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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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…
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…
Visible knickers: bizarre sartorial tradition of women’s tennis goes undiscussed
England: the seven-letter word that permits stereotyping of the nastiest kind, not by the English, but of them.
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.
Spaniards don’t like €9.6bn a year tourists, but quite like illegal immigrants
When you picture Barcelona, what may come to mind is the stunning modernist architecture of the Sagrada Familia.
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.
Trump is not the only American conservative to face threat of assassination
When I was a boy, I remember being told not to point my finger in accusation, because that meant I had three other fingers pointed back at me.
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.
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…
Our representative political system undermines itself by failing the people
With a long election period now behind us, we may ask ourselves: what do the recent European, British and French elections tell us about how democratic democracy…
Israel to recruit ultra-Orthodox individuals for armed forces from August
An Israeli court has ordered that military recruitment from the country's ultra-Orthodox population can go ahead, spurring an angry response from the sector.
The end of ideological politics and the return to empire
These days election after general election only seems to confirm one thing: that ideological politics is dead, and with it, the modern era of politics, full stop.
Cologne police sees rise of extreme violence connected to ‘Mocro Mafia’
Extreme violence connected to organised crime is reaching new heights in the German city of Cologne.
Police open hundreds of hate-speech investigations over German ‘meme anthem’
German police forces have launched more than 360 investigations into instances of suspected hate-speech over the playing or singing of a German meme "anthem".
EU freezes 30 million euros in aid to Georgia
The European Union's ambassador to Georgia said on Tuesday that the bloc had frozen 30 million euros in military aid to Georgia amid what he said was "a low…
Academics and other self-indulgent frauds understand nothing of human nature
Pablo Picasso (b. 1881) and James Joyce (b.
VAT on meat should be increased, says German agriculture minister
German agriculture minister Cem Özdemir of The Greens advocated for an increase in VAT on meat products.
Italy and Greece go after free speech: authorities prosecute dissidents
A few months ago Brussels Signal warned that the freedom of speech and expression in the European Union would be endangered by the European Parliament’s resolution…
Macronist spokeswoman and MP attacked by youths while campaigning
A French Government spokeswoman and an MP were attacked while putting up posters on public billboards in Hauts-de-Seine, located in the Île-de-France region.
The Soviet mirror and the pitfalls of historical analogy
Questions of “identity” consume the present generation more than any others past.
Allegations of priest’s torture in custody outrage Poland
The priest claims he had been denied food for almost 60 hours, was forced to beg for water, and was ordered to urinate in a bottle when he requested to use the toilet.
AfD members not allowed to own guns, German court rules
Those with connections to Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party are not allowed to own firearms, according to a decision by a Düsseldorf Administrative…
In Interview: Ali Safavi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
The National Council of Resistance of Iran's (NCRI) annual three-day Free Iran World Summit this year happened to take place after the general elections in the Middle…
Kemi Badenoch: the next Tory leader, heir to British heritage
July 4, 2024, Independence Day in the US and election day in the UK, will probably mark the next step in the progress of Kemi Badenoch to becoming the first British-African…
Paws up for EU cats and dogs welfare plan
Cats and dogs in Europe look likely to be left purring and tail-wagging over enhanced care rules that would apply across the European Union.
Slovakia to restrict right to assembly in response to Fico assassination attempt
The Slovak parliament on June 27 approved a so-called “Lex Assassination”, a package of measures designed to improve security following the assassination attempt…
Falling birth rates linked to rising house prices in Dutch study
A study by a Dutch population expert shows declining birth rates could be connected to higher housing prices.
Blueprint for US defence policy under a second Trump administration
As the opinion polls continue to favour a presidential comeback for Donald Trump at the November elections, the question of what he would actually do in his second…