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Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has defended new anti-paedophile laws including a ban on institutions promoting transgenderism and homosexuality to under-18s, insisting that decisions about such education should be up to parents.

EU will approve a fresh set of sanctions against scores of officials in Belarus and measures aimed at hurting the country´s economy.

The German government responded Sunday to a rise in antisemitic attacks by banning flags of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

Apple Daily on Friday reported eager customers lining up at midnight to buy the newspaper after five of its senior executives were arrested under Beijing’s tyrannical “national security law” and Hong Kong’s security minister warned the public to “keep a distance” from the publication.

Chinese officials and state media boiled with outrage Tuesday over a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) statement describing China as an “assertive and authoritarian power.”

Joe Biden’s first NATO summit has concluded, with members welcoming a “new chapter” in relations that resembles the pre-Trump status quo. 

EU leaders reportedly blocked attempts from the UlS., Britain, and Canada to call out the China for the use of slave labour in Xinjiang.

French president Emmanuel Macron reportedly mistakenly informed Prime Minister Boris Johnson that Northern Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom at a G7 meeting.

The Swedish Athletics Association is looking to make sports in Sweden more inclusive for young transgendered individuals by making it easier for them to choose which gender they want to compete with.

At least one good thing has emerged from the G7 summit: we now know that President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, President Bieber of Canada and the various other world leaders who’ve been sunning themselves in Cornwall are ocean-going, copper-bottomed hypocrites.

PARIS (AP) – A French far-left leader got a faceful of flour at the start of a Paris march Saturday against “the ideas of the far right,” days after the French president was slapped while greeting a crowd.

Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has spoken out on his deep-seated desire to drag the United Kingdom back into the European Union, and related his fear that a free Britain could become a “Singapore of the West”.

The Lord Rose of Monewden, chairman of the official Remain campaign during the EU referendum, has admitted that “Project Fear” was exaggerated and voters did not buy into it. 

The Greek government has defended its use of sound cannons along its land border with Turkey after humanitarian groups stated that the devices were dangerous. The Swiss-based group Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor spoke out about the sound cannon technology saying the

Joe Biden has issued a formal reprimand to Boris Johnson for not rolling over to the European Union of whether or not it should continue to dictate what happens in the British province of Northern Ireland despite Brexit. 

On Wednesday’s “Fox Business Tonight,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that if President Joe Biden wants to prove he can accomplish things, he should use his trip to Europe to get the European Union to agree “to keep Huawei out

A draft of a joint statement for the upcoming U.S.-E.U. summit commits both sides to resolving the aircraft fight and the U.S. to dropping metals tariffs.

Illegal drug production in Europe increased during the pandemic as lockdowns helped move drug sales from streets to online platforms.

EU lawmakers endorsed a new travel certificate that will allow people to move between countries without having to quarantine.

Frontex is incapable of fully carrying out its assigned mission to protect the bloc’s borders according to the European Court of Auditors.

LONDON (AP) – The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator says the bloc is ready to act “firmly and resolutely” if the U.K. fails to honor its commitments under the divorce deal that was supposed to keep trade flowing after Britain

Joe Biden has announced that he will meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson in person prior to the meeting of the G7 nations this week.

As U.S. President Joe Biden makes final preparations for his trip to Europe, polling released Monday shows the United States’ reputation as the leading global power has suffered in France and Germany under his leadership as China has received a boost.

A Moroccan migrant got a rare “emergency” deportation from France after he threatened to behead a member of France’s gendarmerie.

An LGBT police group has stated it will not be taking part in a Pride parade in Paris which is set to start in the no-go suburbs of Seine-Saint-Denis, over fears regarding officer safety.

Seven out of ten French people would like to see migrant criminals who committed crimes in France be deported back to their home countries to serve out their sentences.

Ferry services to the Greek islands were disrupted after a seamen´s union went ahead with a strike that a court had declared illegal.

Spanish police arrested a woman for cutting off the penis of her Bangladeshi boss while he was allegedly trying to rape her.

A dissident on trial in Belarus for his involvement in protests against the regime stabbed himself in the throat while in court, saying he feared retribution against his friends and family unless he pleaded guilty, Belarusian outlet Narodnya Naviny Vitsebska reported.

The European Union will introduce a government-controlled and cross border “digital identity” app for EU citizens as a part of the bloc’s post-pandemic “transition”. In a speech given to the EU’s 2021 Digital Assembly on Tuesday, European Commission President Ursula von

Eurozone inflation rose to 2.0% in May, driven higher by rising oil prices as other inflationary pressures appeared to remain subdued.

A 29-year-old Muslim radical on a French terror watchlist was fatally shot by police after stabbing a female police officer at a local police station, stealing her gun, and sparking an intensive manhunt ending in a hostage-taking and shoot-out.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iranian authorities indicted a French tourist on charges of spying and spreading propaganda against the system, his lawyer said Sunday. It was the latest in a series of cases against foreigners amid heightened tensions between Iran and the West.

BERLIN (AP) – The German government is following up on media reports that coronavirus test centres across the country have overbilled authorities for the number of tests taken.

Attacks and threats toward French mayors tripled in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to statistics released by the Interior Ministry, as aggression toward elected officials rises across the country.

Italian media have accused NGOs of exploiting photographs of dead children to increase public support for migrant taxi operations in the Mediterranean Sea.