Month: December 2025

Slovenia Becomes Third EU State To Safeguard Cash Payments

Slovenia Becomes Third EU State To Safeguard Cash Payments

A broad majority in parliament backed the right to pay with cash, the latest sign of Central Europe resisting a shift to digital-only payments.

December 2, 2025
Finally: Brussels To Penalize Countries Refusing To Take Back Failed Asylum Seekers

Finally: Brussels To Penalize Countries Refusing To Take Back Failed Asylum Seekers

The EU is preparing a mechanism to suspend tariff advantages for countries that reject the return of their expelled nationals.

December 2, 2025
German Kids’ Show Slammed for Antifa-Friendly AfD Coverage

German Kids’ Show Slammed for Antifa-Friendly AfD Coverage

A children’s programme on Germany’s public broadcaster is accused of downplaying violent left-wing blockades in Giessen.

December 2, 2025
German Hospitals See Sharp Rise in Severe Stabbings

German Hospitals See Sharp Rise in Severe Stabbings

New trauma-registry data shows a surge in knife injuries and more attacks aimed at the neck and chest.

December 2, 2025
Germany’s AfD Opens Record Lead Over CDU/CSU

Germany’s AfD Opens Record Lead Over CDU/CSU

New Insa poll puts AfD at 27% as conservatives slip, underscoring a major realignment in German politics.

December 2, 2025
Conservative Upheaval Fuels Right-Wing Divide in Poland

Conservative Upheaval Fuels Right-Wing Divide in Poland

The conflict pits an older social-paternalist national conservatism against a younger, libertarian-nationalist, anti-system Right.

December 2, 2025
Russia Claims Capture of Pokrovsk and Vovchansk in Major Push

Russia Claims Capture of Pokrovsk and Vovchansk in Major Push

Moscow says its forces have seized two key Ukrainian cities, a move that could threaten Kyiv’s supply lines

December 2, 2025
Britain To Let Police Search Migrants’ Coats and Mouths at Ports

Britain To Let Police Search Migrants’ Coats and Mouths at Ports

New powers allow officers to seize phones and SIM cards.

December 2, 2025
Italian Journalist ‘Held and Threatened’ by French Halal Butcher

Italian Journalist ‘Held and Threatened’ by French Halal Butcher

Costanza Tosi claims a butcher and his son blocked her inside their shop, threatened to hit her, and deleted her footage during a report on Islamist separatism.

December 2, 2025
NATO Adopts Aggressive Posture as EU Escalates War Rhetoric

NATO Adopts Aggressive Posture as EU Escalates War Rhetoric

Brussels keeps fostering a sense of imminent armed conflict amid mounting internal crises.

December 2, 2025
Bulgaria Erupts: Mass Anti-Corruption Protest Turns Violent in Sofia

Bulgaria Erupts: Mass Anti-Corruption Protest Turns Violent in Sofia

Tens of thousands rallied outside parliament demanding political change, as clashes with police and attacks on ruling-party offices exposed deep anger over Bulgaria’s draft 2026 budget.

December 2, 2025
U.S. Envoy Heads to Moscow as Trump Pushes Ukraine Peace Plan

U.S. Envoy Heads to Moscow as Trump Pushes Ukraine Peace Plan

Steve Witkoff is set to meet Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as Washington talks up “optimism” and Europe frets over pressure on Kyiv to concede ground.

December 2, 2025