CDU splits over cooperation with hard-left Linke
Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) have split over the question of cooperating politically with the hard-left party Die Linke.
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French left-wing leader blames ‘political police’ for detention of US streamer Hasan Piker
French left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has accused the US border control agency of becoming "a political police" following detention of an American left-wing…
‘King of Germany’ arrested
German police have arrested members of the so-called "Kingdom of Germany" group, accusing them of wanting to overthrow the government.
China’s silent siege of the UN: how its NGO army hijacked and outsmarted a West obsessed with Russia
Picture Chinese President Xi Jinping at Moscow’s Victory Day parade: the guest of honour, smirking beside Putin. That happened last Friday.
On venomous kindness and mainstream media misrepresentation
“The problem with even a ‘TINY’ tax increase for the RICH, which I and all others would graciously accept in order to help the lower and middle income workers,…
EC probes UK-US trade deal as EU mulls ‘massive’ sanctions on Russia
The European Commission is analysing the trade deal struck between the US and the UK for implications for the 27-nation European Union and global trade, European…
‘Peace project’ bank EIB now funding war drones
The European Investment Bank (EIB) was now for the first time funding “purely military projects”, said its president May 12.
Slashed US drug prices test Belgian pharma resilience
Belgium’s pharmaceutical industry — which recently posted record exports to the US — now faces pressure from Washington’s new drug-price reforms.
‘Algorithms will not raise our children’: France to lead EU coalition to ban social media for children
France said it was working with other member states to prevent children under 15 from accessing social media anywhere in the EU.
Cocaine claims are ‘Fake news by enemies’, blasts an angry Paris
A viral video accusing French President Emmanuel Macron of hiding a cocaine pouch during a visit to Ukraine was "fake news being spread by France’s enemies", said…
Poland closes Russian consulate in Kraków, in protest over 2024 Warsaw mall arson
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said Russia's secret services were responsible for a massive fire that nearly destroyed a Warsaw shopping centre in May 2024.
Bulgaria’s government should give their people a voice on the euro
Until fairly recently, it looked like Bulgaria was set to join the Eurozone early next year.
No French nuclear umbrella for Poland in new bilateral defence treaty
Poland has signed a defence cooperation treaty with France that promised joint military exercises and increased military arms sales to Poland but did not provide…
Stand by for the transfiguration of Romania: George Simion
The elections taking place this spring mark the moment of Romania’s genuine transfiguration.
Lauded EU-Serbia lithium mine plan ‘absurd – with China ties’, says Serbian economist
Serbian economic researcher and activist Alexandar Matković has raised serious concerns about a widely praised lithium mining project in his home country.
EU’s tariffs ‘higher than those of US’, says BMW CEO
German luxury car maker BMW said it expected both Brussels and Washington to back away from escalating trade war threats.
Security services ‘involved’ in Polish presidential election campaign
The leader of the opposition Conservatives (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński says his party would report alleged involvement of the Polish security services in the ongoing…
Ukraine busts alleged Hungarian spy ring
Ukrainian authorities have announced that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had uncovered an alleged spy network operated by Hungarian military intelligence…
Leo XIV elected: ‘Habemus Papam – We have a Pope’
On May 8, 2025, the world turned its eyes to the Vatican City as white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, signalling the election of the 267th Supreme…
Polish PM Tusk and German Chancellor Merz at odds over Berlin’s tightening of border controls
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk have clashed over the issue of border controls on the German-Polish border during their meeting…
European Parliament approves loosening of emission rules for vehicle manufacturers
The European Parliament has approved a relaxation of emission rules to help manufacturers avoid additional fines, offering relief to the already struggling European…
German security service unexpectedly suspends ‘extremist’ classification of AfD
German intelligence agency the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has temporarily suspended its May 2 decision to classify the populist…
India’s war on terror: Will the West ‘stand up or kneel ?’
Kashmir burns, and war looms. After the April 22 terrorist massacre in Pahalgam, India strikes back, hammering nine Pakistani sites with “Operation Sindoor.
EU energy policy-makers in the dark due to lack of clear data, conference told
A lack of co-ordination and poor access to energy data has hampered the European Union’s ability to deliver energy security, a think-tank conference was told.
Incoming EU Council president Denmark asked to kick new digital laws into long grass
The European technology industry has urged a pause on the introduction of new digital regulations and demanded the European Union concentrate on implementing existing…
Critics cry foul as Von der Leyen claims EU is ‘still a peace project’
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has stressed that the European Union remained a "peace project" amid commemorations of the end of the…
Chair of US Intelligence group calls for ‘no collaboration’ with Germany over AfD
Tom Cotton, chair of the US Senate Committee on Intelligence, has called for pausing "all intelligence sharing" with German domestic intelligence agency the Federal…
‘FPÖ is not right-wing extremist like AfD,’ says Austrian Chancellor Stocker
Christian Stocker, Austria’s Conservative Chancellor, has said he did not regard the right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) as “extremist”.
Jailed Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu’s X account blocked in Turkey
Access to the X account of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, has been blocked in Turkey in response to a legal…
Ukraine mulls peg to euro and ditching US dollar as ties to EU strengthen
Ukraine has started to consider a shift away from the US dollar, possibly linking its currency more closely to the euro amid the splintering of global trade and…