Denmark’s capacity to admit migrants is near breaking point. With 12,000 refugees searching for a place to live, nearly a third of the nation’s struggling municipalities say that they have little to offer newcomers. A survey published today by Danish newspaper Politiken shows waiting times for
French Police in the picturesque Alpine town of Annecy are issuing notices to tourists wearing full face veils to remind them of France’s total burka ban in public. Swiss newspaper Le Temps reports many of the tourists in question cross on day trips from Switzerland
Speaking about the “deepest systematic crisis in EU history”, a top European Socialist yesterday said that the EU’s social agenda has been “replaced by a form of financial dictatorship” and warned if that continues Europe “will die”. In doing so Gianni Pittella (pictured
A senior figure in the Church of Scotland has joined the ranks of those criticising Prime Minister David Cameron for his five-year plan to tackle extremism. There are those critics who validly cannot trust the Prime Minister’s sincerity because of their own backgrounds in
In a move guaranteed to anger Londoners, the Scottish Nationalists stand accused of “crossing the line” after giving notice of the latest battleground on which they will dictate events in England. In the argument over runway capacity the SNP leader Nicola
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Tzipi Hotovely has told European foreign ministers, their deputies and several European ambassadors that their governments, including the UK’s, provide financial assistance to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that “actively blacken Israel’s name around the world.” The European Jewish Press reports Hotovely (below
A carbon dioxide detector which can alert truck drivers to illegal migrants hiding in their loads went on sale in Britain yesterday. The product is aimed at freight companies such as those using the French port of Calais where hundreds of migrants have been boarding Britain-bound
The Labour Party should not have voted for Britain to recognise the Palestinian state said a leadership candidate during election hustings organised by Labour Friends of Israel and the Jewish Chronicle. Referring to last year’s Parliamentary vote in which Labour whipped its MPs to in
EU home affairs ministers yesterday failed to reach agreement on the distribution across Europe over the next two years of the 40,000 mostly Syrian and Eritrean migrants and asylum seekers who landed in Greece and Italy. The decision on the scheme, which
South Yorkshire Police, the police force heavily criticised in the Rotherham abuse scandal, is still failing child sex exploitation victims. A post inspection review by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) into the force found “major improvements” still need to be made to its
The Times reports today: “An abortion clinic has been forced to close because of ‘intimidating protests’ it has been claimed, a first in the escalating battle between pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners.” Trouble is, nobody is identifying the clinic, information which
The prominent Italian economist and former government minister, Paolo Savona, has said that Italy “must have a plan B” to exit the euro. He added that the Greek bailout deal was “badly constructed” and warned packages like it, designed to exert economic control
The European migrant path travelled by those leaving the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa has shifted geographically in recent months. In a new development migrants are now coming into Europe by land across the western Balkans rather than across the sea
It is worth noting that Islamic State does not have the monopoly on brutal jihadism. From time to time it is confronted by others with an equally medieval take on punishment, as a local IS commander caught by other jihadis fighting to control a strategically
Nigel Farage has slammed socialist French President Francois Hollande’s “desperate” bid for the revival of old plans for a ‘eurozone government’ as part of a plan to renew faith in the European project. Calling for further integration between member states as a
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has announced the arrest of 431 suspected terrorists linked to Islamic State, preventing suicide attacks on mosques, security forces and a diplomatic mission. The announcement came after Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for Thursday’s car bomb attack at a security
The long-delayed publication of the Chilcot Report, the findings of the official inquiry into the Iraq War, has prompted new anger over the fees paid to Sir John Chilcot and his fellow committee members. As demands for immediate publication mount there are
Belgian authorities are monitoring the activities of four radical imams believed to be encouraging young people into Islamist extremism. All four face expulsion from Belgium, following the example of a Moroccan-Dutch radical imam whose residence permit was revoked on Tuesday. Flanders News
Syrian Islamic State (IS) supporters have publicly crucified, flogged and caged nearly 100 people accused of breaking the daytime fast observed during the Muslim holy month. UK-based monitor the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR) yesterday said it had documented 94 such punishment cases
As fears of anti-Semitic violence in some European counties continue to grow, the Israeli government is predicting 2015 will see a 25 per cent increase on 2014 of the number of French Jews leaving for Israel. According to figures released by the Ministry
Today the Greek bailout plan comes before the German parliament (the Bundestag), the latest approval hurdle for the third bailout package which nobody believes will work. Ratification of the €86 million rescue deal is expected, notwithstanding yesterday’s comments from Germany’s Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang
Twelve migrants from central Africa stand accused of kidnapping and attempted robbery at a refugee centre in Sicily. The group of 18- to 30-year-olds allegedly stormed the centre’s administrative offices before locking up the manager and a co-worker in order to steal “pocket money”
Hungary today announced that a fence intended to stem the flow of migrants along its border with Serbia will be completed by December. The combined efforts of military personnel, the unemployed and prison inmates have already broken ground on the temporary solution to the
Politicians are bracing themselves for a backlash after a 10 per cent pay rise for MPs from £67,060 to £74,000 a year was announced by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa). The move comes in spite of widespread opposition from the general
In the early hours of this morning Greece’s parliament passed the austerity measures demanded by its creditors in order to open talks on a new Greek bailout. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, deserted by many in his own Syriza party who believe the
