Hungary returns cash and gold confiscated on allegations of money laundering to Ukraine
Ukraine has got back cash and gold worth €70 million that had been confiscated by Hungarian authorities in March 2026.
Corruption
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ECHR sides with self- appointed Polish constitutional court judges
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has told Poland to stop what it claims is the obstruction of four judges elected to the country’s Constitutional Court…
EP committee upholds immunity of German EPP MEP in alleged fraud case resembling Le Pen’s
The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) has taken contrasting decisions on parliamentary immunity.
Romania’s motion of confidence stands as a ‘democratic instrument’, says Simion
"The real problem is not the vote itself, but the pressure that was put on MPs to ignore it — phone calls, negotiations, attempts to convince them not to follow…
EU prosecutors want a Tusk party Polish MP’s immunity lifting for corruption
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) has asked Poland's parliament to lift the immunity of a serving MP as part of a corruption probe into an EU-funded…
ING Belgium settles for €1.6 million in Didier Reyders’ alleged money laundering case
ING Belgium has avoided a criminal trial by paying a €1.
Spanish Government accused of diverting EU Recovery Funds to pay pensions
In a rare public fracture at Spain’s Tribunal de Cuentas, the country’s top fiscal watchdog, several senior auditors have tried to block the routine approval…
EU ammo supplier accused of profiteering with Soviet-era stockpiles sold at premium price to Ukraine
A major Central European defence contractor at the heart of the European Union’s emergency push to arm Ukraine is facing explosive allegations that it has built…
Absurd Greens must steal from the manifestos of other parties
Why do Green political parties still exist?
Sweden to apply stricter citizenship rules for applicants
It will be more difficult to become a Swedish citizen after the Swedish government approved a new citizenship law.
The anti-fascists are now funding fascists
In recent weeks, I keep coming across new items that need constant double-checking, because they are so absurd that at first glance they appear made up.
Key suspect points to Spain PM Sánchez as ‘linchpin of corruption’ in Supreme Court
In what is being described as a potentially decisive in Spain’s biggest corruption trial, businessman Víctor de Aldama delivered explosive testimony before the…
Zemmour’s Reconquête party wins case against Lyon’s migrant NGO funding
The administrative court in Lyon has annulled a municipal subsidy granted to the NGO SOS Méditerranée after a legal challenge by the Reconquête party, led by…
Corruption and sexism scandals at Spain’s PSOE increasingly linked to PM Sánchez
Spain’s Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) is facing renewed scrutiny as explosive testimonies from investigators, revelations from former PSOE MP Santos Cerdán,…
‘Human rights lawyers’: Leave them naked in a frozen prison cell
If Lord Richard Hermer were well-known in any other European country, it would probably be as a traitor, and he would now be manacled to the wall in an ice-cold…
Belgium approves lifetime entry bans for terrorism suspects
Belgium’s federal parliament has approved a major reform proposed by Asylum and Migration Minister Anneleen Van Bossuyt aimed at strengthening national security…
German Government denies it misspent 95 per cent of record investment package
Germany’s finance ministry has countered claims by leading economists who accused the government of having misspent most of a debt-financed “special fund”…
Polish President’s national security adviser quits in protest at PM Tusk’s refusal to accept court verdict on security clearance
Sławomir Cenckiewicz has resigned as head of the opposition Conservatives (PiS)-aligned Polish President Karol Nawrocki's National Security Bureau. In doing.
Aragón second Spanish region in days to adopt ‘national priority’ clause in PP-Vox deal
Spain's People's Party (PP) and Vox have struck a coalition agreement to govern the northeastern region of Aragón for the next four years, making it the second…
Channel crisis: UK and France strike new deal
Britain and France have agreed in principle on a major new border security pact aimed at stopping illegal migrant crossings across the English Channel.
UK’s imperilled Starmer fights on, but for how long?
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life over an unrelenting scandal related to the appointment of ex-Jeffrey Epstein associate Peter Mandelson…
ECR warns of population replacement in Europe
At a presentation hosted by Sweden Democrats MEP Charlie Weimers, of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) in the European Parliament, by the political…
Greek parliament to lift immunity of MPs probed in EU farm scandal
Greece's parliament on Wednesday will vote on lifting the immunity of 13 lawmakers, a move demanded by European and Greek prosecutors investigating a multi-million…
Wife of Spanish PM risks up to 24 years in jail over alleged corruption
The popular prosecution in the long-running investigation into Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has requested a prison sentence of…
Hungary’s election was clean. The campaign was not
I have just returned from Budapest.
Spanish region to apply ‘national priority’ in welfare and housing for first time in the country
Extremadura is set to become the first Spanish region to govern under the principle of "national priority", after Partido Popular (PP) accepted a long-standing Vox…
Top taxes, broken services: Spaniards pay the price of Sánchez’s mass regularisation
The Spanish government has opened a mass regularisation that will hand residence and work permits, together with immediate access to Social Security and regional…
French energy giant Engie HQ searched in fresh twist to Dati EP alleged corruption probe
French anti-corruption police have searched the headquarters of energy group Engie, formerly GDF Suez, as part of an ongoing investigation into suspicions that the…
French police dismantle suspected sham-marriage network in Paris region
French authorities have dismantled a large-scale network of sham marriages operating in the Val-de-Marne department and across the wider Île-de-France region.
Starmer faces resignation calls as Foreign Office permanent secretary forced out over Mandelson vetting override
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing growing political pressure, including explicit demands for his resignation from all opposition leaders.