Austrian parliament big majority vote bans Muslim headscarf for schoolgirls
Austria’s National Council, the main chamber of the country’s parliament, has greenlighted a law banning Muslim headscarves for girls under 14 in schools.
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Polish doctor’s late abortion case dropped, right-wing MEP on trial instead
Poland’s prosecution service has dropped a criminal investigation of a doctor who carried out an abortion on a woman who was in the ninth month of pregnancy.
Swiss Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest at Israel’s participation next year
Nemo, Switzerland's triumphant entry in last year's Eurovision Song Contest, said he is returning his trophy in protest over Israel's continued participation.
Conservative gatherings spark fierce debate in Italy’s culture war
In Italy, the cultural war is no longer just a metaphor.
Foreigners in Germany much less worried about right-wing extremism than ethnic Germans
Germans without a migrant history are considerably more afraid of right-wing extremism than migrants and foreigners living in the country.
Water leak at Paris Louvre Museum soaks valuable books on ancient Egypt
A water leak at the Louvre Museum damaged several hundred books held in the library of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities.
Italy’s Left splits over anti-Semitism bill, exposing deep ideological fault lines
A legislative push against anti-Semitism has blown up into a fierce internal fight within the Italian Left.
Attempt to censor a right-wing publisher sparks cultural firestorm in Italy
Italy has once again become the epicentre of a culture clash — this time over the attempted exclusion of a right-wing publisher with clear ties to the ruling party,…
Swiss man jailed for Facebook comment criticising trans ideology
A man from Switzerland has been handed a prison sentence for posting a comment on Facebook that supposedly denigrated trans people.
Defiant conservatives gather to ‘battle for soul of Europe’
The Brussels Mathias Corvinus Collegium’s (MCC) two-day Battle for the Soul of Europe conference attendees gathered in Brussels yesterday to challenge what they…
A Baby Jesus without a face, a continent that will not look the divine in the eye
For God’s sake, those maniacs now simply did away with the face of Jesus.
German church replaces 100-year-old nativity scene over racism accusations
The protestant parish council in Ulm has retired a traditional nativity scene which has adorned Ulm Minster – Germany’s tallest church – for decades after…
Head of baby Jesus stolen from controversial Brussels nativity scene
The head of an infant Jesus figurine has been stolen from a newly installed Nativity scene in Brussels' historic Grand Place.
Monaco’s Prince Albert bars legalisation of abortion in principality
Prince Albert II of Monaco has declined to sign a law legalising abortion in the tiny principality, thus preventing the practice from acquiring legal validity.
Another national rift over Islam: France weighs ban on Ramadan fasting for minors
A proposal by French right-wing senators to prohibit Ramadan fasting for minors under 16 reignited the debate in the country over religious freedom.
French Greens candidate accuses local party of ‘homophobia’, withdraws from election
Sabrina Decanton, the Greens party (EELV) candidate for the 2026 municipal elections in Saint-Ouen, France, has sensationally pulled out of the race.
Polish President slams ECJ ruling on same-sex marriage but government ‘will obey’
Polish President Karol Nawrocki slammed the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision to require member states to recognise same sex marriages made in other countries…
Thousands of German police to protect AfD congress against left-wingers
The city of Giessen in the German State of Hesse is on high alert as it prepares to host the founding congress of a new youth wing for the right-wing Alternative…
EU court ruling on same-sex marriages could pit Brussels against conservative member states
Polish gay couples seeking recognition for their same-sex marriages have rejoiced after yesterday's EU court ruling, which states that member states must recognise…
Four more arrested over €88m Louvre jewellery heist
French authorities arrested four more people in the probe into October's spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the top Paris prosecutor…
French public broadcasters lodge legal complaints against conservative outlets
French public broadcasters France Télévisions and Radio France have lodged separate legal complaints against three prominent conservative outlets.
Austrian Government’s new bid to ban Muslim headscarves for girls under 14
The Austrian Government is trying – once again – to ban girls from wearing headscarves in schools.
‘Rising suppression of Christian religious expression’ across Europe, says report
Christians in Europe are seeing their "religious expression suppressed" through an expanding web of legal action and growing public intolerance.
Jews confront bad arguments and a civilisational instinct against them
It is no longer enough to hope that old laws and borrowed liberal wisdom will shield the Jewish community and Western civilisation from rising ill winds.
Praising Atatürk on X: Wilders acquits Hitler’s role model
If a tweet can bury a genocide, Geert Wilders just posted it.
France marks 10-year since November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks
France is commemorating the 10th anniversary of the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks, which killed 132 people and injured 350.
BBC against Trump: Wrong man with whom to pick a fight
Theodore Roosevelt urged, Speak softly and carry a big stick. Donald Trump urges: Bellow like hell and swing a two-handed, double-edged, nuclear-tipped claymore.
German ‘poly wedding’ of four men to each other raises eyebrows
A German protestant church minister has surprised many after reportedly performing a marriage ceremony for four men.
Israel Philharmonic’s Paris concert disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance at the Philharmonie de Paris was disrupted after protesters set off smoke bombs inside the venue, forcing a brief…
Girls wearing hijabs at French parliament spark controversy
Controversy erupted in France after girls and women were spotted yesterday wearing hijabs on the balcony of the French parliament.