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European populist parties joined forces in Madrid on Saturday, vowing to protect the national sovereignty from the long arm of Brussels.

A suspected bomber was rushed to a local hospital in the Swedish city of Västerås following an explosion at an apartment building.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella was elected on Saturday night to a second seven-year term as the country’s head of state.

The United States on Thursday called for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss the tense situation between Russia and Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Catholic Bishop for Britain said this week that Vladimir Putin’s interest in Ukraine stems from his desire to bring back the Soviet Union.

A Spanish court has sentenced a pair of African national people traffickers to nine years in prison over the deaths of nine migrants.

Support for Italian President Sergio Mattarella to stay on for a second term swelled on Saturday after days of failed balloting.

Marion Marechal, a former French MP and niece of populist National Rally leader Marine Le Pen stated she will not be voting for her aunt.

Austria plans to loosen coronavirus restrictions starting in February, government officials announced Saturday.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said she is self-isolating after coming into close contact with a person infected with the coronavirus.

Over 1,000 victims have been identified in an investigation into child sex abuse grooming gangs that operated in Rotherham.

Italians over the age of 50 who are unvaccinated could face fines and suspension from work as the country’s vaccine mandate come into force.  

Germany’s Minister for the Interior, Nancy Faeser has reportedly backtracked on previous threats she made against the popular messenger app Telegram

The EU has launched a dispute with the World Trade Organization against China over its “discriminatory trade practices” against Lithuania.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned international corporate media and world leaders like President Joe Biden for publicly predicting imminent war with Russia on Friday, stating that the panic caused by these statements cost Ukraine 12.5 billion hryvnia (about $437 million) in foreign investment.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov extended an invitation to the country to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, but on the condition that he not discuss the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine that Russia denies, despite widespread evidence, it has a hand in.

The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released striking photos of him after a controversial Thursday evening phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden, who rumors claimed told Zelensky to “brace for impact” from a Russian invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told American counterpart Joe Biden to place emphasis on the “economic and financial stability” of the country during a phone call Thursday following multiple public statements urging the Ukrainian public not to fall prey to panic about a potential Russian invasion fueled by Biden.

A majority of women have remained childless in Britain past their thirtieth birthday for the first time in recorded history.

A German who allegedly took her young daughter to watch a woman being stoned while in Islamic State territory has been charged.

Police said they wanted parts of the report into lockdown-busting parties ito remain unpublished until they finish a criminal investigation.

An SVT reporter was attacked while filming a programme in the heavily Somali-heritage Tjärna Ängar area of Borlänge which aired this week.

BERLIN (AP) – Six men went on trial Friday in Germany over a spectacular theft of 18th-century treasures from Dresden´s Green Vault Museum in 2019. The defendants, aged 23 to 28, appeared before a regional court in the eastern German

Boris Johnson needs to rid his government of “neo-socialists” and “green fanatics” in order to survive, former minister Lord Frost said.

ISIS Jihadi bride Shamima Begum has offered the UK Prime Minister a plan to help Britain defeat Islamic terror.

550,000 unboosted people are at risk of having their vaccine passes revoked as Austria prepares to change the rules surrounding eligibility.

Canadian PM Trudeau has labelled the anti-mandate trucker convoy heading to Ottawa a “fringe minority” with “unacceptable views.”

Denmark has announced that it will be abolishing all domestic COVID restrictions currently in place, with the PM saying that the country could ‘smile again’.

The British University of Chester has placed a trigger warning on J.K. Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Presidential hopeful Zemmour came under fire for saying reducing immigration to zero would decrease levels of crime.

A man dressed in traditional Islamic clothing and carrying a knife and a copy of the Qu’ran was arrested in a French church this week after witnesses called police over a man acting, in their opinions, suspiciously. The incident took

Two Jewish shopkeepers have been “viciously” assaulted outside a London bakery by a lone attacker on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.

The European Union’s Internal Market Commissioner has said that the bloc wishes to have more control over space.

While Boris has been accused of making ‘red meat’ giveaways, he clearly is not wounded badly enough to consider scrapping a looming tax rise.

So-called ‘Plan B’ restrictions have ended in England, with widespread mask mandates being officially scrapped in the country from today.

Prince Andrew’s lawyers on Wednesday demanded a trial by jury in the U.S. District Courts as he prepares to answer sexual assault allegations brought by Virginia Giuffre.