Vincent Bolloré files complaint accusing Paris magistrates of criminal association
The complaint names, among others, judge Isabelle Prévost-Desprez and Stéphane Noël, then president of the Paris judicial court.
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Vannacci’s new party becomes Italy’s fourth force seven months after launch
Both readings place it behind only Brothers of Italy, the Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement.
Chechen convicted over Samuel Paty murder returns to jail after amusement park trip
Azim Epsirkhanov, convicted for his role in the murder of Samuel Paty, received an additional year in prison for violating house arrest by visiting Parc Astérix.
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Austrian Chancellor Stocker calls for constitutional ban on ‘political Islam’
Pressed on how he would obtain the two-thirds parliamentary majority such a law would need, the chancellor said he did not know.
‘Back to the Middle Ages’: Antwerp court ends email filing in criminal cases as budget runs short
Until now the Antwerp court had accepted electronic submissions and printed them so that the official paper file could be compiled.
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Poland suspects sabotage behind fires at plants linked to drone production
The losses incurred as a result of the fire have been put by prosecutors at about zł21 million (€5 million).
Portugal’s president enacts faster expulsion of illegal immigrants after Chega abstention
The Constitutional Court cleared the text days earlier after the president queried detention limits and safeguards for children.
Putin meets Xi and Modi in Kyrgyzstan, first country hit by EU anti-circumvention sanctions
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has marked 25 years in a capital Brussels accuses of funnelling restricted European technology on to Russia.
Sánchez turns on the Spanish King over Ceuta hours before meeting him
The Spanish Prime Minister said Felipe VI had never set foot in the city, in a reign he overstated by eight years.
Norway’s new queen corresponded with Epstein for three years
Mette-Marit's exchanges with the late American sex offender are now the subject of a parliamentary commission and have already led to criminal charges against a…
Brussels designates ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox under Digital Services Act
The European Commission gains investigative powers over how the services work. Fines for serious breaches can reach 6 per cent of worldwide annual turnover.
US ambassador refuses to apologise after Belgian reprimand over ‘loser’ post
Bill White said he intended to carry on posting his views online after a meeting at the foreign ministry, the second time this year he has been called in.
Ukraine defence minister seeks early EU loan to cover $27 billion gap
The ministry has already identified partners for separate talks on specific defence needs.
Italy extends Schengen suspension on Spain as Madrid answers in kind
Rome says the conditions that triggered its border checks on August 1 still stand, a month after tens of thousands crossed into Ceuta.
Merz says Germany close to response over suspected Leipzig drone attack
Speaking on ARD public television's summer interview, Merz said investigators were "in the process of concluding the investigation".
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US lawmakers move to sanction Serbian officials over Russia, China and Iran ties
The measure is formally titled the Supporting the Rule of law, Building Institutional Justice, and Accountability Act.
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UK forced marriage unit takes 100 referrals for children aged 12 or under
The Home Office declined to give the age of the youngest child referred over the period, saying disclosure could deter others from coming forward.
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Tusk defunds top court in 2027 Polish record deficit budget
The projected deficit leaves Poland under continued pressure to bring its public finances into line with EU fiscal rules.
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Iceland joins Norway: Fish and sovereignty keep the Nordic outsiders beyond Brussels’s reach
Rural constituencies delivered the majorities in both electorates, and left governments defending an arrangement they never chose.
Norway announces King Harald’s state funeral
The Royal Court has set September 9 for the funeral of Europe's oldest reigning monarch, who died on August 28 aged 89, with burial in the royal mausoleum at Akershus…
Polish opposition politicians accused of corruption over failed cryptocurrency exchange
The PKOl official denies the allegations and says he bought the watch with his own money, with Kral simply helping facilitate the purchase.
Le Pen and Farage hail Iceland’s ‘No’ to EU membership talks
Reform UK, National Rally and the European Conservatives and Reformists say the rejection of accession talks shows a Europe of sovereign nations is possible.
A sovereign nation: Iceland rejects reopening EU accession talks
Fishing communities overturned an early lead for the "Yes" camp in Reykjavík, denying Brussels the enlargement success story it had hoped for.
French Greens split over rallying behind Mélenchon for presidency
Calls to drop the party's own candidate and back the left-wing veteran are growing louder, though its 2022 standard-bearer Yannick Jadot has defected to rival Raphaël…
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AfD politicians barred from video game fair Gamescom
MEP Mary Khan said "With the AfD leading the polls in Saxony-Anhalt, Gamescom will soon discover that political reality is not so easy to switch off".
German nuclear group files complaint against public broadcaster for inflating atom costs and cheapening wind
Nuklearia e.V. said NDR presented the project as if Warsaw were spending about €45 billion on something a wind park could do for €5 billion.
Bronze Age gold vanishes in four-minute Spanish museum raid
The hoard was found in 1963 by the archaeologist José María Soler in a vessel buried in a dry riverbed.
Google eases EU spam rules on publisher sites after Brussels probe
The company said the change would take effect on August 30, covering the 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.
Foreign suspects in German sex offence cases more than double since 2000
A German Government reply to a nationalist MP records a 148.2 per cent rise over 25 years, with suspects in threat offences up 231.5 per cent
German industry pushes Merz towards a harder China line
For years the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the big car, chemical and machinery groups treated China as a market first and a rival second.