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Greek authorities have arrested seven Egyptian nationals accused of people-smuggling after a boat with nearly 500 migrants aboard was brought to the island of Crete this week.

A five-year-old migrant girl reported to have died trying to cross from Turkey into Greece may never have existed in the first place, an investigation has claimed.

The website of the EU parliament experienced a significant cyber attack on Wednesday shortly after it declared Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.

Twitter has reportedly shut down its office in Brussels this week in a potential shot across the bow at the bloc over freedom of speech.

Brexit champion Nigel Farage is threatening a comeback to “obliterate” the Conservative (Tory) Party after reports they intend to reverse Brexit.

Senior UK government officials are considering pushing the UK back into the EU’s customs union despite the Brexit vote, reports have claimed.

The Swedish parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to criminalise foreign espionage and disclosure of secret information, limiting what the press may report on certain subjects.

Rishi Sunak has apparently resigned himself to the reality that a post-Brexit trade deal with the U.S. under Biden is likely not forthcoming,

The European Union has confirmed the launch of an EU Military Assistance Mission to train some 15,000 Ukrainians for the war with Russia.

The EU has reportedly set its sights on establishing a 5,000-man “rapid deployment” military force by 2025, a report has claimed.

More than 40,000 boat migrants have now arrived in Britain this year, with nearly 1,000 arriving on Saturday alone.

Despite promising to take in 3,500 migrants from other European Union countries, France has received just 38 people since June — and will not take any more after Italy rejected port access to an NGO’s migrant “taxi” ship.

In a resolution adopted this week, the European Union has condemned structural and institutional racism along with denouncing the demographic theory of a “Great Replacement”.

A suspected terrorist has stabbed one policeman to death and shot another in the chest with the slain officer’s service weapon, in Brussels, the national capital of Belgium and the principal capital of the European Union. 

Riots broke out in Athens as thousands of people protested in response to the soaring inflation rates befalling the country.

A German MEP has blamed the European Union’s Green Deal for causing its current energy crisis, describing the climate project as an “ideology-driven monster”.

German authorities have only deported five of some 317 Islamist threats currently residing in the country this year, official data has revealed.

Senior politicians within one ruling German party are demanding that authorities crack down on Twitter after the platform was bought by Elon Musk.

One councillor has claimed that her constituents have been left “afraid to walk the streets” after an influx of asylum seekers into her town, where migrants now make up over one-fifth of the population.

Legendary Greek footballer Vassilis Tsiartas has been given a 10-month suspended prison sentence over comments critical of child sex changes. 

There must be no so-called “pandemic amnesty” in the wake of draconian lockdowns across the EU, a representative within the bloc’s parliament has said.

The Deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste) of Ireland has taken it upon himself to weigh in on layoffs at Twitter, recently published by Tesla’s Elon Musk.

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) – Representatives of the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo on Saturday resigned from their posts in protest over the dismissal of a police officer who did not follow the government’s decision on vehicle license plates.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz became the first Western leader to travel to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping since the Chinese coronavirus crisis on Friday.

Russia could be looking to mount a “hybrid attack” in the form of starting another migrant crisis into Europe, Poland’s deputy prime minister has claimed.

Elon Musk is to meet the EU’s internal market chief after the bloc demanded that Twitter keeps censoring free speech.

‘Dependence on China for life’: Populist Salvini decries destruction of European industry for the benefit of battery-tech leader China.

The European Union has warned left-separatist Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon she must “legally commit” to adopting the euro currency if she wants Scotland to rejoin the EU after breaking with the United Kingdom.

Thousands of people rallied in Prague on Friday to protest the Czech government’s continued support of sanctions against Russia and call for an early election so that a new government can negotiate with Moscow before the winter energy crunch hits.

Elon Musk has been told that Twitter must continue censoring “digital hate” by London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the EU’s Thierry Breton.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says “Western refugees” are welcome to abandon their multicultural homelands for Hungary, and that Joe Biden, unlike Trump, is too weak to make peace in Ukraine. 

The EU’s plan to ease the bloc’s addiction to Russian energy is reportedly being used to serve its “Green Deal” climate agenda instead.

Olaf Scholz has approved the controversial sale of a stake in the port of Hamburg to a Communist Chinese state-owned shipping giant.

The UK will allegedly partner with the EU’s “military mobility” unit so that it can move troops and weapons across the continent quicker.

Officials from Ukraine are looking to get the EU taxpayers to bankroll them to the tune of $2 billion dollars every month.

The chief executive of IBM UK and Ireland has hailed the opportunities for innovation opened up by Brexit, praising a new openness to change from regulators.