German police arrest teen boy and two young men over alleged Christmas market terror plot
Police in Germany have apprehended three young men who were allegedly planning a terror attack on Christmas markets in either Frankfurt on Main or Mannheim.
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Sportswear icon Adidas caught in EPPO tax evasion probe
Adidas, one of the largest and most recognisable sportswear companies in the world, is suspected of tax evasion and had its offices raided by investigators on the…
Idiot Tax? Chinese companies use Germany’s ‘green’ rules in suspected €1bn scam
Chinese companies are believed to have scammed the German taxpayer out of around €1 billion using the country's own 'green' rules, a major economic research centre…
Greek police crack down on Turkish criminal gangs amid rising violence
Greek authorities have detained 16 individuals and confiscated weapons and drugs as part of a targeted operation to dismantle Turkish criminal groups operating within…
German Greens call for relaxing EU emissions fines on carmakers
Germany's Greens party economy minister Robert Habeck has called for the relaxing of fines on automotive emissions that were set to hit European Union carmakers…
‘Keep cash at home due to geopolitical threat’, Dutch banks warn
Dutch Banks will advise people to keep cash at home because of the tense international situation, a spokesperson of the Dutch Banking Association (NVB) has said.
Polish PM Tusk’s government ‘led unprecedented assault on rule of law’, claim Brussels think-tank
The Brussels think-tank MCC, linked to the Hungarian Mathias Corvinus Collegium education forum, has published a report alleging the Polish Government led by Prime…
PM Tusk moves to stop Hungarian purchase of Polish commercial TV
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced he will place the commercial television networks TVN and Polsat on a list of "strategic companies", giving his…
Belgian lottery reacts to ‘highly unusual’ former justice commissioner Reynders’ case
In response to the investigation of potential money laundering via high-returning scratch cards against former European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders,…
Russia tells its citizens to avoid travel to the West
Russia said on December 11 that relations with the United States were so confrontational that Russian citizens should not travel to the United States, Canada and…
French National Rally star Marine Le Pen leads poll for next presidential election
The latest poll in France has shown hard-right National Rally (RN) heavyweight Marine Le Pen leading the race for the next French presidential elections.
Francafrique collapse: France starts to pull its military from Chad
France has started removing its fighter jets from central African country Chad as its armed forces begin their exit from the former French colony.
Austrian Chancellor praises X’s ‘contribution to freedom of speech’
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has publicly stated his appreciation for X, the social media platform owned by US tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Kallas wants US to be afraid of Russia, but can’t even get Europe to be afraid of Russia
The European Union has no “foreign minister.
Exclusive: Brussels Signal interviews toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s cousin
Ribal al-Assad, first cousin of toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, has given an exclusive interview to Brussels Signal following the former Syrian leader's recent…
‘Don’t leave Syria to Erdogan’: Ribal al-Assad, first cousin of the deposed President
Europe must save Syria from any takeover by Turkey-backed Islamists, according to the man who has spent most of his life opposing the regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad,…
‘Influencer-MEP’ Panayiotou building app for ‘direct democracy’
Independent Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou has announced he was creating a digital app that he said would allow European citizens to participate actively in European…
France’s Macron rules out hard-right and hard-left, eyeing ‘general interest’ government
French President Emmanuel Macron is due to meet national political leaders to discuss forming a “government of general interest”.
US State Secretary Blinken warns of ISIS resurgence after fall of Assad in Syria
A resurgence of Islamic State (ISIS) is likely following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned.
Human Rights Watch accuses Poland of ‘inhumane and illegal’ migrant pushbacks
The NGO Human Rights Watch has accused Poland of conducting “unlawful" and "inhumane” pushbacks of migrants at its border with Belarus.
High-born French and low-born Italians against Chinese Commies: car wars
European car companies are locked in an increasingly bitter struggle to maintain profits and market share amid a secular downturn in sales of internal combustion…
Moscow spy boss claims Russia ‘close to achieving goals’ in Ukraine war
Russia believes it is "close" to achieving its strategic goals in Ukraine, Moscow's spy chief has claimed.
Hungary’s PM Orbán meets Trump and Musk in Florida
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has met US President-elect Donald Trump and tech billionaire-turned-US government official Elon Musk at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago…
EU may impose sanctions on Georgia as riots escalate
The European Union is preparing to respond amid escalating clashes between protesters and police in Georgia.
EU leaders pledge support for post-Assad Syria amid warnings over new regime’s Islamist leanings
The European Union has hailed the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, with the EU's chief foreign affairs official calling it "a positive and long-awaited development"…
Polish Government wants to change body certifying elections in light of Romanian events
Following the annulled elections in Romania, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government has said it would propose legislation to move the authority for certifying…
Romania’s Georgescu says ‘democracy has been cancelled’ after elections annulled
Călin Georgescu, the nationalist candidate who won the first round of the Romanian presidential elections, has claimed democracy has been cancelled in his country.
Prosecutors search for evidence after the Romanian constitutional court annuls election
Romanian prosecutors have taken action against individuals connected with the election campaign of right-wing Romanian candidate Călin Georgescu in the wake of…
French hard-left chief brands Trump a ‘threat’, accuses US of ‘economic imperialism’ via NATO
French leader of the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party Jean-Luc Mélenchon has criticised US President-elect Donald Trump, describing him as "a threat" and…
Polish PM Tusk’s majority removes immunity for leader of opposition PiS
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s parliamentary majority has voted to strip the leader of the opposition Conservatives (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński of his legal…