Suspect in German shooting that killed six is found dead in his prison cell
Authorities said the initial investigation indicated suicide and found no evidence that anyone else was involved.
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German railway to ban alcohol at all stations
The decision follows a series of incidents involving intoxicated people, including a violent attack on a railway employee last week that left the worker seriously…
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Attempt to poison Nawrocki during election campaign alleged
“I was in a truly critical situation then. There was a moment of terror that I still remember very clearly,” the President said.
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Italy faces a George Floyd moment after immigrant dies during police restraint
The victim was Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan-born man who had lived in Italy since the age of seven and built his life in the Bologna area.
Germany turns to Azerbaijan for more gas as Merz signs strategic partnership
Ilham Aliyev has blamed European banks' retreat from fossil fuel lending for limiting how much extra gas Baku can send west.
France becomes first EU country to ban social media for under-15s
Lawmakers dropped a proposed blacklist of platforms after the European Commission warned the plan clashed with the bloc's own digital rulebook.
Zapatero’s business partner names him mediator in Plus Ultra bailout
The businessman has admitted receiving a €530,000 commission tied to the rescue though he says he does not know whom the former prime minister lobbied.
Chess grandmaster Judit Polgár declines Hungarian presidency
Judit Polgár has ruled herself out days after Prime Minister Péter Magyar removed the sitting head of state, leaving his party to search for another candidate.
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Grey Wolves support in Germany reaches record high
Security officials have raised concerns about extremist elements within the movement, and the possible role of its networks as a channel for the influence of foreign…
Sweden blocks 11 offshore wind farms, approves two
Ministers also greenlit one large onshore wind project, aiming to balance electricity needs with military priorities in strategically sensitive waters.
Most refugee households in Vienna live on state support
New official data have reignited Austria's long-running argument over welfare and immigration, with the capital showing by far the highest reliance on the State.
Up to two million pack Madrid to hail Spain’s world champions
A second extra-time winner, 16 years after the first, earned Spain the World Cup, and Madrid turned out en masse for the returning team.
Dutch MPs push to remove right-wing broadcaster from public system
ON! director Peter Vlemmix has rejected the criticism. In June he told AD the broadcaster was fighting "to survive".
Berlin café owner refuses to serve customer wearing AfD tie, vows: ‘No coffee for Nazis’
The man responded that a café owner should be "unpolitical", she said, to which she replied: "No".
French Left opposes life sentences for serial child rapists, citing reintegration concerns
The party's position immediately prompted a wave of criticism from politicians across the political spectrum.
Fidesz warns election of Hungary’s new president would be ‘invalid’
Fidesz says any decision taken by Judit Polgár, Péter Magyar's pick for the role, could later be annulled.
Hungary’s president signs constitutional amendment ending his own term
Tamás Sulyok argued that the amendment damaged legal certainty and the stability of Hungary's constitutional system.
Spain prepares to welcome World Cup winners in Madrid
More than one million supporters are expected to line the streets of the capital as the national team celebrates the country's second world title.
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Musk backs Le Pen as ‘France’s last hope’
The endorsement triggered accusations of foreign political interference from her opponents in France.
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Poland’s President Nawrocki vetoes stalking horse for single sex marriage
The government's legislation would have allowed two adults, regardless of their sex, to sign a cohabitation agreement before a notary and register it with a civil…
Spain fights two major wildfires as burnt area outpaces last year
Fires in Zaragoza and Guadalajara have pushed the area scorched across Spain this year to more than twice that of the same point in 2025.
Euthanasia passes 10,000 deaths a year in the Netherlands
The steep rise reflects changing social attitudes towards death rather than any change to the law, according to a government-commissioned study.
German CDU leader Spahn quits over surrogacy his party opposes
The parliamentary group chief fathered a son through a surrogate in the United States while his own party fought to keep the practice illegal at home.
Aragón fire becomes Spain’s largest this year days after deadly Almería blaze
More than 12,000 hectares have burned in the Cinco Villas district, with five villages evacuated and a third heatwave forecast for the weekend.
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German parliamentary leader Spahn faces backlash over surrogate baby
In 2015, writing in the magazine GQ, he said that as a gay man and a Christian he could hardly warm to the idea of a "rented womb".
NGO Sea Watch caught cooperating with people smugglers
The footage appears to show a Sea-Watch rescue vessel sailing directly towards a boat carrying migrants before any visible distress call or emergency situation had…
German transgender neo-Nazi moved to men’s prison
The ministry stressed that the decision was taken independently by correctional officials and not by Justice Minister Constanze Geiert.
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Former Polish PM Morawiecki facing threat of expulsion from PiS
The main opposition Conservatives have decided to ban party members from participating in associations, foundations, and other organizations of a political nature.
Italian court convicts motorway bosses eight years after Genoa bridge collapse
Of the 57 people who stood trial over the disaster that killed 43, a total of 25 were acquitted or saw the charges against them expire.
Sánchez’s wife Begoña Gómez faces five years in jail
Madrid judges have thrown out two of the four charges against Gómez, leaving her facing five years rather than the 24 her accusers demanded.