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EU approves plans to boost its production of ammunition and missiles to both defend itself and help Ukraine to push back the invasion.

China abrputly cancels visit to Beijing by EU top diplomat amid ongoing disagreements over trade, human rights and Ukraine.

FM reflects on what he sees as weeks of tragedy caused by open borders policies, saying events in France prove Hungarian voters right.

A political firestorm erupted as an Italian government minister, Vittorio Sgarbi, boasted in public of sleeping with over 1,500 women.

Commission Prez von der Leyen sys imperative to include countries such as Ukraine and Moldova to prevent influence of Russia or China.

European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said in Beijing on Monday he was convinced “China is willing to go in the right direction” when it comes to climate action but appeared baffled at just how the same country can also lead the world in building coal-fired power plants.

The grandmother of the French teenager whose fatal shooting by police has sparked several nights of unrest issued a plea for calm Sunday.

Seven people were detained after several shop windows in the Swiss city of Lausanne were smashed, in an “echo” of riots in neighboring France,

Europe’s Euclid space telescope blasted off Saturday, to study two of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter.

Morawiecki said no to forced relocation of migrants, no to violations of veto rights, no to Brussels-imposed penalties on states.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) convened the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC) in Tianjin, China on Tuesday. The AMNC is billed as the “Summer Davos Forum,” a nod to the main WEF conclave held each January in Davos, Switzerland.

Germany saw net migration hit a record high in the country last year, yet the government is set to ease immigration standards even further.

Czech police said Tuesday that they have broken up an international ring suspected of smuggling migrants from Turkey to western Europe.

Greeks headed to the polls for the second time in less than two months on Sunday, with the Conservatives a favorite to win a wide majority.

EU’s top enforcer warned Musk Twitter must have enough resources to moderate content or risk being in violation of rules to rein in big tech.

France is reportedly set to back NATO membership for Ukraine, signalling a growing divide in the Western strategy towards Russia.

The EU is considering shifting some of its strategic gas storage to Ukraine despite obvious concerns of the facilities being in a war zone.

Euro Commission proposes massive €50 billion fund for Ukraine, cash likely in many cases to flow back to big European firms and funds. 

Miguel Díaz-Canel, the figurehead “president” the Castro family uses to represent the Cuban Communist Party abroad, held a meeting with Pope Francis on Tuesday as part of a greater tour of Europe including Italy, Serbia, and France.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang began a five-day trip to Germany and France on Sunday, arriving in Berlin just as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Beijing. The optics of Li working to peel away vital U.S. allies as American influence fades under the Biden administration were unmistakable.

The U.N. unveiled an “automated” fact-checking service to counter disinformation in a project with Big-Tech and Soros-funded organisations.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned that Alexander Soros is planning to “incite” another migrant crisis in Europe.

Nine Egyptian men, alleged to be people smugglers, have been arrested after a migrant boat capsized off Greece, leaving hundreds feared dead.

Google has reportedly been charged with violating European Union antitrust laws. The charges, filed by EU regulators, accuse Google of leveraging its dominance in online advertising to undercut competition, marking the fourth such accusation against the company in recent years.

When they have larger boats, Med smugglers are staying in international waters as they pass by Greece to try to avoid coast guard patrols.

The Dutch government launched its Great Reset-style farmer buyout scheme, which could see upwards of ten thousand farms shut down forever.

Tunisia held talks with European leaders to discuss a potential bailout in exchange for slowing the waves of migrants heading to the EU.

UK Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has blamed the UK government’s obsession with green ideology for keeping EU laws alive in the country.

The UK Guardian on Wednesday reported that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), the state oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was given access to the email system employed by the Cop28 climate summit and has been reading much of the summit’s electronic correspondence.

Countries that do not want migrants could pay money instead, it is claimed. Figures of $21,400 per migrant were suggested.

Saudi Arabia could be selling the EU Russian oil products at a major markup, effectively undermining the bloc’s sanctions, an MEP has suggested.

The World Health Organization will adopt the EU’s digital COVID-19 certification in order to usher in a global digital health system.

An EU scheme to supply more ammunition to Ukraine is a moved aimed at “usurping military powers”, an MEP has warned.

A pro-MeToo push to tackle sexual harassment within the European Union risks putting every single man “under general suspicion”, an MEP has warned.

An EU push for social media censorship is really aimed at restoring the monopoly on power the government and media used to enjoy, an MEP has claimed.

The European Commission has ordered its staff to cease using artificial intelligence for work that is of “critical” importance.