The FPÖ, the only major party in Austria to oppose sanctions against Russia, is now polling at 26% of the national vote.

Though the final, official count will not be available until later in the week, exit polls give a narrow lead to former prime minister and Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

Protesters have blocked roads using trucks, agricultural machinery, cranes, and burning tires, wearing green shirts stamped with the Brazilian flag evocative of support for the current president.

The Ukrainian author Serhiy Zhadan received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Lauded for his “unequivocal humanitarian stance,” he warned against a “peace without justice.”

Pension and entitlement claims of Eurocrats climbed to a 122.6 billion euros at the end of 2021, a six billion increase compared to the total amount recorded at the end of 2020.

Meloni’s government has turned the page on COVID-19: as of November 1st, the obligation to wear masks in hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centres will be over.

The chief inspector for the Central Police Station in the city of Valencia, Ricardo Ferris, has been fired after publicly stating that “practically all street crime is committed by illegal immigrants.”

Ukraine’s push for €500 million a month from Germany for rebuilding efforts is clashing with the reality of a German economy in rapid decline. German social democrats are considering taxing the rich to pay for reconstruction.

The elections had been extremely volatile, as Da Silva’s socialist and Bolsonaro’s nationalist visions duked it out. One has, for now, gained momentum.

Last week also saw a military-aged migrant from Somalia go on a knife rampage which left two dead and one seriously injured in the city of Ludwigshafen, in Rhineland-Palatinate.

The statement, spoken by a prominent member of the Thuringian state parliament for the CDU, come as polls have indicated the AfD is the most popular party in the state.

Given the concern over foreign interference in democratic processes the European Union has been expressing of late, Spain’s VOX has asked whether the Commission is investigating George Soros.