‘Two athletes sick after swimming in the Seine,’ Portuguese Olympic Committee says
The Portuguese Olympic Committee (COP) has announced that two of its triathletes, Vasco Vilaça and Melanie Santos, fell ill after swimming in the Seine River.
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Puigdemont’s return to Spain sparks Barcelona police ‘cage’ operation
Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalonia’s regional police, on August 8 activated a "cage" operation lasting more than three hours to capture the region’s former president…
German police raid Last Generation members’ homes
German police have searched the homes of Last Generation members after the group's protests at several German Airports.
German teens taught that US schools are still ‘divided by skin colour’
Pupils reading the book are asked to answer the following questions: "Do you see the USA as a racist society?
‘EU values economic interests over rule of law and democracy,’ claims Balkans expert
The EU-Serbia lithium deal, aimed at reducing Chinese influence, faces sharp criticism over Serbia's rule of law issues and the EU's perceived prioritisation of…
Aiming for EU membership, Moldova plans Transnistria reintegration
Moldova is trying to advance Transnistria's economic and political reintegration.
French communication networks victims of ‘sabotage’
In several places in France, vandals have destroyed installations belonging to telephone operators SFR, Free and Bouygues.
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…
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.
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.
Spain to use EU cash to fight media ‘disinformation’
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez will disburse €100 million from European Funds to fight media “disinformation”, he announced this week.
EP refuses to debate assassination attempt on Trump
A motion put forward by the new Patriots for Europe group to debate and condemn last weekend’s assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump has been…
Belgium-Israel football match to be played in Hungary for security reasons
Belgium will play its home match against Israel in Budapest, after Belgian cities said they lacked the willingness or capacity to ensure adequate security for the…
Poles apart: Ruling coalition split derails liberalisation of abortion laws
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was left furious after narrowly losing a parliamentary vote on softening the country's strict abortion laws due to an intra-government…
Japan warns its citizens over violent crime and drug wars in Germany
The Japanese Government has issued a warning to its citizens visiting Germany amid an uptick in violence and inter-gang drugs wars.
EU media blames ‘would-be despot’ Trump and Tea Party for assassination attempt
European media has taken to blaming the "authoritarian would-be despot" former US president Donald Trump and the now-defunct Tea Party movement for the July 13 assassination…
Trump is not the only American conservative to face threat of assassination
When I was a boy, I remember being told not to point my finger in accusation, because that meant I had three other fingers pointed back at me.
Threatened with death, Trump roars out, ‘Fight, fight’
There is still a lot of speculation about the wannabe assassin of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Our representative political system undermines itself by failing the people
With a long election period now behind us, we may ask ourselves: what do the recent European, British and French elections tell us about how democratic democracy…
The end of ideological politics and the return to empire
These days election after general election only seems to confirm one thing: that ideological politics is dead, and with it, the modern era of politics, full stop.
EU freezes 30 million euros in aid to Georgia
The European Union's ambassador to Georgia said on Tuesday that the bloc had frozen 30 million euros in military aid to Georgia amid what he said was "a low…
Macronist spokeswoman and MP attacked by youths while campaigning
A French Government spokeswoman and an MP were attacked while putting up posters on public billboards in Hauts-de-Seine, located in the Île-de-France region.
AfD members not allowed to own guns, German court rules
Those with connections to Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party are not allowed to own firearms, according to a decision by a Düsseldorf Administrative…
In Interview: Ali Safavi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
The National Council of Resistance of Iran's (NCRI) annual three-day Free Iran World Summit this year happened to take place after the general elections in the Middle…
Falling birth rates linked to rising house prices in Dutch study
A study by a Dutch population expert shows declining birth rates could be connected to higher housing prices.
Blueprint for US defence policy under a second Trump administration
As the opinion polls continue to favour a presidential comeback for Donald Trump at the November elections, the question of what he would actually do in his second…
Will new MEPs push EP towards a form of ‘participatory democracy’?
Following the 2024 elections, the European Parliament gained fresh faces who are already pushing for a form of "participatory democracy".
France: 70-year-old RN candidate suffers stroke after street attack
A group of dark-clad individuals attacked 70-year-old National Rally (RN) candidate Hervé Breuil as he was handing out election flyers in the French city of Saint-Étienne.
Huge budget hole puts Germany’s ruling coalition under pressure
A €40 billion budget hole has put Germany's coalition government under serious pressure.