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Polish journalist who called Lennon song ‘Communist’ reinstated
Przemysław Babiarz, a Polish State television (TVP) journalist, will return to commentating on the Olympics after his suspension.
Destroying the world in French style, anything goes, nothing stands
What we saw a week ago at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympiad did not just come out of the blue.
AfD politician fined €50,000 for calling journalist a ‘fascist’
Stephan Brandner, a politician with the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has been fined €50,000 for referring to a journalist as a "fascist".
Venice brings in new measures to control mass tourism
Following recent demonstrations against mass tourism that erupted across Spanish regions including Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, Venice has limited group visits…
Patriots demand answers over ‘disgusting’ plan to censor Musk’s X
The Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament has demanded that the European Commission provide details of what it claimed was a "disgusting" plan to…
Aiming for EU membership, Moldova plans Transnistria reintegration
Moldova is trying to advance Transnistria's economic and political reintegration.
Meloni responds sharply to Von der Leyen on freedom of expression in Italy
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been quick to respond to the rule-of-law report published by the European Commission, which accused her of eroding freedom…
German State police set to reveal suspects’ nationalities
A new ruling means that police statements in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia will soon have to reveal the nationality of suspects - regardless of whether…
French communication networks victims of ‘sabotage’
In several places in France, vandals have destroyed installations belonging to telephone operators SFR, Free and Bouygues.
Seine still too dirty to swim in despite Macron’s ‘anti-poop plan’
The Seine in Paris is still too dirty to swim in despite French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to reduce the amount of excrement-related contaminants in the river.
Macron tells us this is France now, like a gay club in San Francisco in 1980
In the midst of the rain-soaked opening ceremony of the Olympics, President Macron tweeted: "This is France." He was right, though perhaps not in the way he intended.
Polish TV presenter suspended for describing Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ as ‘Communist’
Polish TVP presenter Przemysław Babiarz has been suspended after saying John Lennon’s song Imagine carried a “Communist” message.
German publisher drops Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy over alliance with Trump
German publishing house Ullstein Buchverlage has sparked outrage by deciding against a reprint of the sold-out German translation of Hillbilly Elegy, the 2016 autobiography…
Revolting Brussels Metro YouTube ‘prankster’ strikes again
An infamous Brussels-based YouTuber who is known for throwing buckets of excrement, oil and other filth over unsuspecting victims on the city’s Metro system has…
As Olympics due to start, French high-speed train system ‘under massive attack’
Just hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in France, the TGV network, the country's intercity high-speed rail service, has apparently been deliberately…
German ministry mistakenly targets CHANEL in Islamic extremism purge
In its clampdown on Islamic extremists in Germany, the country's interior ministry has targeted several Islamic centres, a mosque, and their affiliated online media…
German magazine Compact files lawsuit against government over ban
Controversial right-wing German magazine Compact a has filed a lawsuit with the country's Federal Administrative Court against a ban.
Great art doesn’t need wokery – but London’s galleries take a different view
If you are planning a trip to London this summer, make sure that Tate Britain is on your itinerary.
Weimers demands MEP Strik be punished for ‘racist’ jibe
"Her intervention is completely inexcusable.
German army recruits thousands of minors
In the past five years, the German army, the Bundeswehr, has recruited a total of 7,681 people younger than 18, which the hard-left Die Linke party described as…
INVESTIGATION: EU-funded NGOs behind advertisement campaigns denouncing ‘far-right’
EU-funded NGOs are behind attempts to rally the European Parliament against the so-called "far-right", it has been revealed.
Patriot Alliance blasts ‘undemocratic EU oligarchy’ as members are barred from key European Parliament jobs
The right-wing Patriot Alliance has said it is being unfairly denied committee chair positions to which it is entitled based on its European parliamentary representation.
US radio journalist jailed in Russia for ‘spreading false information’
A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), to six-and-a-half years in prison…
TikTok Lite ‘fails to protect users’, claims Mozilla and AI Forensics report
A report by the Mozilla Foundation and AI Forensics has pointed out what they said was a lack of security features in the version of social media giant TikTok Lite…
Germany democracy: seize the editor, his property, shut his website
The Irish writer C.S. Lewis had it right more than 50 years ago: "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
France rejects thousands of applications for Olympics jobs
France has rejected thousands of applications for Paris 2024 Olympic Games accreditations over security concerns including the presence of Russian journalists.
France promises Israeli Olympics athletes ‘full protection’ amid left-wing uproar
Israeli athletes taking part in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will be granted "full protection", France's government has promised.
Protests against mass tourism spread from Barcelona to Mallorca
Around 10,000 people have demonstrated in the streets of Palma, capital of the Spanish island of Mallorca, according to local police, barely a week after similar…
German citizen ‘sentenced to death in Belarus’
A German man, Rico Krieger, has been sentenced to death in Belarus. The 29-year-old is accused of crimes including terrorism and "mercenary activity".