Month: February 2026

Spain Backs Restricting Member States’ Veto Power Amid Clash With Hungary Over Ukraine

Spain Backs Restricting Member States’ Veto Power Amid Clash With Hungary Over Ukraine

Madrid has endorsed moving EU foreign policy decisions to qualified majority voting.

February 25, 2026
Tehran: U.S. Spreading “Big Lies” on Missiles and Nukes

Tehran: U.S. Spreading “Big Lies” on Missiles and Nukes

The denial comes after the U.S. president warned Tehran would never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon

February 25, 2026
UK Government Urged to Stop Paying France for Failed Border Patrols

UK Government Urged to Stop Paying France for Failed Border Patrols

The patrols cost the British taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds, yet tens of thousands of migrants crossed the Channel last year alone.

February 25, 2026
Orbán Orders Military To Guard Energy Sites

Orbán Orders Military To Guard Energy Sites

Move follows halt in Ukrainian oil deliveries, with Budapest warning of politically motivated pressure on Hungary and Slovakia.

February 25, 2026
“We don’t want symbols, we want concrete integration”—North Macedonia Minister of Digitalization <strong>Stefan Andonovski</strong>

“We don’t want symbols, we want concrete integration”—North Macedonia Minister of Digitalization <strong>Stefan Andonovski</strong>

“The Balkans should not be treated as Europe’s backyard but as a strategically central position.”

February 25, 2026
Calling Merz “Pinocchio” Is Not a Crime, German Prosecutors Rule

Calling Merz “Pinocchio” Is Not a Crime, German Prosecutors Rule

A pensioner was investigated after describing the German chancellor with a long-nose emoji during an official visit to Heilbronn

February 25, 2026
Quentin Lynching Probe Expands to MP’s Inner Circle

Quentin Lynching Probe Expands to MP’s Inner Circle

Investigators are examining evidence suggesting explicit calls to kill, while scrutiny grows around figures linked to the Jeune Garde movement.

February 25, 2026
Merz in China: No Decoupling For Now

Merz in China: No Decoupling For Now

Germany depends on the Chinese market more than ever while trying to contain the political and economic impact of that relationship.

February 25, 2026
Swedish TV Censured for Saying “Illegal Migrants”

Swedish TV Censured for Saying “Illegal Migrants”

After two viewer complaints, the country’s media watchdog ruled that the wording breached objectivity and impartiality rules—despite its basis in British law.

February 25, 2026
Britain Is Already Bowing Down to the EU—But Brussels Wants More

Britain Is Already Bowing Down to the EU—But Brussels Wants More

Officials want the UK back in the bloc but are happy to deepen ties in the meantime.

February 25, 2026
Austria Targets “Right-Wing Extremism”, Ignores Left-Wing and Islamist Violence

Austria Targets “Right-Wing Extremism”, Ignores Left-Wing and Islamist Violence

Data from the Jewish Community of Vienna shows rising left-wing and ‘imported’ antisemitism is increasingly dominant.

February 25, 2026
Berlin: Nearly 40% of Police Applicants Fail Basic German Test

Berlin: Nearly 40% of Police Applicants Fail Basic German Test

Startling new data shows that even university-educated law enforcement officer candidates are struggling to pass basic dictation exams.

February 25, 2026