Sweden: Report finds over €325 million in fraudulent welfare benefits has been paid to gang criminals, providing a safety net for illicit networks

The government-backed report finds law-abiding Swedish taxpayers are inadvertently subsidizing criminal gangs…

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French lawmakers vote overwhelmingly to oppose EU-Mercosur trade deal, call on Macron to block it in Brussels

Parliamentarians urge Paris to block ratification amid mounting farmer unrest and warnings…

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Poland resists EU court order to recognize same-sex marriage

Government figures rejected claims Brussels can force changes to domestic law after…

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Foreign minors now make up nearly half of all children receiving Bürgergeld in Germany

The total of benefits handed to foreign minors living in Germany has…

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No mass repatriation of Ukrainians after peace deal, says Berlin immigration chief

Germany expects return discussions after the war, but immigration officials are ruling…

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Iraqi handed life sentence for killing estranged wife and mother-of-seven with car in Germany

The defendant had claimed he had dropped his phone and accidentally pressed…

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