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Germany's Bundestag President and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) MP Julia Klöckner has criticised the churches' involvement in politics, sparking debate across…
Dutch authorities have carried out a series of co-ordinated raids across the Netherlands resulting in the arrest of 14 individuals suspected of alleged incitement…
It always seems to me, as a mere but faithful communicant in the vast mass of the Pope’s adherents, a bit presumptuous to critique a pope or a papacy.
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The Swedish Government has said it planned to criminalise virginity checks, virginity certificates and virginity interventions.
Italy has sent the first illegal immigrant back to his home country via a camp set up in Gjader, Albania.
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has passed away at the age of 88, in his residence at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta.
Academics have called for the resignation of the president of France's University of Lyon 2, Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen, over her treatment of a professor targeted…
US academics are crossing the Atlantic to continue their progressive gender studies, statistics suggest.
The Polish region of Małopolska, controlled by the opposition Conservatives (PiS), has refused to participate in government plans to establish European Union-funded…
The German capital Berlin has extended knife bans after a series of shocking stabbings in public places.
Polish President Andrzej Duda has refused to sign into law a government bill on hate speech from the centre-left coalition government led by Prime Minister Donald…
Germany’s education ministry has announced it was suspending the award ceremony for the Federal Prize for Arts Students winner Hanna Schiller, currently in jail…
New data has revealed that asylum seeker families in Vienna could receive almost €50,000 a year in benefits, sparking a debate about what some saw as overly generous…
State media outlets in Belgium have expressed concern that reporting on the serious health condition of a Vlaams Belang politician may contribute to the “humanisation…
Europe, that ancient cradle of civilisation, has long been a Christian continent.
Angered by government plans to cut their pensions, Belgian magistrates will send 4,000 people who received short jail sentences to prison.
The European Union recorded an unprecedented number of alerts about dangerous consumer products in 2023, nearly doubling the 2022 figure.
Polish right-wing MEP Grzegorz Braun attempted a citizen's arrest when he entered a hospital in Poland aiming to detain a gynaecologist he alleged had murdered a…
The European Commission has said it was considering taking legal action against Hungary over the European Union member state's decision to ban LGBT pride events.
Judges in the Netherlands have reportedly refused to send asylum seekers back to Belgium over what they saw as a lack of care facilities.
Around 300 police officers have stormed a Berlin university building after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied it and damaged the interior while others demonstrated…
European press publishers have accused Google of systematically reducing traffic to media websites and called on the European Commission to take urgent action.
The European Commission has included countries such as Tunisia and Kosovo, where human rights have come under scrutiny, on a list of "safe countries" to which failed…
Dublin's mayoral election plans were cancelled by the Irish Government because mixed martial arts (MMA) star Conor McGregor might have won, according to local reports.
The UK's top court has upheld an appeal by a campaign group on whether transgender women were legally women under equality legislation, ruling that the law referred…
Dutch people have been advised to stop eating eggs from "backyard chickens" and opt for buying them from a shop or market instead.
Belgian consumers affected by the Volkswagen "Dieselgate" emissions scandal will soon be able to start claiming compensation, marking a major step forward in a years-long…
US Vice President JD Vance says he "loves" Europe but European governments must be more responsive voters on immigration.
The leader of French left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, has voiced support for Canadian independence, denouncing what he described as…
