Bulgaria dismantles monumental reminder of Soviet Army
Bulgaria has started taking down a 45-metre monument to the Soviet Union's army that had dominated the skyline of Sofia for almost 70 years.
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EPP chairman Weber slams Spanish Government
Manfred Weber, the chairman of the European People's Party (EPP), has made it clear he thinks the Spanish Government is failing in its European duties.
‘Brussels rules Ireland and that’s OK,’ says Irish MEP
An Irish MEP has claimed it is “not a problem” that Brussels is responsible for the vast majority of legislation passed in the country.
Dutch Government heightens terror alert level for Paris
The Dutch State Department has lifted its travel advisory code for Paris from green to yellow due to increased potential terror threats.
Xi warns top EU chiefs not to regard China as a ‘rival’
The European Union has received what seems to be a warning from Chinese President Xi Jinping for the bloc not to view his country as a “rival”.
‘Traitorous’ Ukrainian opposition MP ‘assassinated’ in Russia
Sources within the Ukrainian Government have claimed responsibility for the assassination of Illia Kyva, a prominent pro-Russian member of the country's political…
Spanish PM Sánchez wobbles as hard-left party quits governing coalition
Less than a month after his re-election as Spain’s leader, Sánchez must deal with the decision of the five MPs who make up Podemos to quit the Sumar group in…
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President Zelenskyy will ‘pay for failures’ over Russia war, says Mayor of Kyiv
The Mayor of the Ukraine capital Kyiv Vitali Klitschko appears to have publicly turned on the country’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Spanish Vox leader Abascal visits Israel amid Spain-Israel spat
Spanish leader of the Conservative Vox party Santiago Abascal has visited Israel amid the “diplomatic crisis” between Spain and Israel.
All buttocks great and small: France’s Greens shake up election campaign with ‘booty therapy’
France’s The Greens party has kicked off its campaign for the European elections next year in an unconventional way – through “booty therapy”.
‘Brawling’ breaks out in French Parliament during immigration debate
A "physical altercation" erupted in the French Parliament between members of the far-left and other parties during a debate on France's new immigration law.
France’s left-wing NUPES coalition ‘dead’, leader claims
France’s New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES), a left-wing electoral alliance aimed in part at combating the rising far-right, is “dead”, one of…
Brussels won’t support Spain in diplomatic spat with Israel
The European Commission has said it is unwilling to support Madrid in a row with Israel over its war with the Hamas terrorist group.
Something to hide? Macron allies prevent publication of damning Africa ‘failure’ report
French President Emmanuel Macron's party is preventing a scathing parliamentary report into France's North Africa policy from being published
Dubliners fear police cannot defend them from criminals, Irish councillor says
Communities in Dublin have little confidence that Ireland's police can protect them from criminals, a councillor in the country has claimed.
Has Sunak lost his marbles? It takes major league ineptness to turn a ritualistic Greek demand for the return of the Parthenon Friezes into a diplomatic incident
British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is so floundering, so out of his depth and at the end of his time that the basics of diplomacy are impossible for him to grasp.
Ireland desperately needs a properly Irish Conservative party: Here’s how we might get it
You could look at a line-up – think of a police line-up – of everyone involved in last week’s riot in Dublin.
China tries ‘divide-and-conquer’ approach to EU with visa move ahead of Beijing-Brussels summit
In a surprise move, China has waived visas for citizens of the European Union's five largest economies, which analysts say is designed to split bloc members ahead…
Kallas’ ‘days are numbered’ as Estonia falls out of love with former star
One third of her Reform party abstained from re-electing her as its leader in a November 18 vote
Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki installs 14-day ‘charade’ government
Polish President Andrzej Duda has appointed a government headed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that is expected to last just days.
Sánchez and De Croo criticised after receiving praise from Hamas
The Prime Ministers of Spain and Belgium have been criticised at home and abroad following their visit to Israel after terror organisation Hamas praised what it…
Irish justice minister’s position ‘untenable’ after Dublin riots
Ireland's Minister for Justice Helen McEntee’s position is no longer tenable after the violence seen in Dublin on November 23, politicians from across the country's…
Dutch coalition government talks hit first bump on the road
Geert Wilders's attempt to lead a Dutch Government hit a setback on November 24 when Dilan Yesilgöz, leader of the Liberal centre-right VVD party, said the party's…
European Parliament splits over Spanish amnesty deal
Spain's left-wing coalition decision to pardon Catalan separatists has split the European Parliament.
Hungarian Government targets foreign money in ‘sovereignty bill’
Hungary's ruling Fidesz party filed a legislative package to Parliament calling for the criminalisation of foreign funding for political parties and the establishment…
Tusk shows no signs of having learnt why his party lost power in 2015 – however unlikely it now seems, history will repeat itself unless he changes tack
It was 2020 and the liberal Civic Platform (PO) was facing its biggest crisis when the presidential candidate Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska sunk so far in the polls…
Spain’s police detain three in probe into murder attempt on politician
Spanish police on Tuesday detained three people in their investigation into a murder attempt on the former head of Spain's conservative People's Party in Catalonia.
Chainsaw-flaunting President-elect moves Argentina away from China – but also Europe
The November 19 victory of flamboyant outsider Javier Milei in Argentina's presidential elections will cheer Europe's right-wing parties and pull Argentina away…
China’s President Xi asks Macron to help rebuild failing EU-Chinese relations
China’s President Xi Jinping has expressed hope that his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron will help rebuild his country's relationship with the European Union.
Hungary’s Orban erects billboards vilifying EU’s von der Leyen
Hungary's ruling party unveiled billboards vilifying European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen on Monday, the first time it has made her a personal target…