
A German-born man of Turkish background, called “a model of Turkish integration,” may be stripped of his title as shooting champion in the German town of Werl because he is not a Christian. According to a report in the Westfälische
by M.E. Synon5 Aug 2014, 4:41 AM PST0

The Spanish National Police have detained two young girls in the Spanish North African exclave of Melilla – one of whom is thought to be about 14 – while they were preparing to travel to Morocco to meet with a
by M.E. Synon5 Aug 2014, 3:46 AM PST0

The European Union pumped €436m (£348m/$586m) into Ukraine’s anti-Russian “civil society” groups in the seven years leading up to overthrow of the democratically-elected President Yanukovych in February this year. Civil society groups and other pressure groups – some of them
by M.E. Synon4 Aug 2014, 4:39 AM PST0

Christopher Booker has been at the top of British journalism since the 1960s, and this weekend he has given another demonstration why. Booker’s weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph, the most-read column in the paper, was pulled at 6 pm
by M.E. Synon3 Aug 2014, 5:39 AM PST0

The lower chamber of the Spanish parliament has passed a controversial law, nicknamed the “Google tax,” which will allow members of the Spanish newspaper association to demand fees from aggregators such as Google News for posting links to their articles.
by M.E. Synon1 Aug 2014, 7:12 AM PST0

The Swedish government plans to remove the concept of race from all legislation, claiming that accepting that there are different races means one race is superior to another. However, the National Afro-Swedish Association has criticised the proposal, arguing that the
by M.E. Synon1 Aug 2014, 4:33 AM PST0

Neo-Nazis from Sweden are in Ukraine fighting for the cause of the pro-European Union, US-backed Kiev government. They are fighting with the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian squad which flies a flag with Nazi symbols and which one Swedish soldier says
by M.E. Synon31 Jul 2014, 7:16 AM PST0

A book denounced as jihadist propaganda and as inciting violence has caused uproar after it was revealed that it was on sale in 1,000 supermarkets in France. The leading centre-right newspaper Le Figaro says that “incitement to jihad or the
by M.E. Synon31 Jul 2014, 6:44 AM PST0

The leader of the eurosceptic right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) has said that immigrants who do not want to integrate should be expelled. Heinz-Christian Strache also repeated his call for separate school classes for foreign children to learn the German
by M.E. Synon31 Jul 2014, 5:14 AM PST0

The left wing across Europe is in uproar after Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban declared he wanted to build an “illiberal” state based on the Hungarian nation “while of course respecting the values of Christianity, freedom and human rights.” The
by M.E. Synon31 Jul 2014, 4:09 AM PST0

Immigration from non-Western countries causes the most problems in Denmark, so there should be a difference in how the country welcomes “a Christian American or Swede and a Muslim Somali or Pakistani,” according to Inger Støjberg, political spokesperson for the
by M.E. Synon30 Jul 2014, 7:02 AM PST0

Plans announced by British Prime Minister David Cameron to cut benefits to jobless immigrants may be illegal. On Tuesday the European Commission said it will examine the plans closely to see they comply with European Union law, which is superior
by M.E. Synon30 Jul 2014, 5:46 AM PST0

Arsonists have attempted to burn down a synagogue, while a rabbi in Frankfurt has received death threats, as the wave of anti-Semitic attacks triggered by the conflict in Gaza continues in Germany. At 2.15 Tuesday morning a resident of the
by M.E. Synon30 Jul 2014, 4:15 AM PST0

Leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a terrorist organisation supported and armed by President Bill Clinton’s administration, may now face prosecution as a team of international investigators says it has enough evidence to indict leaders of the former KLA
by M.E. Synon30 Jul 2014, 1:56 AM PST0

The French government has said it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee their homes by jihadist death threats. Many Christians have already been forced out of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where the Christian
by M.E. Synon29 Jul 2014, 9:11 AM PST0

Two North African migrants in detention awaiting deportation from Italy have sewn their lips together with wire as a protest. Two men, a 28-year old from Algeria and a 27-year old from Tunisia, sealed their lips shut on Saturday as
by M.E. Synon29 Jul 2014, 8:35 AM PST0

A radical anti-capitalist Spanish trade union plans to “occupy” Gibraltar for one day next month to reclaim The Rock for Spain and as a protest against tax havens. The leading spokesman for the 20,000 member Andalusian Workers’ Union, Diego Cañamero,
by M.E. Synon29 Jul 2014, 7:25 AM PST0

Germany’s biggest newspaper was forced into a climb down after it criticised Islam’s “criminality,” “murderous contempt” and “honour killings.” “I don’t believe in God, but at the same time Christianity, Judaism or Buddhism don’t bother me. Only Islam bothers me
by M.E. Synon29 Jul 2014, 5:40 AM PST0

Germany is to scupper a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada because the clauses giving legal protection to investors would give them too much power, according to a report in a leading Germany newspaper. The Canada deal
by M.E. Synon27 Jul 2014, 3:22 PM PST0

More than half of jobs in the 28 member states of the European Union are at risk of computerisation, according to a study published by Breugel, a Brussels-based think tank. The research suggests “that new advances in technology will primarily
by M.E. Synon26 Jul 2014, 7:27 AM PST0

The lesson comes too late for the United States, but there it is: after the US abandoned its military base and its foreign policy influence in Iceland in 2006, both Russia and China are now showing how keen they are
by M.E. Synon26 Jul 2014, 6:49 AM PST0

A German company promising “ethical” investments in renewable energy has been exposed as little better than a Ponzi scheme, leaving thousands of private investors struggling to salvage something from the €371m (£294m) they claim they are due. The insolvency administrator
by M.E. Synon25 Jul 2014, 10:13 AM PST0

A jihadist group has left Syria and is heading for Norway to carry out a terrorist attack, according to Norwegian security officials. The statement comes the day after the head of the Norwegian Security Service, the Norwegian Police Commissioner and
by M.E. Synon25 Jul 2014, 8:32 AM PST0

Police in Calais have discovered what French news media are calling un véritable arsenal de guerre – a veritable arsenal of war — on board a London-bound bus. A Eurolines bus left Amsterdam bound for London via Calais on Tuesday
by M.E. Synon25 Jul 2014, 7:24 AM PST0

A midwife in Munich has been arrested by police on suspicion of attempting to murder four pregnant women while they were undergoing Caesarean section. The 33-year old midwife, who has not been named, is being held on four counts of
by M.E. Synon25 Jul 2014, 6:15 AM PST0