Hungary won’t amend asylum, LGBTQ laws for EU funds
Hungary won’t meet European Union demands to amend controversial laws on asylum seekers and on restricting LGBTQ content, a senior minister said, making it less…
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‘I’m an anti-Semite and I don’t give a damn’ says daughter of hard-left French MPs
The daughter of two hard-left French MPs has been arrested for antisemitism and glorifying terrorism, French media has reported.
Edward Gibbon, Max Weber and Ralph Schoellhammer are wrong: Protestants did not invent capitalism. We Catholics got there first
Dr Ralph Schoellhammer is the Vienna academic whose work you will have read in Brussels Signal. I treat him and his articles with respect. I have to.
Polish lawmaker who extinguished Hanukkah candles loses immunity
Poland's parliament has voted to remove the immunity from prosecution of a lawmaker who used a fire extinguisher to put out Jewish Hanukkah candles in the country's…
German pupils ‘aimed to enforce extreme Islamic rules’
German police are investigating whether four young Muslim students attempted to impose stringent Islamic procedures, such as gender segregation and stoning, at a…
Berlin’s still got it
Berlin, Germany Never write off Berlin. This is a city has been through a lot and it knows how to stay true to itself.
When the Right starts talking about white privilege we are in trouble: Conservatives aren’t going to win by using Left-wing talking points
In the protracted daytime soap opera that passes for today’s U.S. Congress, Hunter Biden’s surprise appearance led the highlight reels all last week.
Is France losing its ‘Ooh la la’? Dramatic drop in births suggests maybe so …
France is seeing its lowest birth-rate since the Second World War and the number of single people is rising, according to the country’s National Institute of Statistics…
Corsican Hunting: a cultural tapestry weaving tradition, identity, and challenges
Corsica, France
New French Minister targeted over past opposition to gay marriage
France's new Government under openly gay Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has some other notable figures in its ranks causing feathers to be ruffled.
Welsh petition gathers steam, calls for country to change name ‘Cymru’
Wales, United Kingdom. A petition to change the official name of Wales to the Welsh Cymru is gaining momentum.
Artificial wombs are about to be with us: This could transform the abortion debate
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‘Russian disinformation’ over Prague shooting spurs Czech calls for gun-law change
Russia has been accused of spreading online disinformation after the mass shooting in Prague, claiming the perpetrator was a Ukrainian refugee.
Pro-Palestinian protestors crash opening party for Belgian European presidency
A party to celebrate the start of Belgium's presidency of the European Union was disrupted by activists shouting pro-Palestinian chants and waving Palestinian flags.
UK launches first investigation into Metaverse ‘virtual rape’ case
British authorities have reportedly launched their first investigation into an alleged "virtual rape".
Irish State has ‘unintentionally’ boosted ‘fascism’, senior Islamic cleric says
The Irish State has "unintentionally" facilitated the growth of "fascism" in the country, one of Ireland's most senior Islamic clerics has claimed.
Politics trumps art: Tusk Government drops ‘anti-European’ Venice Biennale paintings for refugee film
'It's censorship' says cancelled curator as Tusk government replaces Poland's submission to the world cultural exhibition, which was selected under former prime…
Left-wing French LFI MP deletes ‘anti-Semitic’ tweet
David Guiraud, an MP with La France Insoumise (LFI), referred to "Celestial Dragons", rich and privileged characters in the Manga series One Piece, to apparently…
Danish monarch abdicates, with country set for first King in decades
The Queen of Denmark has announced her imminent abdication later this month.
Let’s stand up for Christmas
With Europe’s Christian identity in the crosshairs, Christmas is under fire, both literally and metaphorically.
See Pedro Roldán and understand: Whatever sophisticates might tell you, the basis of European culture is religion
An exhibition of sculptures by the Baroque artist Pedro Roldán has just opened in Seville. Anyone with an eye to see should be delighted.
Von der Leyen’s revenge? EC calls for wolf protection to be diluted
The European Commission has called for legal protections for wolves to be diluted.
Post-Gaza, wokery on American campuses is at last being challenged. But the cure might make matters worse
“In this world,” the old Benjamin Franklin adage goes, “nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
Hey Rishi, leave those kids alone: The British Prime Minister’s proposed ban on under 16s accessing social media shows how the UK is squandering its Brexit freedoms
In his desperation for any good news and for something, anything, to shift his dial of misery the UK Prime Minister is chucking policies at the wall like an amateur…
Poland violated rights of woman who wanted abortion, ECHR rules
Poland violated the rights of a pregnant woman by interfering in her ability to get an abortion, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled.
Parties unite to push for Frisian language
Friesland, Netherlands. The Dutch government is not the only body that is set for renewal this winter.
Bulgaria dismantles monumental reminder of Soviet Army
Bulgaria has started taking down a 45-metre monument to the Soviet Union's army that had dominated the skyline of Sofia for almost 70 years.
MEPs scupper ‘geo-blocking’ film and TV streaming crackdown in last-minute reversal
MEPs have shot down a proposed ban on “geo-blocking” film and television programmes within the European Union at the last minute, voting through an amendment…
Polish far-right firebrand MP expelled from Parliament after dousing Hanukkah candles with extinguisher
Polish Confederation party MP Grzegorz Braun caused outrage in Parliament by taking a fire extinguisher off the wall and using it to snuff out Hanukkah candles,…
President of Veneto, Italy, supports foundation to fight femicide
Veneto, Italy Luca Zaia, President of Veneto region has said that his region is ready to support a foundation to combat femicide.