Austria ‘to deport Syrians’ as other European states suspend processing asylum cases
Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime in Syria, a growing list of European countries have suspended processing Syrian asylum cases, with Austria…
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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.
Germany and Austria freeze asylum applications from Syria
Germany and Austria have said they will pause asylum decisions for Syrians, citing changes in Syria's political landscape following the toppling of the Assad regime.
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.
Greta Thunberg: ‘Fuck Germany! And fuck Israel!’
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been filmed laughing and talking to a crowd, shouting at one point, "Fuck Germany! And fuck Israel!
Vanuatu ‘has approved hundreds of passports for Russian nationals since outbreak of war’
Vanuatu has been handing out passports to Russian nationals since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, EU records show.
Deadly explosion in The Hague ‘possibly a criminal incident’
A huge explosion in the Dutch city of The Hague has claimed the lives of at least six people, with the death toll potentially rising to as many as 20.
Austrian Greens trolls EPP Christmas tree with ‘Jesus was a Refugee’ message
Austria’s European People’s Party (EPP) carried on its tradition of gifting a grand Christmas tree to the European Parliament but the 4-meter-high fir quickly…
EU does not want a member state in Georgia, it wants a client state
If you would hear it from the liberal internationalists, the battle for the future of democracy is being fought in Tbilisi.
UK detains hundreds in Northern Ireland in crackdown on people-smugglers
Hundreds of people have been detained in Northern Ireland as they attempted to cross into Britain during an operation designed to crack down on human traffickers,…
UK Conservative opposition attacks ‘deal close to return Elgin Marbles to Greece’
A deal to send the Elgin Marbles back to Greece from the UK was brought closer after Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, said…
Meloni and Orbán meet to tackle illegal immigration into Europe
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have met in Rome over key issues such as illegal immigration and international policy.
US Democrats ‘openly talk about using EU law to censor Americans’, claims Shellenberger
US Democrats "openly talk" about using the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) legislation to censor Americans, journalist and free speech activist Michael…