifting the parliamentary immunity of Italian left-wing MEP Ilaria Salis.
BRICS countries look poised to fill any void left by US in UN
The UN is under pressure as Washington is pulling money and retreating from agencies.
French public TV in ‘critical financial situation’, warns the Court of Auditors
France Télévisions, the public broadcaster, is in "a critical financial situation that requires without delay structural reforms that have been postponed until…
Germany’s AfD extends lead over CDU in ‘shocking’ polls
In Germany, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) is establishing itself as the most popular party with voters according to two recent surveys.
China speeds up release of new technologies, while becoming more opaque to outsiders
China’s industrial rise appears to be rapidly speeding up–but the more China innovates, the less outsiders are allowed to see it.
France gives €65 million for urban mobility in Cameroon while its own buildings tumble
France's development agency is coming under fire for providing €65 million to finance an urban mobility programme in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé, at a time when…
Europe no longer export champion without cars, says Renault chief
The EU would lose its positive trade balance if stripped of car exports, French automaker Renault's vice-president Jean-André Barbosa warned during a conference…
57 per cent of Poles distrust Tusk’s policies on the judiciary, says poll
Nearly 3 in five Poles (57 per cent) say they do not trust their country’s courts, the highest level ever recorded by the Polish polling agency IBRiS.
‘Don’t whine if we shoot your planes down’, Poland’s Sikorski tells Russia at UN
Russia should not “whine” if its planes get shot down while violating NATO airspace, Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski told the country at the United…
Nordic airports reopen as police probe mystery drones
Danish police said Tuesday that whoever was responsible for flying large drones over Copenhagen airport appeared to have been knowledgeable, as flights resumed in…
‘Conspiring’ French journalist’s wife ‘subsidised by Socialist Party’
French journalist Thomas Legrand, a public broadcaster accused of being too close to the Socialist Party, is facing new controversy after revelations that his wife’s…