A man has been jailed for 30 years for attempting to murder two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2020. Zaheer Mahmood,…
Category: European News
France: Divorcee wins appeal in case over refusing husband sex
A French woman who stopped having sex with her husband has won a ruling from Europe’s highest human rights court, which has stated she should not have been blamed for…
Ukraine: Military claims drone strike on Russian oil refinery
Ukraine reportedly hit a Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack involving a wave of at least 100 drones, one of the largest single operations of its kind…
UK: Authoruties honour Martin Luther King with London plaque
The UK’s first blue heritage plaque honouring Martin Luther King has been unveiled in central London. It has been installed on Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, Shaftesbury Avenue, where Dr King…
Ireland: Dáil to make second attempt to elect taoiseach
The election of Micheál Martin as Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) is expected to go ahead on Thursday after a row over speaking rights in the Dáil (Irish Parliament) was resolved.…
Germany: Frontrunner Friedrich Merz vows border ban on irregular migrants after knife attack
The conservative opposition leader tipped to lead Germany following next month’s elections has promised far-reaching changes to border and asylum rules after a group of children were targeted in a…
Belgium: EU ‘could consider’ UK joining pan-Europe customs scheme
The European Union’s new trade chief responsible for post-Brexit negotiations has told the BBC that a “pan-European [customs] area is something we could consider” as part of “reset” discussions between…
Italy: Hamilton has first test in Ferrari F1 car at Fiorano
Lewis Hamilton has had his first experience of a Ferrari Formula 1 car at the team’s Fiorano test track. The 40-year-old seven-time champion tested a 2023 car on Wednesday as…
Slovakia: PM accuses opposition of planning coup to topple him
Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has claimed opposition forces are planning a “Maidan”-style coup in Slovakia, referring to the popular uprising that toppled Ukraine’s pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych in…
Italy: Authorities releases Libyan wanted for alleged war crimes
Opposition parties and NGOs are demanding explanations from the Italian government after Rome released the head of Libya’s judicial police, who had been arrested on an International Criminal Court (ICC)…