Crépol suspects shared Snapchat thread laced with anti-France abuse
Fourteen people of the attacking group remain under formal investigation for murder and attempted murder.
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Norway’s King Harald, Europe’s oldest reigning monarch, dies at 89
Harald V's death after 35 years on the throne passes the crown automatically to his son, King Haakon VIII, and makes his granddaughter Ingrid Alexandra heir to a…
Business park rises on Austrian Nazi women’s camp site sold by mayor’s firm
Bulldozers have moved on to the Hirtenberg subcamp grounds south of Vienna after the Federal Monuments Office ruled that the surviving barrack foundations did not…
‘I’ve gotten many death threats, a tremendous amount of hate’, dr. Nathan Cofnas tells Brussels Signal
He published on July 21. UK papers followed. Cambridge opened an investigation. Arday resigned on August 5 and was found dead in his home 9 days later.
France threatens aid cuts to African states over Mayotte migration
The countries concerned are the Comoros, Burundi, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Somalia and Kenya.
National emergency: Gun violence in Brussels outpaces the institutions meant to contain it
Federal and regional authorities agreed on 40 extra police officers, 20 mobile cameras and an additional infantry platoon at a security council.
Norway’s King Harald in ‘very serious’ condition as royal family gathers at his bedside
Crown Prince Haakon, regent since the 89-year-old monarch was admitted to hospital on August 17, has cancelled all engagements alongside Queen Sonja.
Berlin police has difficulties recruiting German-speaking officers
The German test, a dictation plus grammar, remains the main filter. About 40 per cent of applicants fail it.
Muslims make up nearly one in five prisoners in England and Wales, almost three times their population share
Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy has published the figures alongside a demand for an inquiry into alleged forced conversions behind bars.
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Annalena Baerbock moves from UN presidency to Columbia University
The three-year, full-time appointment is a practice-oriented professorship rather than a research chair.
Belgium’s biggest wildfire in a century probably caused by government contractor
The fire broke out around midday on August 14 in the High Fens, a Natura 2000 protected peatland reserve on the Liège plateau near the German border.
Nearly three-quarters of Britons oppose entry for men from countries where women lack equal rights
Opposition ran at close to six to one in polling commissioned by the Women's Policy Centre.
Driver kills two after ramming crowd outside French railway station
Prosecutors in Caen have opened a murder investigation after a car was driven into pedestrians waiting near a tram stop.
Jerusalem court acquits settler over attack on French nun, orders psychiatric detention
Prosecutors said he recognised the woman by her habit, ran at her, pushed her to the ground and kicked her.
German finance minister steps in: ‘Sugar tax on sugar-free beverages makes no sense’
Klingbeil was responding to an internal ministry paper that became public on August 25 which caused controversy.
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Ireland moves to tighten citizenship after five years above 100,000 arrivals
Some 110,600 people came to the State in the 12 months to April 2026, and 24,059 became Irish citizens in 2024, the highest annual figure in a decade.
Armenian court orders two months in custody for Kocharyan’s son
Sedrak Kocharyan may receive visits only from his wife and children while prosecutors widen a case that now reaches a second former president.
FC Barcelona angers Greek Cypriots by advertising youth camp in Turkish-occupied north
The Spanish club's academy has listed two September sessions under a place name that neither the Republic of Cyprus nor the United Nations recognises.
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Meloni and Badenoch under pressure after Rome meeting
The pair have maintained a political relationship since 2023, when Badenoch was Britain's business and trade secretary.
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Poland charges MEP Grzegorz Braun with denying Nazi crimes at Auschwitz
Denying German Nazi crimes is a criminal offence in Poland under Article 55 of the IPN Act, punishable by a fine or up to three years in prison.
Undercover reporter films Channel people smugglers at work
Christian Drogan paid €1,400 for a place on a dinghy and says four traffickers stepped off mid-crossing onto a French patrol boat
Museum heists turn violent as thieves recruited online
Offenders are increasingly using sledgehammers, axes, crowbars, firearms and, in some cases, explosives to smash their way into premises and display cases.
Germany plans sugar tax that includes sugar free drinks
Pure milk and 100 per cent fruit juices would remain exempt.
Armenia detains former president Kocharyan a day after Pashinyan sets out EU bid
The leader of Armenia's main pro-Moscow opposition bloc faces charges of abuse of office, bribery and money laundering dating from his 1998-2008 presidency.
Mohammed VI pardons 634 as Moroccan offender numbers increase in Europe
The King used a religious holiday to release extremism convicts by decree, days after tens of thousands crossed into Ceuta
Brussels rattled by a series of shootings over three consecutive days
Saint-Gilles mayor Jean Spinette has linked the shootings and recent car fires to rival gangs trying to reclaim dealing spots as the summer holiday ends and both…
More than four in five North African asylum seekers in Switzerland face crime accusations
Justice Minister Beat Jans has promised faster detention and shorter removal deadlines after the internal figures reached the public.
Brussels city records 57 shootings in seven months, outpacing record year
Federal police have logged two deaths and 21 injuries in the Belgian capital since January, with most of the gunfire tied to the drug trade.
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US Supreme Court clears path for Trump mail-voting curbs before midterms
The 6-3 ruling lifted a lower-court injunction but left the legality of the executive order itself undecided.
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France places eight far-left activists under investigation over alleged explosives training
The Paris prosecutor's office sought pre-trial detention, which the investigating judge did not order.