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Over one-quarter of those given criminal convictions in Belgium were foreign nationals, data published by the government has revealed.

One in four fourth-graders in Germany cannot read properly post lockdown, international research has shown.

Local authorities in Ireland are resisting allowing the country’s central government to house migrants in their areas, an internal state report has claimed.

The European Union does not have the power to implement laws punishing someone for raping an animal, the Commission has said.

An MP sitting in the European Parliament has mocked attempts by leftists to have him censored for criticising “men who pretend to be women”.

The Eurovision Song Contest will hold its final competition on Saturday, pitting 25 of the continent’s most musical countries – and Australia, for some reason – against each other in an increasingly unsuccessful bid to prevent them from going to war.

EU efforts to rebuild Ukraine will focus heavily on decarbonisation and other green agenda goals, senior Brussels officials have said.

Russians will soon get an “unpleasant surprise” regarding their invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Voters in Europe are more likely to say controlling migration is a priority than anywhere else on earth, research by a democracy NGO finds.

A French mayor has reportedly given a speech written by an AI chatbot commemorating the dead of the second world war.

“Stolen” African artefacts returned by the progressive West to the Nigerian government have now disappeared, experts say.

Video has emerged of an Irish MP telling a voter to “f*ck off” after they asked him a question on immigration.

The federal government has underestimated the financial pressure mass migration has put on authorities, German state officials have claimed.

Individual nation-states must hand the EU even more power to help fight off the possible return of Donald Trump, big-government-loving Guy Verhofstadt has claimed.

Ukrainian armed forces claimed to have shot down a Russian hypersonic missile using the American-made Patriot missile defence system.

Footage has emerged online of a high-profile progressive lawmaker struggling to define exactly what a woman is.

State-backed journalism is overwhelmingly left-wing as the job requires critical thinking, the head of one national broadcaster has claimed.

A 77-year-old man has been convicted in a French court of disrespecting the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron.

Anti-Macron protesters are regularly having their fundamental rights abused by French police, one watchdog in the country has said.

Pope Francis issued a dire warning Wednesday, insisting that Europe is in a serious crisis due to its demographic winter and the loss of its Christian roots.

Confusion, amusement, and dismay as France’s minister for finance writes and publishes an erotic novel instead of fixing the economy.

Donald Trump Jr. has branded recent pushes to establish hate speech laws in Western nations as being “insane”.

The 20-year nationwide experiment in legalising prostitution and taxing their income has failed, a group of lawmakers have said.

Politicians in France have been warned by a security chief that their country is particularly vulnerable to Russian spy infiltration. 

Allegedly “green” biodiesel being shipped into Europe from China is likely fake, various climate orgs have discovered.

Elon Musk has condemned forthcoming hate speech laws in one EU country as being a “massive attack against freedom of speech”.

A European professional basketball game ended prematurely on Thursday after players broke into a mass brawl on the court, seriously injuring one.

The European economy scraped out meager growth of 0.1% in the first three months of the year, barely gaining momentum.

A government report into abortion in Ireland has confirmed that some babies are left alive after abortions in the country.

Electricity to buildings visited by Macron on his nationwide PR blitz keeps mysteriously going out, but it’s nothing fossil fuels can’t fix.

Support for Germany’s ruling green party has reportedly collapsed amid ongoing nuclear and home heating scandals plaguing the country.

French authorities will reportedly prosecute three anti-Macron protesters over allegations they gave the president the middle finger.

European parliamentarians have condemned the UK for arresting a critic of Emmanuel Macron under anti-terror legislation.

News agency Reuters has posted an interview with a soldier nicknamed “Adolf” who serves in the Ukrainian “SS” brigade.

Officials within the European Parliament have demanded that the UK does not develop a major oil field in the North Sea.

French President Emmanuel Macron is less popular than ever before with the general public, polling has revealed.