Month: September 2021

Brussels has confirmed a link between rule of law concerns and delays in approving COVID recovery funding for Poland and Hungary. MEPs have been pushing Read more

Refugee groups in the UK and abroad have slammed the British government’s plan to turn back migrants crossing the English Channel as impractical, dangerous and Read more

The Scottish parliament has voted in favour of introducing COVID-19 vaccination certificates for entry to nightclubs and other events, the nation becoming the first in Read more

Social media influencers must indicate when they have been paid to promote a product, Germany’s top court has said. The ruling aims to clamp down Read more

German investigators on Thursday raided the country’s finance and justice ministries as part of a money-laundering probe. The ministries were suspected of obstructing justice by Read more

The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party has heightened political tensions by threatening to collapse the power-sharing government in Belfast unless post-Brexit trade Read more

French police said on Thursday that the situation is now “calm” after five consecutive nights of clashes and rioting near Paris. Officers said they had Read more

Governments using the Pegasus spyware should be held responsible, according to one MEP. European lawmaker Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield told Euronews that countries like Hungary, which used Read more

Hundreds of people have been evacuated in southern Spain due to a raging wildfire, regional authorities said. Firefighting teams and planes were battling a blaze Read more

Lithuania has been ordered not to push back five Afghan refugees who are stranded at the country’s border with Belarus. The European Court of Human Read more

Schools in Cyprus have been ordered to remove a textbook praising the founder of modern Turkey. The Cypriot education ministry said an English book lauding Read more

A town in eastern Greenland has issued a two-week alcohol ban after reporting several “spooky” incidents. Authorities say the temporary ban on all alcohol sales Read more

Italian police have warned that anti-vaccine protestors have planned to commit violence at upcoming demonstrations. Authorities carried out searches at the homes of eight activists Read more

France will offer free birth control to all women up to the age of 25 starting next year, the country’s health ministry has announced. The Read more

Hungary’s justice minister has slammed the European Union for pushing to impose fines on Poland over judicial reforms. Judit Varga has accused Brussels of “attacking” Read more

France stressed on Thursday it will not tolerate any “financial blackmail” or flouting of international law after the UK said it planned to turn back Read more