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Italy is currently mulling over the possibility of completely banning unvaccinated individuals from workplaces.

Nearly one-third of occupants in Italian prisons are migrants, with the latest official data showing over 17,000 prisoners came from abroad.

Video footage has emerged appearing to show a police dog mauling a man at an anti-lockdown protest held in Amsterdam on Sunday.

A German Member of the European Parliament (MEP) has suggested that the founders of BioNTech, which developed the Pfizer vaccine, should be put on Euro currency banknotes.

35,000 illegal migrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa in 2021, an all-time record for arrivals.

A sharp increase in at-home drinking in Ireland has raised fears of a serious rise in addiction as a result of the nation’s lockdown policy.

Hotel revenues in Italy have plunged as much as 65 per cent as the sector describes suffering “one cancellation per minute” over the Chinese coronavirus and restrictions on the unvaccinated.

Between banning church attendance and jailing grandmas, Ireland has had a bizarre time with COVID during 2021.

Thousands of performers, cinema operators, event organizers and others joined together Sunday to protest COVID restrictions in Brussels.

The socialist prime minister of Spain has mandated the wearing of masks OUTDOORS over fears regarding the omicron variant

Austria has extended its lockdown of unvaccinated individuals for another ten days, as mandatory vaccination looms.

The European Union on Wednesday launched legal action against Poland over recent decisions by one of the country´s top courts.

The EU has announced that vaccinated individuals who fail to get their booster are to have their Coronavirus passes disabled, in a move that has been called ‘tyrannical’. The European Union has agreed that those who are considered fully vaccinated

Deputy British Prime Minister Dominic Raab has refused to rule out that England may once again be forced into a lockdown before Christmas. England is once again facing the prospect of lockdown restrictions being imposed during the holidays with the

Christmas has been cancelled in the Netherlands, with the Dutch prime minister telling the public they cannot cuddle their grandchildren.

President Joe Biden’s administration is considering a plan that would greet border crossers and illegal aliens at the United States-Mexico border with “European-style reception centers,” a new report details. 

The Chinese Embassy in France has put out a song attacking American democracy, in a move that has sparked confusion and mockery online. The Chinese embassy in France has become embroiled in an online storm of puzzlement and mockery after

15 EU member-states have agreed to take in nearly 40,000 migrants from Afghanistan, with over half being taken in by Germany alone.

A German court has ruled that a man who broke his back while moving from his bed to his home office was commuting and is owed compensation.

Italy’s competition authority announced on Thursday that it has fined Amazon roughly $1.3 billion (€1.129 billion), alleging that the company “has harmed competing operators” by abusing its dominant market position and pushing third-party sellers to use Amazon’s logistics service Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA).

The Social Democratic Party’s Olaf Scholz has been elected Chancellor of Germany, marking the end of Angela Merkel’s 16-year reign.

Restaurants, sports events, concerts, theatres, and other public events all off-limits even to those with a negative covid test from today.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has exclaimed “thank goodness we left” the EU in response to reports that the head of the bloc, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen saying mandatory vaccination should be considered, while countries like Greece are threatening to fine senior citizens for every month they go unvaccinated.

The European Union will launch a €300 billion global infrastructure project in an apparent attempt to counter Communist China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the race for global influence. The Global Gateway scheme, which aims at investing €300 (£255bn/$340) billion into

Italian police have claimed that the number of fake coronavirus vaccine passports being sold online has surged and that some doctors may even be involved in the sale of fake certifications.

Angela Merkel has announced a de facto lockdown of the unvaccinated, and that Germany’s parliament will soon vote on making vaccination mandatory.

Inflation within the Eurozone hit nearly 5 per cent in November, the highest level recorded since the Euro was introduced in 1999.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has denounced a European Union communication manual barring the use of “Merry Christmas” in favor of “Happy Holidays,” Vatican News reported this week.

Cardinal Sarah called on Europe to develop Africa to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, warning Europe is on a path to “self-destruction.”  

Climate crazies Extinction Rebellion have blockaded a number of Amazon warehouses in the UK on Black Friday, the company’s busiest day of the year.

Austrian ski slopes have been allowed to remain open while the rest of the country languishes in a 20-day lockdown.

Belarussian Dictator Alexander Lukashenko has demanded that either Germany or the EU take in 2,000 migrants.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has affirmed his support for Turkey becoming a member state of the European Union.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Latvian parliament has given employers the go-ahead to dismiss employees who are required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus but refuse to do so.

European countries, together with the UK, on Thursday joined the U.S. in lambasting Israel for its decision to construct more than 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and called for the plan to be scrapped — despite the fact the Israeli government has also approved a record 1,000 Palestinian homes.

Nearly a year after the deadly terror attack that saw three people murdered by a Tunisian national, another Tunisian entered the Nice Basilica and threatened staff while yelling in Arabic this week.