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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a four-day tour of Africa this week, trashing the former colonial powers of Europe and presenting Turkey as a more loyal and understanding development partner for Africans.

Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats became the last of three parties to back the start of formal coalition talks on forming a new govt.

Greek police arrested two activists for protesting at the Acropolis in Athens against the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.

The Polish parliament has passed a new law that will see illegal migrants turned away at the border and banned from entering Poland for a number of years, and a wall on the border with Belarus funded.

A Belgian media investigation has revealed that the majority of food delivery drivers working in the EU capital are illegal immigrants using “fake” accounts.

(AFP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban government has warned U.S. and European envoys that continued attempts to pressure them through sanctions will undermine security and could trigger a wave of economic migrants.

Fishermen in Jersey have accused the French of piracy as tensions increase over France’s demands for more licences to trawl in British waters, with the Jersey fishermen saying that should the French attempt to blockade their port again, they will retaliate.

Twelve Nigerian men and two women were sentenced between two and nine years by a French court for trafficking at least forty women for sex, often using witchcraft and voodoo beliefs to control their victims.

All 35 mosques in the German city of Cologne have been granted permission by the local government to publicly broadcast the Muslim call to prayer every Friday between noon and 3 p.m.

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) – Greece will increase the number of border guards on the country’s border with Turkey, fearing a spike in illegal migration linked to the crisis in Afghanistan, officials said Monday.

MADRID (AP) – Spain has started a new evacuation operation to extract more Afghans and their families left behind following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

French conservative politician Gilles Platret has been condemned by some in his own party after claiming that some neighbourhoods see native French being “ethnically cleansed” by migrants.

LONDON (AP) – Ireland’s foreign minister has warned that British demands risk a “further breakdown in relations” with the European Union ahead of talks this week aimed at resolving the impasse over the Brexit agreement. Simon Coveney posted the remarks

Merkel said that Germany remains committed to reviving the international nuclear agreement with Iran — a step Israel opposes.

PRAGUE (AP) – Czech President Milos Zeman was rushed to the hospital on Sunday, a day after the parliamentary election and at a time when he has a key role in establishing a new government.

The European Union border agency Frontex has claimed that the number of migrants entering its territory increased by 68 per cent in 2021, with numbers in Italy nearly doubling.

One of three parties holding talks on forming a new German govt says discussions have “a long way to go” over significant policy differences.

The sudden flurry of speculation around Poland leaving the bloc may have more to do with Brussels than it does Warsaw.

Czechs voted in a parliamentary election for a final day Saturday, with polls suggesting Prime Minister Andrej Babis has a good chance.

Armin Laschet, the successor to Angela Merkel as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has hinted at resigning as party leader.

Czechs begin voting Friday with polls showing Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a populist billionaire, has a good chance of keeping his job.

The French have threatened to cut off energy supplies and blockade supply routes amid disputes over post-Brexit fishing access in UK waters.

In an effort to clamp down on human trafficking, Europol raided hundreds of vineyards and farms across Europe last month.

Britain´s Brexit minister threatened Monday to trigger a contentious break clause in the U.K.´s divorce deal with the European Union.

A Swedish cartoonist who had multiple death threats against him for drawing the Islamic prophet Muhammad died in a car crash on Sunday. 

Anti-Brexit activists gathered in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference, to denounce “zombie” nationalism in Brexit Britain.

Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has accused the haulier industry of being “addicted” to cheap, foreign labour and resisting calls for years to train British drivers and improve working conditions and pay.

A round of free trade talks between the European Union and Australia has been postponed by one month, EU and Australian officials said Friday.

Liberal media outlets issued bizarre “fact-checks” after the Polish government revealed migrants have videos of executions and illegal sex acts on their phones, objecting that a bestiality video featured a mare rather than a cow, for example.

The government of Belgium has announced that it will contribute money for women in Poland to get abortions in other EU member states.

The two parties that are expected to determine who will become Germany’s next chancellor have started talks.

The UK plans to allow researchers to use gene-editing to develop crops that increase yields, reduce pesticides and cut greenhouse gas.

Migration Watch UK has slammed the British government for turning to thousands of foreign drivers to solve shortages which they believe were caused by bosses’ addiction to cheap overseas labour in the first place. 

The ambassador of Afghanistan’s former Western-backed regime to Greece had admitted that “over 95 per cent” of supposed Afghan migrants in the EU member-state “arrive without documents”. 

Angela Merkel’s party has suffered its worst-ever election results in Germany’s federal elections, according to preliminary results.

Exit polls released after polls closed in the German Federal election revealed a neck-and-neck race between the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with their Bavarian allies and the left-wing Social Democrats (SPD).