Lavish EU staff allowances soar, leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab
Massive increases of up to 38 per cent in European Union bureaucrat expense entitlements has been likened to staff bank accounts "being stuffed full of Euros from…
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Polish cybersecurity agency took weeks to probe Facebook attack ads, says opposition MP
Poland’s main opposition party, the conservatives of Law and Justice, (PiS), have accused the state’s cybersecurity agency (NASK) of dragging its heels investigating…
EU boss Costa’s Socialists implicated in Portuguese social media influence scandal
An investigation by a Portuguese newspaper has revealed that the Socialist Party (PS), the country's second largest, was involved in a propaganda operation, involving…
PfizerGate: EU Court says von der Leyen wrong to keep vaccine negotiation details secret
The European General Court has criticised that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for refusing to disclose text messages exchanged with Pfizer CEO…
‘King of Germany’ arrested
German police have arrested members of the so-called "Kingdom of Germany" group, accusing them of wanting to overthrow the government.
Stand by for the transfiguration of Romania: George Simion
The elections taking place this spring mark the moment of Romania’s genuine transfiguration.
Security services ‘involved’ in Polish presidential election campaign
The leader of the opposition Conservatives (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński says his party would report alleged involvement of the Polish security services in the ongoing…
Jailed Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu’s X account blocked in Turkey
Access to the X account of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, has been blocked in Turkey in response to a legal…
MEPs push for new body to probe EU corruption allegations
A coalition of right-wing and non-affiliated MEPs has secured the 180 signatures required to trigger a vote on the creation of a new committee to investigate corruption…
Poland’s Right splits over PiS’ election candidate allegations
The truce between Poland’s right-wing Confederation party, its election candidate Sławomir Mentzen and the main opposition and fellow right-wing Conservatives…
Mainstream media ‘closes ranks around Cardinal Parolin’, despite concerns
Conservative Catholics have warned that the mainstream media was presenting Cardinal Parolin, former Vatican Secretary of State, as the favourite to take over the…
Build a welfare state and your men become parasites not soldiers
Here follows an abstract theory that requires more evidence before it becomes a concrete one: welfare states both by definition and by psychological design are incapable…
Gimme the money: Post-USAID, political grifters shift their focus to Brussels
(Editor’s note: On April 23, Politico published an article by David Koranyi, a political activist who is a Hungarian-American dual national, claiming that the…
German Federal Prosecutor targets ex-aide of AfD MEP Krah as Chinese spy
A former aide to ex-German MEP Maximilian Krah, known as "Jian G", has been charged by the German Federal Prosecutor's Office over alleged spying for Chinese intelligence…
EC President von der Leyen demands more deportations of illegals from EU
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has come out in favour of accelerating the deportation of illegal immigrants from the European Union.
WEF drops founder Klaus Schwab amid allegations of wrongdoing
The World Economic Forum (WEF), the organisation behind the annual WEF meetings of global leaders in Davos, Switzerland, has cut ties with its founder Klaus Schwab…
Belgian auditor trashes new defence agreement with France: lack of vision and competence
A confidential audit has disclosed that Belgium paid 10 times the correct price for new French armoured vehicles.
Polish President warns that PM Tusk’s government may annul elections
Polish President Andrzej Duda has surprised many by speaking at the campaign rally for the opposition Conservatives' (PiS) candidate Karol Nawrocki in the city of…
Report alleges Swedish care sector infiltrated by organised crime operators
A joint report by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency and the National Police Operations Department (NOA) has exposed alleged connections between organised crime…
Northern elites panic: Will Greece, Italy, and Spain become their human wastelands?
The EU’s southern frontier - Greece, Italy, and Spain - teeters on the edge of collapse, battered by a migration crisis that Brussels aggravates.
Two more arrests after Romanian treasure theft in the Netherlands
Two more people have been arrested in connection with the alleged theft of the Golden Helmet of Coțofenești and three golden bracelets — irreplaceable Romanian…
Bpost fined for sacking CEO who flagged fraud
Belgium’s leading postal service, Bpost, which is majority-owned by the Belgian Government, unlawfully dismissed its CEO in 2022 after he reported the misuse of…
Persecution, interrogation, arrest: How Tusk runs the Polish presidential election
In May and June 2025, Poland will face a decisive moment in its modern history.
Interpol refuses to issue ‘wanted’ notice for exiled Polish MP
The international law enforcement agency Interpol has refused to issue a Red Notice for the detention of Polish a Conservative (PiS) politician who has claimed asylum…
Francis, an admirer of Peron — and the most culpably heretical pope in history?
The death of any public figure is usually the occasion for setting aside party feelings and paying tribute to the deceased.
European Parliament Patriots group takes EU funding body to court over ‘bias’
The European party Patriots for Europe (PfE) has taken the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations (APPF) to court, accusing…
Belgian judges protest by sending 4,000 criminals to jail
Angered by government plans to cut their pensions, Belgian magistrates will send 4,000 people who received short jail sentences to prison.
German judiciary ‘ignored prosecutor’s alleged drug-mafia co-operation’
The public prosecutor’s office in Hanover stands accused of ignoring indications that one of its employees, a State prosecutor named as "Yashar G" by German media,…
EU chiefs use controversial Signal app but will not reveal what is said
European top officials use the Signal app to send messages to each other, the European Union diplomatic service has admitted.
French prison attacks may be linked to drug trafficking, says minister
French justice minister Gérald Darmanin said several French prisons had been hit in a wave of reportedly co-ordinated attacks.