Belgium-Israel football match to be played in Hungary for security reasons
Belgium will play its home match against Israel in Budapest, after Belgian cities said they lacked the willingness or capacity to ensure adequate security for the…
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Nigel Farage is clamouring to reform the UK electoral system – but that would be a disaster for the Right
This month’s UK general election has produced the most distorted electoral results ever.
Estonian PM Kallas steps down to go to Brussels
Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, has resigned to take up the post of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, sparking something…
European Parliament group The Left will vote against von der Leyen after ‘disastrous’ meeting
The European Parliament's The Left group, with 46 MEPs, will all vote against Ursula von der Leyen securing a second five-year term as European Commission President,…
Police confirms investigation of Belgian MEP over alleged misuse of EU money
Liberal MEP Hilde Vautmans, who is in the crosshairs of the Belgian police for alleged misuse of European Union funds, says she hasn't been informed by the European…
IN DEPTH: Trump VP pick Vance holds hawkish stance on Europe
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump's candidate for Vice President, Senator JD Vance, has a hawkish history of dealing with the European Union, frequently criticising…
European Commission to boycott Hungarian presidency of Council of the EU
Eric Mamer, the leading spokesperson for the European Commission, has said that "in light of recent developments", Commissioners would not attend meetings organised…
Trump’s choice of JD Vance as running mate gets mixed response in Poland
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president, Senator JD Vance, has raised some eyebrows in Poland.
Malta’s Metsola to head EU Parliament for second term
Roberta Metsola secured broad backing for a new term as president of the European Parliament on 16 July, becoming the first woman to win a second term as head of…
Populist-right in Europe needs its own Project 2025
Every four years, European media reports breathlessly on the latest happenings in America’s presidential elections.
Poles apart: Ruling coalition split derails liberalisation of abortion laws
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was left furious after narrowly losing a parliamentary vote on softening the country's strict abortion laws due to an intra-government…
Lithuania to end free higher education for Ukrainian refugees
The Lithuanian Government will no longer provide free tuition for Ukrainian refugees - although some universities have vowed to fund Ukrainian students' higher…
Brussels Commissioners resign to take seats in European Parliament
Two commissioners with the European Commission under its President Ursula von der Leyen have resigned to take their seats in the European Parliament.
EU to use ‘peace’ fund to back Albanian military
Brussels officials insisted the "peace" funding would take the form of "equipment not designed to deliver lethal force"
Albania grants leave to jailed ethnic Greek mayor for European Parliament opening
Fredi Beleris, an ethnic Greek who won local elections in Albania but was arrested on charges of vote-buying, has been granted a five-day leave from prison to attend…
Japan warns its citizens over violent crime and drug wars in Germany
The Japanese Government has issued a warning to its citizens visiting Germany amid an uptick in violence and inter-gang drugs wars.
EP’s Sovereigntists ‘will protect European identity and fight EU Green Deal’
The Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group in the European Parliament will work to protect "European identity" and fight to roll back the Green Deal, leaks from…
Influencer-MEP puts von der Leyen’s future to the vote on X
Social media influencer-turned-MEP Fidias Panayiotou has let his followers choose whether they wanted to support Ursula von der Leyen as the head of the European…
Airbus and Thales ‘try again to merge space businesses’
Two European space technology giants, Germany's Airbus and France's Thales, are again in talks to merge their space activities, French weekly La Tribune has reported.
EU media blames ‘would-be despot’ Trump and Tea Party for assassination attempt
European media has taken to blaming the "authoritarian would-be despot" former US president Donald Trump and the now-defunct Tea Party movement for the July 13 assassination…
Nine out of 10 EU Jews experience anti-Semitism, says EU study
Nine out of ten Jews in the European Union have experienced anti-Semitism and most worry for their own safety, according to a new study.
Finnish Parliament approves controversial border law on migrants
Finland has given the go-ahead to a controversial temporary bill empowering Finnish border guards to deny entry and return asylum seekers attempting to cross the…
German Christian Democrats and Greens ‘plotting new government coalition’, outlet claims
Bild - owned by media firm Axel Springer - claimed senior figures from both parties have held clandestine meetings, reportedly coinciding with a sudden thawing of…
Threatened with death, Trump roars out, ‘Fight, fight’
There is still a lot of speculation about the wannabe assassin of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Trump-victory trades to swell after shooting, investors say
The shooting at US former President Donald Trump's election rally raises his odds of winning back the White House, and trades betting on his victory will increase…
EU using ‘illegal secret deals’ to censor social media, Elon Musk claims
The European Union is offering to make "illegal secret deals" with big tech companies to enable the censorship of social media, X boss Elon Musk has claimed.
Macron’s party in crisis; hard-left LFI splits ahead of new French government formation
Several prominent figures and leaders from the French hard-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) have announced the formation of their breakaway political movement,…
‘Cordon sanitaire’ for nationalists in European Parliament committees
The European Parliament will officially convene in its first session in Strasbourg on July 16 but the working committees have already been distributed among the…
EC warns X fines imminent over Musk’s ‘blue check’ changes
Senior European Commission officials are brandishing the threat of fines over changes made by Elon Musk to the "blue check" system used by his social media giant…
EU leaders defend Biden as US President comes under pressure to step down
European Union leaders have defended Joe Biden amid mounting pressure for the US President to abandon attempts to secure re-election later this year.