Member states inch closer to social media age-limit for minors
Italy, France, Denmark, Spain and Greece said they would pilot an online age verification app prototype developed by the European Commission, making it easier for…
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Polish President Duda pardons border movement leader
Poland’s opposition Conservative (PiS)-aligned President Andrzej Duda has pardoned Robert Bąkiewicz, leader of the Border Defence Movement (ROG), from having…
Belgian soldiers to hide faces from AI on national parade
Belgian soldiers must hide their faces at the military parade during the country's national holiday over concerns about artificial intelligence and advanced video…
German Chancellor Merz wants to cut rent subsidies for welfare recipients
Germany’s new Conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced plans to reform the country’s burgeoning social welfare programme.
BBC ‘breached guidelines’ with Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son
An internal report by the BBC concluded that the media giant breached its own editorial guidelines by failing to disclose that the narrator of a Gaza documentary…
‘Only yes means yes’: Austria plans to tighten sexual offences law
Austria’s justice minister has presented plans for a major tightening of the country’s sexual offences law.
Ethnic clashes in Spain after migrants allegedly beat up elderly man
Spain has seen several nights of ethnic violence between locals and migrant communities after an elderly Spaniard was attacked.
German comedian to stand trial over online comments on Trump assassination attempt
Sebastian Hotz, a German comedian performing under the stage name “El Hotzo”, has to stand trial for a series of comments he made on social media after the assassination…
French first lady appeals in gender rumours case: lawyer
France's first lady has taken her case against two women over claims she used to be a man to the highest appeals court after a lower court let them off, her lawyer…
EU consumer waste now as big as food imports
European consumers now waste as much food as the EU imports, around 58 million tonnes a year, according to a new report.
Wife of Lufthansa CEO allegedly involved in fatal car incident in Sardinia
The wife of the CEO of German national airline Lufthansa, Carsten Spohr, has been accused of running over and killing a young woman in Porto Cervo, on Sardinia’s…
French appeals court clears two over first lady gender rumours
A French appeals court Thursday overturned convictions against two women accused of libel against French First Lady Brigitte Macron, after they spread false claims…
French police raid Nestlé over alleged bottled water fraud
French police raided the offices of Nestlé Waters as part of a widening judicial investigation into the food giant’s alleged use of illegal filtration systems…
Berlin renames major road after 300 years for political correctness
The city government of Berlin has been given the go-ahead to put in place a long-held plan to rename the major central Mohrenstraße road.
Polish maverick right-wing MEP Braun says gas chambers were ‘fake’
Grzegorz Braun MEP has claimed in a radio interview that Jews engaged in ritual murders and that the gas chambers in Auschwitz were a “fake”.
South German public pools ban ‘burkinis’ in crackdown on ‘unhygienic’ swimwear
Several public swimming pools in southern Germany have tightened the rules on admissible swimwear.
German court slaps down library ‘warning labels’ on ‘controversial books’
Germany’s Higher Administrative Court in Münster has ruled that the city library must remove politically charged warning labels from two controversial books.
Suspected arson attack shuts major German high-speed rail links
A fire under a railway line in Hirschaid, Bavaria, caused the shut-down of the high-speed rail connection between the German capital Berlin and the South German…
Thank you, Elon: Conservatives owe Musk a lot
Elon Musk’s clash with Donald Trump has shaken conservatives. Yet, his defence of liberty and tradition remains unmatched.
German CDU follower allegedly assaulted outside EP for wearing MAGA hat
A student committed to the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was allegedly attacked in Brussels after showing support for US President Donald Trump.
Dutch war-hero escapes prosecution for tackling protester
Decorated Dutch war-hero Marco Kroon will not be prosecuted for blocking a pro-Palestinian protester during a Second World War remembrance event but did receive…
Voters asked the main achievements of Starmer’s first year, answer: ‘Nothing’
It’s a year since Keir Starmer and Labour were elected to govern the UK.
Belgium: Man accused of mistreating dog targeted in arson attack
A man accused of abusing his dog, leading to the death of the animal, has become the target of widespread public outrage in Belgium, including setting his house…
Islamist terrorists slaughtered in London, now ethnic English embrace Hamas
Who, that July week of 2005, as London reeled from the worst terrorist bombings in its history with 52 people dead and hundreds injured, would have believed that…
German Greens demand price controls for ice cream
Three politicians from Germany's The Greens party have demanded price controls for ice cream.
French Socialist Party members denounce the term ‘Islamophobia’
Members of the French Socialist Party have revolted against use of the word "Islamophobia" in its formal documents because, they said, it "validates the theses of…
We have outgrown ancient superstitions, but we live with holy relics marked ‘science’
Although religion has fallen out of fashion, I do not think that religiosity itself has.
US lawmakers: ‘EC weaponising digital rules to muzzle US interests’
US lawmakers have accused the European Commission of weaponising its “regulatory regime” to “silence American speech” online.
German daycare centre bans kids from playing Indians
Children at the Fischbank daycare centre in Rostock on Germany's north coast were banned from playing as Indians due to so-called cultural sensitivities.
Patriots MEP’s office vandalised by ‘ultra-left’
Anne-Sophie Frigout, MEP for the French right-wing Patriots for Europe party, had had her office in Reims vandalised.