German parliament quietly lifts ban on business-class flights for MPs
Germany’s 630 MPs may once again book business-class tickets at the taxpayer’s expense – if the flight lasts more than two hours.
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German State bans AfD members from running for mayor
The German State of Rhineland-Palatinate has banned members of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) from running for mayor.
College of Europe rector Mogherini resigns amid fraud scandal
The College of Europe rector and former top European Union diplomat Federica Mogherini has resigned amid an ongoing fraud scandal.
Top brands suspected in Italy sweatshop probe
Gucci, Prada, Versace and Yves Saint Laurent are among 13 luxury brands suspected of using subcontractors who exploited Chinese workers in Italy, according to documents…
Three top EU figures formally charged for alleged corruption
Three senior European Union figures have been officially charged for alleged fraud involving EU funds.
Police raid College of Europe and European External Action Service
Belgian federal police executed a series of searches in European Union institutions across Brussels and Bruges and detained three people for questioning, including,…
Thousands of ammo rounds stolen from German lorry park
Unknown individuals stole thousands of rounds of ammunition from a lorry in an unsecured parking lot used by Germany’s military.
The blackmailers at the EC complain the US is blackmailing them
I had to laugh when I read last week that Teresa Ribera, one of the many vice-presidents of the European Commission, had been complaining about American “blackmail”…
Thousands rally in Madrid calling for PM Sanchez to resign
Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets in Madrid yesterday, waving Spanish flags and chanting "Sánchez, resign!" in a mass protest.
Zelensky’s chief of staff hit with anti-corruption property raid and resigns
Anti-corruption investigators have stormed the Kyiv residence and offices of Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky's longtime chief of staff.
BBC make-up artists allegedly ‘used bodily fluids’ on Reform chief Farage
The BBC is facing explosive allegations that its make-up artists deliberately contaminated brushes with human saliva and other bodily fluids before applying them…
Can Spanish PM Sánchez survive alleged corruption erupting around him?
Europe is watching Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as he navigates the corruption investigation into the people considered to be the makers of his political…
Polish politicians indicted for alleged participation in corrupt big money MBAs
Polish prosecutors have indicted the mayor of Poland’s third biggest city, also a former presidential aide and two ex-MEPs for their alleged participation in a…
‘Who lost Ukraine?’: Preview of a political crisis
No one knows exactly how or when the Ukraine war will end. But all realistic scenarios are now unfavourable to Kyiv.
Another conspiracy? Candace Owens alleges Macrons want her ‘assassinated’
World-famous US podcast star Candace Owens has alleged that the French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife instructed French secret services to kill her.
Ex-Brexit Party MEP jailed for 10 years-plus for taking Russian bribes
Former Brexit Party MEP and ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill has been sentenced at the Old Bailey in London to 10 years and 6 months’ imprisonment.
Croatia’s EU lesson: Reforms slow to a crawl after accession
What happened after Croatia finally joined the European Union shows how fast countries are left on their own once the European spotlight fades, according to a Croatian…
Brussels must not let the ‘deeply, deeply corrupt’ Ukraine join the EU
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has had a brutal few weeks.
Spain’s top prosecutor guilty of media leak against opposition
Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday said it had convicted the top prosecutor of leaking confidential legal information against the conservative opposition in a fresh…
Ukraine must get rid of kleptocrats before the West can help rebuild
The plans that President Trump has been carefully developing to force a reasonable peace upon Russian President Putin after his nearly four years of unsuccessful…
Pressure on German minister mounts in alleged ‘pay-for-influence’ affair
Germany’s Minister for Culture and Media, Wolfram Weimer, is increasingly under pressure for being allegedly involved in a scheme offering personal access to government…
Russia labels Russian ex-PM Kasyanov a ‘terrorist’
Russian authorities have added former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov to its official register of "extremists and terrorists", alongside prominent economist Sergei…
British defence: Fraudulent, weak and strikes terror into no one
Jonathan Carley, 64, is the latest addition to the UK’s impressive national armoury, doubtless intended to inspire terror amongst Putin’s myrmidons.
German minister accused of ‘selling access to politicians for €80,000’
Germany’s Federal Minister for Culture and Media, Wolfram Weimer, has been accused of selling access to politicians at an exclusive event for up to €80,000.
EC Enlargement chief pushes Ukraine’s EU membership, despite corruption concerns
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos is pushing for Ukraine's accession to the European Union - despite a number of corruption scandals that have hit…
Germany: Crimes of opinion now a ‘mass phenomenon’
German police have raided the home of a man in the south of the country after he referred to public servants as “parasites” in a post on X.
Polish right-wing MEP loses European Parliamentary immunity again
Polish right-wing politician Grzegorz Braun MEP has had his immunity removed by the European Parliament to face charges in Poland, including allegedly inciting religious…
Former Polish justice minister: ‘I’ll leave exile when rule of law returns’
Poland’s former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who had his parliamentary immunity removed to face 26 criminal charges, has said he will only return to the country…
Polish justice minister queried on alleged contact with Russian spy
Waldemar Żurek, the Polish justice minister in Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centre-left coalition government, has been accused of having co-operated with Pavel…
Is it true? Italian prosecutors investigate ‘Weekend Snipers’ in Sarajevo siege
They call it the Sarajevo Safari — a chilling criminal network that, across Europe in the 1990s, allegedly sold “war vacations” in the Balkans, where wealthy…