
Bundestag Approves Voluntary Military Service for 18-Year-Olds
As Berlin reshapes its defence policy, it is also battling tensions over a major pensions reform that could strain its fragile coalition.

As Berlin reshapes its defence policy, it is also battling tensions over a major pensions reform that could strain its fragile coalition.

With “only the best interests of the State of Israel” in mind, Herzog is set to consider Netanyahu’s legal pleas.

Poor crisis management puts Spanish regional president under pressure from demonstrators: quit or serve jail time.

Tbilisi cancelled her meeting with the prime minister after Valtonen clearly overstepped the boundaries of diplomacy and became a political actor.

Demonstrators call for Israel’s destruction, glorify Hamas figures, and echo October 7 rhetoric, raising alarm over escalating extremism in Europe’s streets.

The freedom to protest either exists or it doesn’t, and much like freedom of expression, any attempt to restrict or define the confines thereof negates the principle itself.

PM calls for “sweeping crackdown” and accuses EU ambassador of meddling.
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Mounting anger over EU budget reforms and trade agreements is set to result in unprecedented pressure on Europe’s countryside.

The discontented in France are pursuing irreconcilable goals.

Citizens armed with steel pipes and batons clashed with recruiters, just days after protesters stormed a stadium to free newly mobilized soldiers after another one was beaten to death.