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  • German labor minister calls for more ‘diversity’ while insultingly labeling Germany before mass immigration as ‘uniform grey’

    German labor minister calls for more ‘diversity’ while insultingly labeling Germany before mass immigration as ‘uniform grey’

    Diversity is often sold to Western public as an economic necessity, but many on the left also believe that diversity is inherently good in and of itself. In fact, it is a near religious maxim that does not necessarily need to be explained, but more a matter of unshakeable faith. Native populations such as the French, English, Germans, and basically any European native group are becoming minorities in their own lands, but for the sake of diversity, the left believes this must continue.

    This also appears to be the message of the German Labor Minister Bärbel Bas of the far-left Social Democrats (SPD), who made a number of controversial remarks at the Action Day Cohesion in Diversity.

    “And we want to fight for color and also stand against this so-called ‘uniform grey,’ or I even call it ‘brown’ (Nazi). Even if some people may even long for it. That’s why it’s especially important to me as Minister of Labour to address this here. We need the people who come to us, even as high-skilled labor, yes. But we also need them to ensure diversity in our society,” she said, adding: “That’s just as important. And that’s why, because high-skilled workers are missing in many industries, it’s certainly an economic consideration.”

    Bas said that just reducing diversity to economics was wrong, “and that’s why it’s important to embrace cultural enrichment, not just talk about it in terms of economics. The two go hand in hand.”

    Notably, at least from what can be seen in the video of her speech, the audience appears to be almost entirely White, who are all listening to a speech delivered by a White woman.

    Focus magazine chief online correspondent Ulrich Reitz said that Bas is essentially insulting ethnic Germans and wildly distorting the past.

    “Bas calls us ‘gray’ or, in other words, boring, or even ‘brown.’ What she means by that should be clear. That’s already inappropriate and somehow insulting, isn’t it? She designs a social picture of German society before immigration that she frames as ‘uniform gray.’”

    “And this uniform gray is meant to be defamatory for her, of course,” he continues. “That’s why she pushes the idea of uniform brown. Uniform brown, of course, refers to the twelve National Socialist years, 1933 to 1945. And uniform gray is what came after that. And then immigration begins, and it then leads to the positive concept of Mrs. Bas, namely diversity. That’s the picture she’s creating here.”

    “It’s one-sided, ideological, unhistorical, unstoppable. Many people will come to their senses and contribute to the justly observable decline of the SPD. What kind of picture of Germany is Bas drawing? The problem is that many immigrants don’t really want to integrate into society, maybe even live in parallel societies.”

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    He goes on to say that immigration has always existed in Germany, and there has been mixing, however, Reitz points out that diversity in and of itself is not necessarily a good thing.

    “And that just shows what Mrs. Bas is doing here. It is an ideological exaggeration that she is doing here. Diversity is not, as Mrs. Bas says, per se positive. Diversity is only positive if it goes hand in hand with immigration and integration. Diversity that leads to disintegration is not a positive value, but a negative value,” he stated.

    Is diversity good in and of itself?

    Was the so-called “uniform gray” of the old Germany really inherently bad, as Bas claims? With increasing diversity, Germany should be safer, happier, and more economically well-off than it ever was just by merit of the fact that the country is diverse.

    The reality is quite different.

    Germany is facing down a catastrophic school system where more and more children cannot speak basic German and teachers and German students face bullying and threats.

    Taxpayer money is being thrown at foreigners at an astounding rate, totaling €40 billion to €50 billion a year.

    There is record violent and sexual assault crime rates and growing parallel societies.

    Women also feel less safe. It may have to do with rampant gang rapes and sexual assaults — not to mention daily street harassment.

    Germans say they feel less safe than ever, and despite Bas’ claims that diversity is inherently good, the German people appear to have not received that memo. Poll after poll shows that a majority of Germans want fewer migrants and even an immigration moratorium.

    The boring “uniform gray” of the old Germany may have not featured organized gang warfare in the capital city, which saw 555 shots fired just in 2025 and where nearly half of all crime suspects are foreigners.

    Even the fundamental argument that the “pro-business” parties like the Christian Democrats (CDU) rely on, which is that migration is inherently good as long as it is legal migration, is flawed on many levels. For one, it is sharply contradicted by the Asian countries of Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea — the same countries which are increasingly dominating German and European industry, with China serving as the most prominent example.

    Given that ethnic Germans still make up the majority of the population, lived in German lands for thousands of years, and were fundamental in building a nation known for its art, architecture, literature, and technology, Bas’ claims about the “old” Germany are not only hateful but also wildly distorted and bereft of facts, logic or historical accuracy.

    However, this kind of rhetoric is increasingly common from the left across Europe. Notably, the far-left leader of LFI, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, has made equally hateful statements, which attempt to pigeonhole the “old” France as backwards and only worthy of being erased.

    He has also called French white people “ugly.”

    “In our country, one person in four has a foreign grandparent. 40 percent of the population speaks at least two languages. We are destined to be a Creole nation and so much the better! May the young generation be the great replacement for the old generation,” said Mélenchon.

    He also went on to make a number of further statements, saying the new immigrants need “to heal France from the wounds of racism.” He also had made inflammatory statements, calling for “torch-bearers” to bring about change, which has revolutionary undertones, although he stopped short of any calls for direct violence.

    The left has swerved from telling the public that the Great Replacement is pure nonsense and a conspiracy theory, to stating that more diversity is the end goal and inherently good in and of itself.

    As the latest images from France show, a country arguably even more diverse than Germany, the future of “more diversity” is not necessarily a good one. PSG’s victory in the Champions League should have been a moment of joy for France, but instead it turned into a chaotic riot, where women were groped, police were attacked, and Paris was left looking like a war zone.

    The right and even the center must continue to use facts, logic, and images to combat the vision of those like Bas and Mélenchon, who are increasingly detached from reality.

  • Pavel backs euro adoption as Czech president clashes with Babiš government

    Pavel backs euro adoption as Czech president clashes with Babiš government

    Czech President Petr Pavel has urged the Czech Republic to move toward adopting the euro, putting him on a potential collision course with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s new government, which has ruled out joining the single currency.

    Speaking at the ReVize Česka conference in Prague, Pavel said the country should not cling to the Czech crown out of sentiment if the currency becomes an obstacle to development. He argued that the Czech economy is already closely tied to the eurozone and that adopting the euro would give the country a stronger voice in European decision-making.

    “The very fact that our economy is significantly linked to the eurozone should lead us to say that it is clearly better to be at the table where decisions are made in such a case than to sit behind the door and then deal with these decisions,” Pavel said, as cited by Echo24.

    The president said the Czech Republic’s absence from Euro Summit meetings, where eurozone leaders discuss issues affecting the currency area, leaves Prague outside key debates despite the country’s deep economic links with the bloc.

    Pavel also criticized the domestic political climate around the euro, saying Czech society has avoided a serious discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of adopting the common currency. He said public skepticism is often reinforced by politicians who deliberately encourage negative attitudes toward the euro.

    “I think that a successful Czech Republic can only be in an integrated and strong Europe, and we have all the prerequisites for that in Europe,” Pavel said. “However, we are not always able to fulfill them, because fragmentation still exists in many ways.”

    He said EU member states should be prepared to set aside narrower national interests in favor of a stronger and more successful Europe.

    Czech government scraps ‘pointless’ annual report on readiness to join the euro

    His comments came after Babiš made clear that his ANO-led government, formed with the SPD and the Motorists, does not intend to introduce the euro. At the beginning of May, Babiš said the government would no longer prepare an annual report on the Czech Republic’s readiness to adopt the common European currency.

    “It is pointless to discuss the position on the euro every year; we do not want the euro. Let the next government resolve this in the first quarter of 2030, there is no reason to talk about it for us,” Babiš said.

    rejected the criticism, saying the Ministry of Finance would still prepare the material, but not every year.

    “Why, if our government will not adopt the euro and will not take any steps towards it?” added Finance Minister Alena Schillerová.

    To adopt the euro, a country must meet five Maastricht criteria covering inflation, long-term interest rates, public finances, debt, and exchange rate stability. Inflation must be no more than 1.5 percentage points above the average of the three euro area countries with the lowest price increases, while long-term interest rates must not be more than two percentage points above the average of those same countries.

    The public finance criterion sets a maximum deficit of 3 percent of GDP and a maximum debt ratio of 60 percent of GDP. The final condition is exchange rate stability, requiring two years of membership in the ERM II exchange rate mechanism.

    The Czech Republic pledged to adopt the euro when it joined the European Union in 2004, but no date has been set. The euro is currently used by 21 of the EU’s 27 member states, with Bulgaria the latest to join the currency area this year.

    Public opposition in the Czech Republic remains strong. A recent CVVM survey found that two-thirds of Czechs oppose adopting the euro, while 30 percent support it.

  • German public transport nightmare: Foreigners committed 44% of the 27,800 violent crimes on trains last year

    German public transport nightmare: Foreigners committed 44% of the 27,800 violent crimes on trains last year

    Figures from the Federal Police for 2025 show that foreign suspects are severely overrepresented in violent crimes at train stations and in sexual crimes, with Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alice Weidel stating that the statistics show that violence is only growing worse in Germany.

    Specifically, the data shows there were 27,800 violent crimes in German train stations and on trains in 2025, a slight increase from the already very high 27,160 cases in 2024. The data also shows that 44 percent of all of these cases involved a foreigner in 2025, a slight decrease from the 46 percent recorded in 2024.

    Germany: Foreigners commit 59% of all sexual crimes in trains and train stations, sexual crimes double since 2019

    However, the data does not disclose how many of the German suspects have a migration background, as it does in Denmark, where it shows that Danish citizens with a migration background have even higher rates of criminality than the first-generation foreigners. Every year, more migrants are granted German citizenship, and many second- and third-generation migrants are committing crimes that are being recorded as “German,” making it difficult to parse the data. Nevertheless, the figures as they are already astounding, with foreigners vastly overrepresented.

    AfD leader Weidel took to X to decry the rise in violence on German public transport.

    “In 2025, the Federal Police recorded 27,819 violent crimes at train stations, with foreign suspects being significantly overrepresented, particularly in cases of sexual offenses and knife crimes. Under CDU leadership, the situation in Germany is worsening day by day. Only the AfD can provide a remedy,” she wrote.

    When panning out just a few years, it also reveals that violent crime in train stations has almost doubled. In 2020, there were only 16,327 violent crimes. At the time, the proportion of foreign suspects was at 42 percent.

    The main crime areas were Dortmund, Berlin, and Leipzig.

    In 2025, there were around 2,200 sexual offenses at train stations in Germany as well. For this category, foreign suspects were eight times more likely to be represented among the suspects than their share of the total population would be.

    In addition, there were 980 knife crimes; with non-German suspects six times more common than German suspects in this category.

    Violence against police officers was also used in 5,660 cases.

    In the list of train stations most affected by violence, both Dortmund and Berlin appear in the top positions in 2024 and 2025, according to Apollo News. Dortmund led the 2024 table with 764 violent crimes, followed by Berlin and Munich. In 2025, Leipzig led with 859 violent crimes, followed by Dortmund with 735 cases and Berlin with 654 crimes.

    The solution for the mainstream parties is not remigration but more oppressive surveillance measures aimed at the entire population. Both the domestic policy spokesman of the SPD parliamentary group and the deputy parliamentary group leader of the Union (CDU/CSU) parliamentary group speak in favor of modern camera technology. For example, SPD politician Sebastian Fiedler recommends AI software that detects atypical movement patterns, with the data then “anonymized.”

    The Greens criticize the fact that federal police officers are used for “expensive, useless, and illegal border controls“ instead of working at train stations. Notably, the Greens completely gloss over the huge number of foreigners involved in these serious crimes, which necessitates border security in the first place.

    The AfD is instead calling for more deportations, harsher sentencing, and increased resources for law enforcement. Notably, Weidel responded to the riots over the weekend in France with one simple word: “Remigration.”

  • ‘The girl was loaned out’ — Nine migrant minors avoid prison over gang rape of 14-year-old Belgian schoolgirl

    ‘The girl was loaned out’ — Nine migrant minors avoid prison over gang rape of 14-year-old Belgian schoolgirl

    Nine migrant minors have been found guilty over the repeated gang rape of a 14-year-old Belgian schoolgirl in Kortrijk, Belgium, but none of them will face any prison time, with sentences ranging from probation to 30 hours of community service.

    The abuse took place during the Easter holidays in April 2024 in the Kabouterbos, a wooded area in Kortrijk. The victim was 14 at the time, while the suspects were aged between 11 and 16.

    As we previously reported at the time the charges were brought, the girl’s then-boyfriend, who was 16, repeatedly lured her to the forest to have sex with her. When she arrived, a group of his friends, reported by Het Nieuwsblad to be of immigrant origin, ambushed her.

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    The victim was sexually abused over three separate incidents between April 2 and April 6. She was raped at least twice, while the assaults were reportedly filmed on smartphones and shared on Snapchat.

    “The girl was loaned out and raped several times and in different ways,” a source told the Belgian newspaper at the time.

    The girl eventually went to police after the third attack. Investigators identified 11 suspects, although the youngest, who was 11, was too young to appear before the juvenile court. Another suspect did not have to appear before the judge after further investigation.

    The remaining nine teenagers appeared before the juvenile court and were all found guilty of rape, VRT reported on Friday. Most were ordered to complete 30 hours of mandatory community service.

    The victim’s former boyfriend was also found guilty of making threats and was described as the instigator of the abuse. He had been placed in a closed institution shortly after the complaint was filed, but the juvenile judge decided not to send him back. Instead, he must comply with strict probation conditions for the next two years.

    Another youth must also follow the same program on sexuality and relationships, while one of the teenagers was ordered to undergo drug treatment.

    When the case first came to light in 2024, ten migrant minors were reported to have been arrested. Four were placed under house arrest, while six were detained in a young offenders’ institution. Three of those detained were later released on conditional bail after an initial court hearing.

    The boyfriend’s lawyer said at the time that his client remained in custody and that the case had also affected the boy’s family.

    “He understands that he is now locked up, but this is also traumatizing for him. This is also very difficult for his parents, wealthy people who have tried to give their son a good upbringing,” the lawyer said.

    “The parents don’t understand how this could happen. It also strikes me that suspects of such crimes are becoming younger and younger. That is very disturbing,” the lawyer added.

    Kelly Decaluwé, a lawyer defending one of the suspects believed to be of Somali origin, said at the time that she had never encountered such a case in her 15-year career.

    “These are horrible facts. The question is how it is possible that these children have lost all sense of norms. What should we do with this? How are we going to solve this? It is a question that should be asked not only to the juvenile judge but also to society as a whole. I have not yet experienced such facts in my 15-year career,” Decaluwé said.

    Kortrijk Mayor Vincent Van Quickenborne also expressed shock when the allegations first became public. “The public prosecutor’s office does not allow me to say anything about the facts themselves, but I had been aware of the investigation for some time. These are crappy acts for which there are no words. I say that not only as a politician but also as a father of three young children,” he said.

    The victim has been awarded provisional compensation of €15,000. The juvenile judge also appointed an expert to examine her and determine further damages.

    Elise Standaert, the lawyer representing the girl and her parents, said the hearing lasted an entire day and was extremely difficult for the victim because she had to see the suspects again.

    “Her daily life has been completely destroyed; she is no longer the same teenager she was back then. She has gone through hell multiple times and will carry this trauma with her for the rest of her life,” she said.

  • Hungarian PM Magyar claims that he has obtained billions in EU funds, but what strings are attached?

    Hungarian PM Magyar claims that he has obtained billions in EU funds, but what strings are attached?

    Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar recently traveled to Brussels to discuss the country’s frozen EU funds, which have reportedly been withheld illegally up until now. Despite Magyar’s claims that the money would be released simply in return for fighting corruption, various media outlets are reporting there is much more to the deal than that, including indications that Hungary will have to implement the EU’s demand for migrant quotas under the Migrant Pact one way or another.

    “Based on today’s meeting, €16.4 billion euros have been unlocked,” the Hungarian prime minister told the press after Friday’s meeting. However, that is also not true, as there are still many conditions the country must meet before the money is made available.

    Officials from the EU commission were far more cautious with their description of the deal, saying the broad strokes of the deal had been determined, but conditions must still be met.

    Hungarian PM Magyar scores €16.4 billion from frozen EU funds in ‘historic agreement’

    “We haven’t agreed to disburse the funds,” a senior commission official told Politico. “We’ve agreed on a list of commitments which, if completed by Aug. 31, will trigger the payment of those funds.”

    In addition, inquiries made by journalists yielded no official details regarding the specific terms of the pact.

    The announcement has sparked widespread curiosity regarding the concessions made by the Hungarian government, given that EU officials previously stated funds would only be released following specific structural reforms.

    In fact, after the deal was announced, former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán publicly demanded transparency from Magyar regarding the negotiations.

    “We call on the Prime Minister to immediately publish the details of the von der Leyen-Péter Magyar pact. What did he sell to Brussels for Hungarian interests? Free cheese is only in the mousetrap,” Orbán wrote in his post.

    German media outlet Tichys Einblick appears to be highly skeptical about the deal, which discussed the questions posed by journalists after the deal was allegedly reached.

    “The very second question [from journalists] concerned migration policy: Will Hungary implement the Migration Pact? Ursula von der Leyen was the first to reply: Of course, people had talked about the migration pact, it was an agreement that affected and bound all Member States equally, and there had been discussion about how to get Hungary to implement this pact too. It took her a minute to answer that.

    Then came Péter Magyar, who began by saying that he too would now answer ‘briefly.’ It took him five times longer than the President of the Commission, of course, and he squirmed around a clear answer. With remarkable verbal slalom technique, he explained that the migration pact was not a big deal, that it did not mean allowing migrants into the country, that one could also contribute in other ways, such as with money or contributions to border protection. (The EU had never accepted that Orbán’s border fence was Hungary’s contribution to European migration policy).

    The migration pact, Magyar continued, came about in Orbán’s time, thanks to Orbán, so to speak. In summary: The migration pact is not bad, insofar as it is bad, that is Orbán’s fault, and Hungary… Well, you had to read between the lines for that, but it was actually clear from the combined statements of the two: The Magyar government will implement the migration pact in one way or another.”

     

     

    While Magyar is claiming the sole condition for securing the over €16 billion was simply stamping out corruption, clearly there could be other conditions attached.

    During the press conference, Ursula von der Leyen commended the swift formation of the new Hungarian government and its proactive approach, indicating a willingness to maintain this momentum in future consultations.

    Questions were also raised concerning the rule of law, an area where the commission has historically demanded strict compliance before releasing frozen assets. This financial issue remains politically sensitive for the leadership in Brussels. Von der Leyen previously faced intense criticism for her handling of Poland, where funds were released to the former right-wing government before required reforms were fully executed. Furthermore, Hungary is operating under a compressed timeframe to secure the capital.

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    Time constraints are also a pressing factor for Ursula von der Leyen, who faces domestic political risks and previous votes of no confidence. The broader rise of the European right wing, fueled by dissatisfaction with centralized EU bureaucracy, intensifies the pressure. Any perceived mishandling or bureaucratic delay in delivering the agreed funds could draw heavy criticism from both the left and an electorate increasingly fatigued by centralized governance.

    Consequently, the Commission President must balance projecting a firm stance on institutional expectations to her political base while supporting the new Hungarian prime minister, whom she visibly favors. This urgency, however, introduces systemic risks. The European Commission was asked if a rushed implementation of reforms might precipitate a constitutional crisis, mirroring events in Poland where Prime Minister Donald Tusk utilized legally questionable measures to consolidate power and disable opponents. At the time of publication, the chief spokesperson for the European Commission had not provided a response to these inquiries to Hungarian news outlet Magyar Nemzet.

  • Germany: 65,000 small retail stores have disappeared as economic downturn continues to hit Europe’s ‘powerhouse’

    Germany: 65,000 small retail stores have disappeared as economic downturn continues to hit Europe’s ‘powerhouse’

    The number of small retail stores in Germany has declined drastically since 2010. According to a recent analysis by the credit agency Creditreform and the Handelsblatt Research Institute, there were 236,143 small retail stores with annual sales of less than €250,000 in 2010. For 2025, the sales tax statistics show only 170,770 such stores, a drop of 28 percent, reports Junge Freiheit.

    Across all size categories, the number of stores shrank by only 16 percent during the same period, meaning the smaller, owner-operated players are being hit far harder. Small and medium-sized enterprises have been left with barely any financial reserves, a bad sign for the country’s battle with continuous bankruptcies.

    According to the report, just over 316,000 retail stores overall remain. The German Retail Federation (HDE) warns that the number of stores could drop below 300,000 in 2026, threatening the vitality of city centers.

    German corporate bankruptcies hit 20-year high in the first quarter of 2026, while high energy prices could only add to the despair

    “The retail sector is among the fastest-shrinking sectors of the German economy,” Creditreform states in its report, with specialty stores in city centers, on side streets, and in shopping malls affected the most. Creditreform economist Patrik-Ludwig Hantzsch points to a combination of factors: inflation, consumer weakness, rising operating costs, and increasing competitive pressure.

    In 2025, 2,440 retailers went bankrupt — a 9 percent increase increase over 2024— with fashion stores, bookstores, and bakeries particularly affected.

    HDE President Alexander von Preen argues that politicians should lower energy costs and payroll taxes, while landlords should adopt more flexible, revenue-based rents to reduce vacancies. Research from the Institute for Retail Research in Cologne shows that empty storefronts damage city centers by discouraging visitors, weakening city image, reducing foot traffic, and causing financial losses for municipalities and nearby businesses.

    Foreign investment in Germany falls to lowest level since 2009 as last year saw eighth consecutive decline

    At the same time, non-food discount chains such as Action, Tedi, Hema, Woolworth, and Thomas Philipps are gaining market share in household goods, toys, stationery, and other categories. An IfH survey found that 85 percent of Germans have shopped at such stores in the past two years.

    Creditreform says cities and retailers must adapt. Traditional shopping-focused city centers are no longer effective in many areas, so cities should better combine shopping, leisure, dining, and living spaces. Small retailers are encouraged to focus on specialization, customer service, digital presence, and unique shopping experiences to remain competitive.

    But with these changes, much of the identity of cities may be threatened. “With the decline of smaller specialist retailers, many city centers are losing their distinctiveness and thus their heart,” says HDE CEO Stefan Genth.

    With Germany battling an overburdened social system, surging federal deficit, soaring energy prices, and a massive spike in crime and costs due to migration, the choice of retailers in city centers may be the least of its problems. And yet, this barometer pays testament to all the rest.

  • Russian drone attack in Romania leaves 2 injured and NATO rattled

    Russian drone attack in Romania leaves 2 injured and NATO rattled

    After a Russian drone crashed into a residential building in the Romanian city of Galați, causing an explosion and fire, the responses across the West have been swift, including from NATO, to which Romania belongs.

    The local Emergency Situations Inspectorate (ISU) reported that two people were injured: a woman suffered first-degree burns, and a 14-year-old boy suffered an acute stress reaction. Approximately 70 people were evacuated from the building, reports Do Rzezcy.

    Romanian President Nicușor Dan announced a harsh and “proportionate” response to the incident. He also called a meeting of the National Security Council. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in turn, summoned the Russian ambassador.

    “What happened today in Galati is a direct consequence of Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine, Moscow’s irresponsible and ruthless use of these weapons systems near NATO borders, and its systematic disregard for international law. There is no doubt about the perpetrator or the cause of this aggression,” the Romanian president said.

    Poland’s Armed Forces’ Operational Command issued a statement regarding the Russian drone incident, strongly condemning the “violation of Romanian airspace.”

    “We express our full solidarity with Romania following this unprecedented incident, which has resulted in civilian casualties. The fact that the consequences of the Russian attack have once again affected the territory of a NATO member state constitutes a dangerous and unacceptable escalation of Russia’s actions in the immediate vicinity of the Alliance. Any threat to the security of citizens of NATO countries requires unity, determination, and a common response. The security of one ally is the security of all of us. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and all Romanian citizens.”

    Poland was joined by many others who took to X to post their solidarity with Romania in the face of Russian aggression. Romanian Foreign Minister Toiu Oana reposted a string of messages of solidarity, accompanied by a message of thanks.

    Most poignantly, NATO chief Mark Rutte also posted that he had assured Romania of “NATO’s absolute solidarity.”

    “I affirmed that NATO stands ready to defend every inch of Allied territory. We will continue to enhance our readiness to deter and defend against any threat, including from drones.

    “Russia’s reckless behaviour is a danger to us all. They continue to target civilians and civilian infrastructure across Ukraine. And last night showed yet again that the implications of their illegal war of aggression don’t stop at the border.”

  • Hungarian PM Magyar scores €16.4 billion from frozen EU funds in ‘historic agreement’

    Hungarian PM Magyar scores €16.4 billion from frozen EU funds in ‘historic agreement’

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a press conference with Prime Minister Péter Magyar in Brussels after the two held talks to discuss the release of funds to Hungary. Despite many feeling the EU would place extensive hurdles in front of Magyar, he is walking away with €16.4 billion, subject to reforms being made within “a few weeks.”

    “Hungarians made a clear decision on April 12 to return to Europe,” von der Leyen reportedly stated, as cited by Telex.

    They agreed on a “robust architecture” to ensure that corruption and rule of law concerns are addressed. The Tisza government has joined the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, will strengthen the powers of the Integrity Authority, review public procurement rules, and remove public interest trusts.

    “We can feel a strong wind of change across Hungary. To fight corruption. Kickstart economic recovery. And restore the rule of law,” von der Leyen posted to X.

    Magyar announced that based on the “historic agreement,” Brussels has agreed to release 16.4 billion euros, which is approximately 13 percent of Hungary’s gross domestic product.

    “Today we proved that there were no ideological issues and expectations here in Brussels, but that we must ‘merely’ take action against corruption,” Magyar stated. Key to this was Hungary joining the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, which was not one of the conditions set.

    Reforms will have to be made, a point von der Leyen reiterated. “All reforms in this package have to be done. In only a few weeks, you have driven forward long overdue reforms,” she said, per Euractiv. “The moment the rule of law reform passes the parliament, the moment the money tied to that milestone can be disbursed.”

    The Tisza government is committed, and its MPS have also voted to rejoin the ICC, an organization Viktor Orbán had quit over its arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

    Yesterday, Magyar also met with NATO chief Mark Rutte. “Hungary will once again be a reliable partner in the world’s strongest military alliance, he posted to X, adding that he had “informed the Secretary General that Hungary is not supplying weapons or military equipment to Ukraine.”

  • Le Pen leads every major rival in new French presidential runoff polling

    Le Pen leads every major rival in new French presidential runoff polling

    Marine Le Pen would beat every major rival in a second-round French presidential election runoff, according to new polling that hypothesized her eligibility to stand in the election expected in April next year.

    A Toluna-Harris Interactive poll for M6 and RTL, conducted on May 27, found Le Pen ahead in all three tested runoff scenarios when she is the National Rally candidate.

    The strongest result came against far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, with Le Pen taking 67 percent to his 33 percent. She also defeated former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal by 54 percent to 46 percent, and former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe by 52 percent to 48 percent.

    The figures are significant because Philippe and Attal are among the most prominent names in the broader Macron-aligned camp, which has long presented itself as the main barrier to a National Rally victory. Le Pen has twice lost runoff elections to Macron, back in 2017 and 2022.

    Yet the poll suggests that even the strongest establishment contenders would currently fall short against Le Pen in a head-to-head vote.

    Le Pen is currently barred from running after being handed an immediate five-year ban from public office, but she has appealed the ruling. A decision on that appeal is expected on July 7. Should she remain unable to run, National Rally president Jordan Bardella is widely expected to become the party’s presidential candidate.

    Bardella leads French presidential race as Philippe slumps and Mélenchon closes in

    That would still leave National Rally in a commanding position. Earlier polling this week showed Bardella leading the first round with 32 percent, well ahead of Philippe on 17 percent and Mélenchon on 16 percent. The same May Odoxa political barometer also showed Bardella beating Philippe in a second-round runoff by 52 percent to 48 percent, reversing the result recorded two months earlier, when Philippe had led by the same margin.

    Taken together, the surveys point to a deepening problem for France’s centrist and left-wing parties. Whether the candidate is Le Pen or Bardella, the National Rally is now polling not merely as a first-round protest vehicle, but as a party capable of winning the presidency outright.

    If Le Pen’s appeal succeeds, she would enter the race as the most formidable candidate in the field. If it fails, Bardella would inherit a political landscape in which the National Rally brand is already ahead of its most likely rivals.

    On Friday, Le Pen announced her intention, should the National Rally win the presidency, to offer the French public a referendum on mass immigration.

    “The French people have been betrayed. In 2027, we will restore a democratic vitality to France by returning power to the people,” she wrote on X.

  • Germany: SPD politician slammed by former CDU MP for ‘unbelievable’ speech accusing ‘large segments of the population’ of fascism

    Germany: SPD politician slammed by former CDU MP for ‘unbelievable’ speech accusing ‘large segments of the population’ of fascism

    Former CDU member of parliament Wolfgang Bosbach has sharply criticized Federal Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) for a speech she gave on the “Unity in Diversity” day of action.

    During her now infamous speech, Bas spoke there about discrimination faced by people “who are supposedly different and deviate from a norm,” including those with disabilities, queer people, and transgender people. With the rise of populist parties, the situation is escalating, the minister said.

    “Open society is becoming a threat scenario. The so-called ‘foreign’ are being labeled as an attack on our culture,” Bas said, bemoaning that Germany knows all too well from its past how such labelling turns out.

    “And we want to fight for color and also stand against this so-called ‘uniform grey,’ or I even call it ‘brown.’ Even if some people may long for it. But that’s simply not how it is anymore. And that’s a good thing,” Bas stated, crossing a line for many by alluding to Nazis when speaking about right-wing parties.

    In an interview with WeltTV, quoted by Junge Freiheit, Bosbach stated: “Brown stands for ethnic, racist, and nationalist thinking, for the darkest chapter of German history,” adding that he fears she decided to add “brown” at her own initiative, making an already bad situation worse.

    “I’m guessing the uniform gray, so far so bad, was in the manuscript. Then she probably added (…) uniform brown.”

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    Bas was attempting to argue that more immigration is not just about economics, asserting that migrants are needed and can fulfill high-skilled jobs, but that diversity is good in and of itself.

    Focus magazine chief online correspondent Ulrich Reitz said that Bas is essentially insulting ethnic Germans and wildly distorting the past. “Bas calls us ‘gray’ or, in other words, boring, or even ‘brown.’ What she means by that should be clear. That’s already inappropriate and somehow insulting, isn’t it? She designs a social picture of German society before immigration that she frames as ‘uniform gray.’”

    Bosbach called it an “unbelievable incident” during which the minister had “placed large segments of the population under latent suspicion of fascism.”

    The former MP is not only referring to supporters of the anti-migration AfD party but also many other Germans who increasingly feel the burden migration has placed on German society. A recent  Insa poll shows that 50 percent of respondents agree that migration is Germany’s biggest problem, while 38 percent reject this position.

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    Meanwhile, AfD continues to surge in the polls, hitting a new high of 29 percent this month.

    When asked whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) should have intervened, Bosbach said: “I wouldn’t have been surprised if the Chancellor had thrown her out,” adding that he had no idea how far she would have to go to actually get dismissed.

    Bas recently faced serious backlash after claiming that migrants place no pressure on Germany’s welfare system and nobody is immigrating to the country simply to live off it.

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    “Immigration into the welfare state threatens social cohesion! The fact is: More and more immigrants are pushing into our social welfare system – and are bringing the system to its limits and to the brink of collapse,” CSU Member of Parliament Stephan Mayer told Bild at the time.

    Bas, in return, has called this notion a lie from “right-wing extremists.” 

    Some Germans have simply had enough, with YouTuber “Radical Living,” who boasts 2 million followers, posting a video message as to why he is leaving his country, namely, Germany’s crumbling economy and rampant crime.

  • Mother of two found dead with throat slashed near Irish asylum center as foreign national known to her is arrested

    Mother of two found dead with throat slashed near Irish asylum center as foreign national known to her is arrested

    A murder investigation has been launched in western Ireland after an Iranian mother of two was found dead near an asylum accommodation center in Clifden, County Galway, with reports suggesting she had suffered severe neck injuries.

    The victim has been named by The Irish Sun as 31-year-old Masuma Sohrabi, who had traveled to Ireland from Iran in October 2024 and was living at the Waterloo House IPAS center in Clifden.

    Irish police (Gardaí) confirmed that officers attended the asylum center on Thursday, after which the body of a woman in her 30s was discovered nearby.

    An adult male, also in his 30s, has been arrested, and police added that it is not seeking anyone else in connection with the death and are “following a definite line of inquiry.”

    Gript reported that both the victim and the arrested man were understood to be foreign nationals, and that the suspect was also connected to the IPAS system.

    The outlet further reported that the man and woman were known to each other and that the alleged perpetrator had been involved in a fight with the woman the day before her body was found. It said locals claimed the earlier altercation had been broken up by a resident.

    The Irish Sun reported that Sohrabi left the IPAS center at around 8 p.m. on Wednesday and did not return. Her body was found the following morning at Waterloo Bridge. Police officers have been searching the Owenglin River for evidence.

    “A post-mortem will establish the full extent of the woman’s injuries. However, she did suffer an extremely violent death. Her body may have lain for several hours before it was found,” a source told the tabloid.

    “Gardaí have the main suspect detained and are not looking for anyone else,” they added.

    Sohrabi is understood to have previously contacted Gardaí about the suspect and had feared for her safety.

  • Gambian migrant arrested for stabbing Spanish police officer while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’

    Gambian migrant arrested for stabbing Spanish police officer while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’

    A 26-year-old migrant from Gambia has been arrested in Spain after allegedly trying to kill a National Police sub-inspector with a kitchen knife while shouting “Allahu Akbar” during a callout to a home in the Valencian town of Xirivella.

    The attack took place at around 9:30 a.m. on May 26, when officers were called to an apartment following a request for help from another Gambian man who lived there. According to reports from OKdiario and El Debate, the caller told police that his roommate had been smoking marijuana and playing Islamic prayers and Quranic recitations at high volume, and had shut himself inside his room.

    When officers arrived, they tried to calm the situation and asked the man to leave the property and go outside. Instead, he is reported to have grabbed a large kitchen knife from his room and lunged at a National Police sub-inspector, aiming for his neck.

    The officer managed to avoid the strike to the neck, but the suspect stabbed him in the shoulder. The protective vest worn by the sub-inspector prevented the blow from causing a much more serious injury.

    During the confrontation, the suspect reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” and repeatedly told officers, “Sacrifice me.” Police called for reinforcements as the situation escalated.

    Two other police officers were also injured while trying to disarm and restrain the suspect. Before he was subdued, the man allegedly attempted to jump from a window in the apartment.

    The 26-year-old was arrested and is now facing charges of attempted murder and assaulting a law enforcement officer.

    According to Las Provincias, the suspect had no prior record of violent offenses in Spain.

  • CDU pamphlet scandal: Resignation templates sent to AfD lawmakers backfire spectacularly

    CDU pamphlet scandal: Resignation templates sent to AfD lawmakers backfire spectacularly

    Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU), who currently rule the country in coalition with the Christian Social Union (CSU), have sent out pamphlets to all AfD lawmakers, explaining to them just how dangerous their party is and providing a template resignation letter to facilitate their departure from the anti-migration party.

    The 35-page booklet titled “Decline for Germany. No Alternative” claims that the party is “harmful to democracy, anti-Semitic, nationalist.”

    With AfD hitting all-time polling records, most recently 29 percent, and the CDU falling six points to 22 percent, the timing seems a bit odd, or simply desperate. Clearly, past efforts to simply ban the party or rule out any possible coalition with it have failed. So why not try to get their lawmakers to resign?

    Leif-Erik Holm, a leading AfD politician and challenger to Social Democratic state premier Manuela in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, blasted the CDU’s move, as well as recent false claims spread by the mainstream investigative organization Correctiv.

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    “This nonsense speaks for itself. It is clearly a sign of desperation. The CDU is making a fool of itself with this. And that is exactly how they are commenting on it online. There is zero argument in their hateful brochure, only heated Correctiv lies that have already been legally refuted,” Holm told Nordkurier, as cited by Mandiner.

    “But that suits Pinocchio-Merz. His nose is getting longer and longer,” he added.

    The AfD politician expressed hope that the CDU’s provincial organization would not follow the example of the party headquarters in Berlin. According to Holm, “We should be discussing the best solutions, not throwing mud, because ultimately it’s about our country.”

    On behalf of the CDU, Daniel Peters, the party’s provincial leader, defended the action, stating:

    “The CDU faction in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has previously accepted AfD members, so the initiative of the CDU/CSU Bundestag faction is both understandable and respectable. All AfD members who do not want to participate in the AfD’s radicalization process are welcome in the democratic center, and this also applies to members of parliament.”

    Nevertheless, Peters added that he thought constructive debate with the AfD would be a better option to sway voters to their side.

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    Enrico Komning, parliamentary executive of the AfD Bundestag faction, had a harsh reaction.

    “We would actually laugh at this farce if it weren’t so sad. It will be necessary to investigate whether a crime has been committed against the AfD. For my part, I am happy to remain an AfD member because I fight for freedom, broad-based prosperity and a liberal, patriotic society.”

    Komning also accused the CDU of “colluding with anti-Israeli, socialists and other left-wing-green figures,” while, according to him, “step by step dismantling the rule of law.”

    Nordkurier additionally noted that the Christian Democrats’ action could have legal consequences. Tobias Teich, a Bundestag member of the AfD from Munich, has already filed a complaint with the Berlin police against the CDU for defamation and libel.

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    As for AfD co-leader Alice Weidel, she has been focused on real problems Germany is facing, such as the continued loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.

    “According to a study by the consulting firm EY, more than 341,000 industrial jobs have been eliminated in Germany since 2019. Alone in the first quarter of 2026, employment fell by 2.3 percent. The relief measures and structural reforms announced by Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz have thus failed to materialize,” she posted on X.

    Weidel has just logged her own win against a Left party leader who falsely claimed Weidel neither lived in Germany nor paid taxes.

  • With billions of euros at stake, Hungarian PM Magyar heads to Brussels, hat in hand

    With billions of euros at stake, Hungarian PM Magyar heads to Brussels, hat in hand

    Hungary needs billions in frozen EU funding, and it needs it fast. Newly-elected Prime Minister Péter Magyar is now headed to Brussels to collect, but the process many be more difficult than Hungary first hoped for.

    “We have arrived in Brussels for the most important talks of recent years. Access to many thousands of billions of forints is at stake,” Magyar wrote on his X channel.

    In a previous ambitious post on Facebook, Magyar contended an agreement would be reached by tomorrow to “bring back thousands of billions of forints of EU funds,” some €35 billion to be exact.

    Magyar may be too optimistic.

    The new Hungarian prime minister and leader of the Tisza party faced immediate hurdles from Brussels after his landslide victory in April. Hungary and Hungarians sorely need the funds due to it from the EU, which have been frozen for years due to ongoing cases initiated by Brussels over alleged rule-of-law violations, refusal to accept migrant quotas, and the blocking of aid for Ukraine.

    According to one senior official cited by Euractiv, “The Commission is doing everything to help Budapest move forward, but it’s unlikely they will get the €10 billion they are aiming for.”

    All in all, despite some progress made under the previous Orbán government, Hungary must still meet 27 separate conditions to access funds, including the lifting of its veto on Russian sanctions and rolling back policies on asylum. Right off the bat, these demands directly challenged Magyar’s pledges to his electorate to prioritize national sovereignty and maintain tight border controls.

    Around €18 billion of EU budget funds remain frozen over rule-of-law concerns, with some €10 billion tied to conditions being fulfilled by the end of August. Another €17 billion in defense-related financing is also being withheld. Then there is the €1 million per day in fines, approaching a sum total of €900 million, due to Hungary not accepting refugees.

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    Magyar has already felt the heat after he reimposed a ban on imported agricultural products from Ukraine. Brussels was not happy and will clearly use this as leverage for him to be able to bring the bacon home.

    Euractiv further noted in its coverage that “tense behind-the-scenes diplomacy and brinkmanship suggest the encounter between the Commission president and Hungary’s new prime minister, who ousted Viktor Orbán, will be anything but smooth.

    “Talk of a new era and rapprochement between Brussels and Budapest remains premature. The two sides are still far apart, and agreeing even a joint statement is proving difficult.”

    At tomorrow’s meeting, Magyar is expected to formally submit Hungary’s intention to join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), something he hopes will help calm the waters.

    Today, the Hungarian prime minister is expected to meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

  • Germany: Left Party leader forced to correct lies about AfD leader Alice Weidel, pay her legal fees

    Germany: Left Party leader forced to correct lies about AfD leader Alice Weidel, pay her legal fees

    Alice Weidel, co-leader of the anti-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has successfully sued the Left Party leader and won a retraction after she spread falsehoods about Weidel on live television.

    In mid-May, Ines Schwerdtner, the federal chairwoman of the Left Party, claimed during an interview on Welt TV that Wediel neither resides in Germany nor pays taxes. 

    “Alice Weidel doesn’t even live in Germany, she doesn’t pay taxes here,” she told viewers. This statement is false. While Weidel spends much of her time with her family in Switzerland, she has her primary residence in Germany and pays taxes in the Federal Republic of Germany. Weidel has been very guarded about the issue over the years, as she faces a high threat level and avoids appearing in public due to the security threat she lives under.

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    Weidel’s lawyers explained in a warning letter, cited by Junge Freiheit, that this claim was false, as their client both lived in Germany and paid taxes. 

    The law firm Höcker filed a lawsuit on the AfD’s behalf seeking an injunction. Weidel’s lawyers also demanded that Schwerdtner ensure the relevant passage was deleted from Welt TV’s programming. Furthermore, the lawsuit calls on the Left Party leader to acknowledge the “claim for damages.”

    Following this, Schwerdtner’s lawyer sent a letter to the Höcker law firm stating that their client had “indeed made a mistake.” The Left Party leader additionally undertook to “refrain” from making the false statement that Weidel does not pay taxes in Germany. 

    The letter also pointed out that the interview in question on Welt TV had since been deleted by the broadcaster. Furthermore, Schwerdtner stated that she would transfer the legal fees “within one week.”

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    Weidel’s press spokesman, Daniel Tapp, told JF that in politics one “shouldn’t be too sensitive in principle.” However, when “blatant falsehoods are being spread, one cannot let them stand unchallenged.” 

    The AfD has been surging in the polls, with one survey last week showing it hitting a record 42 percent in Saxony, double the support of the second-place Christian Democrats (CDU).

    Germany: Anti-immigration AfD soars to record high 42% in state of Saxony, nears absolute majority

    A poll in May showed the AfD at 29 percent at the national level, while the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) fell to 22 percent.

  • Germany loses over 340,000 industrial jobs since 2019 but the trouble may only just be getting started

    Germany loses over 340,000 industrial jobs since 2019 but the trouble may only just be getting started

    The economic outlook for the German metal and electrical industries has grown increasingly critical, with employer groups warning that the current environment is not only “dramatic“ but that 300,000 jobs are at risk of disappearing. That enormous figure already comes after 300,000 jobs were lost since 2019, leaving employment in these industrial sectors at 3.8 million workers.

    Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel has used the disastrous economic data to go on the offensive against the government of Friedrich Merz

    “According to a study by the consulting firm EY, more than 341,000 industrial jobs have been eliminated in Germany since 2019. Alone in the first quarter of 2026, employment fell by 2.3 percent. The relief measures and structural reforms announced by Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz have thus failed to materialize,” she posted on X.

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    “The ongoing loss of now over 341,000 industrial jobs is not a marginal cyclical phenomenon, but an expression of a profound failure of structural policy. While other economies are deliberately strengthening their industrial base and benefiting from global growth, Germany under the leadership of Friedrich Merz has further decoupled itself from the international upswing,” she continued.

    Weidel said there were no effective reforms in the works, but instead, “growth-hostile” frameworks are in place, which are accelerating production fleeing abroad.

    “While our own industrial location erodes, billions in funds are being misappropriated for projects abroad. A systematic misallocation of public resources at the expense of our own economy, which has nothing whatsoever to do with responsible economic policy anymore,” she concluded.

    However, the problems may only be beginning for Merz, with his government approval rating at rock-bottom levels and the AfD polling between 28 and 29 percent, making it the most popular party in the country by far.

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    Gesamtmetall President Udo Dinglreiter indicated that the industrial sector is on the verge of significant workforce reductions and that hundreds of thousands more positions are at risk of being lost.

    “We are in danger of losing another 300,000,” he told German newspaper Handelsblatt.

    If that were to happen, it would represent the lowest employment levels in the electric and metal industrial sectors since Germany was reunited. Furthermore, these are well-paid jobs that are also fundamental to many other sectors, which could produce a domino effect.

    Dinglreiter is particularly focused on China, with the labor leader describing Chinese financial investments within the European Union as “worrying“ for the domestic economy.

    He noted that the bulk of these funds is being directed toward other EU member states rather than Germany, which does not foster local job creation but instead establishes new competitors operating with more favorable conditions and market access.

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    To address this, the Gesamtmetall leader is urging the federal government to quickly execute a policy package aimed at restoring the nation’s economic competitiveness. Without such measures, he warned that jobs will continue to be cut, more processes will be relocated, and less taxes and social security contributions will be paid, initiating a severe downward spiral.

    Simultaneously, German mechanical engineering representatives are pressuring Economic Affairs Minister Katherina Reiche to adopt a firm position during her upcoming diplomatic mission to China. VDMA Chief Executive Thilo Brodtmann stated ahead of her departure that Reiche must make it unmistakably clear that Europe will no longer tolerate systematic distortions of competition.

    A similar mission to China, at the EU level, ended with little to show for it, as Remix News covered in an X post. During that trip, French President Emmanuel Macron essentially begged China for help, stating that European industry is facing a “life or death” struggle to survive.

    While Remix News has run numerous articles showcasing how China is pulling ahead in terms of innovation and competitiveness, German industry and labor leaders also point to unfair practices from Chinese companies.

    “An artificially low currency, excessive subsidies and politically motivated export controls are not trivial offenses. They endanger Europe’s industry,” said Brodtmann.

    However, these claims are not the full story. Germany and Europe also abandoned cheap energy from Russia, whereas China has had no such qualms about who its energy suppliers are. Perhaps even most importantly, China chooses to invest in its own citizens instead of importing mass amounts of mostly unskilled labor, which is the path Germany has chosen.

    The head of BYD, the automobile giant in China, has stated that they are so far ahead of European and other Western automakers because of their over 100,000 engineers, who are nearly all Chinese.

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    “If we were to name our assets, I believe BYD’s greatest asset is its engineering team. We have 110,000 engineers, and that is BYD’s greatest asset,” Wang Chuanfu told Sina.com.

    “My company’s new energy vehicles, both in terms of technology and industrial chain, are approximately three to five years ahead of the world. We should seize this window, adhere to open innovation, promote higher levels of opening up with higher-level green technologies and products, and expand overseas through complementary advantages and open cooperation,” he said, as quoted by BJNews.

    Regardless of the reasons behind Germany’s ongoing industrial collapse, Merz has no easy solutions, and besides the AfD, he is also taking flak from left-wing parties.

    Political figures from the Green Party have similarly demanded robust action from the government. This political pressure is arising amid intensifying competition for domestic manufacturers, a trend underscored by recent bilateral trade statistics.

    During the first quarter, German imports originating from China climbed by 6.4 percent to reach €43.5 billion compared to the previous year, whereas German exports heading to China dropped by 12.5 percent to €18 billion.

    “China is attacking German industry, mechanical engineering and small and medium-sized businesses head-on,” said Green Party parliamentary group deputy Andreas Audretsch.

  • ‘Burn the old White men’ – Berlin Senate rules the slogan does not constitute a hate crime, closes all investigations

    ‘Burn the old White men’ – Berlin Senate rules the slogan does not constitute a hate crime, closes all investigations

    Last September, Green Party politician Jakob Blasel posted on Instagram during the “Exit Gas – Enter Future!” climate protest, with one clearly visible banner calling for people to “burn the old white men.” At the time, Basel was the leader of the Green Youth movement. 

    Despite multiple complaints filed regarding the banner, the Berlin Senate has now defended it, claiming it was not directed against any specific segment of the population. This was the response from the Senate Department for the Interior to a written inquiry from AfD representative Marc Vallendar, cited by Junge Freiheit.

    According to the Senate, the appeal represents criticism of current climate policy expressed in an “exaggerated and polemical form.” Such formulations are “in principle” protected under the freedoms of expression and assembly, as long as they “clearly do not aim at the commission of specific criminal offenses.” 

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    All investigations into the matter, including charges of incitement to hatred, as well as rewarding and condoning criminal offenses, have now been discontinued. In total, nine criminal complaints were filed in connection with the sloga, five of which the Senate decided could be evaluated. 

    Other slogans, such as “The excavator must burn,” were also present at the demonstration, according to JF, along with around 3,000 participants. 

    Basel has made a career of being in the headlines.

    In January 2025, after the CDU passed a law to tighten immigration, the Green Youth proposed a “firewall” against both the CDU and CSU, as long as Merz remained at the head of that alliance. Basel said at the time: “Conservatives who are supporters of Nazis cannot become coalition partners. Greens must not enter a coalition with the CDU and CSU.”

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    In terms of climate emissions, non-White countries are increasingly taking the lead in terms of climate emissions. For example, China leads Germany by a substantial margin in per capita emissions, equaling roughly 9.1 tonnes per person. Meanwhile, in Germany, per capita emissions are lower, sitting around 5.6 to 7.0 tonnes per person.

    While Germans on the right who point out statistical data about the overrepresentation of foreigners in crime statistics are being prosecuted, those on the left can openly discriminate against White people with little consequence, and in the case of Basel, even make highly threatening comments.

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  • ‘She’s like an animal to me!’ — Afghan jailed in Germany after luring ex-girlfriend to meet him by faking cancer before stabbing her in neck with pencil

    ‘She’s like an animal to me!’ — Afghan jailed in Germany after luring ex-girlfriend to meet him by faking cancer before stabbing her in neck with pencil

    An Afghan man who stabbed his former girlfriend in the neck with a pencil before trying to strangle her in a Magdeburg Burger King has been handed a seven-year prison sentence after prosecutors succeeded in overturning a much lighter punishment.

    Farid A., 23, was convicted of attempted murder after a second trial found that he had lured Zahra, 22, into a final meeting by claiming he was suffering from throat cancer.

    Zahra had already feared her former boyfriend and did not want to see him again. She agreed only after he persuaded her to meet for what she believed would be one last conversation. She chose a public restaurant because she thought the presence of other people would make the meeting safe.

    Instead, Farid A. used the encounter to attack her. The court heard that he pulled a pencil from his pocket and stabbed her in the neck. After the pencil lead broke, he forced her to the ground, knelt on her, and tried to strangle her.

    Witnesses to the attack intervened and pulled him off the victim, and he was arrested.

    The case had already gone through court once, but the original sentence caused prosecutors to appeal. Farid A. was first given a juvenile sentence of two and a half years. Germany’s Federal Court of Justice later overturned that ruling and sent the case back to Magdeburg to be heard again by a different chamber.

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    At the retrial, Farid A. admitted hurting Zahra but denied that he had tried to kill her. “I’m sorry, I can’t explain it myself. Yes, I hurt her. But I never intended to kill her,” he told the court, according to reporting by Bild.

    But the court was also told what he allegedly said to police shortly after the attack. According to an officer, Farid A. made the remark after being informed of his rights and offered a lawyer.

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    “I didn’t want to let her live anymore. She’s like an animal to me. I’m the kind of guy who doesn’t care if I go to prison for 20 years,” he allegedly said.

    The court confirmed that the defense has filed an appeal against the new sentence.

  • Italy: Woman kidnapped for 3 days and gang raped non-stop, 5 African migrants arrested in Rome

    Italy: Woman kidnapped for 3 days and gang raped non-stop, 5 African migrants arrested in Rome

    A 32-year-old Colombian woman was kidnapped, threatened with death, drugged, and gang raped for three days in a building occupied by undocumented non-EU migrants, with five migrants now under arrest in Rome, Italy. The woman only managed to escape on the third day after running half-naked from the abandoned building.

    Rome police say the woman was held captive for three days in an abandoned building on Via Tallone, during which she was reportedly subjected to multiple gang rapes under the threat of death.

    According to Secolo d’Italia, authorities arrested five migrants and charged them with kidnapping, gang rape, and other offenses. They have all been named by Italian media: 43-year-old Malian Harouna Traore, 29-year-old Gambian Saidykhan Lamin, 38-year-old Gambian Karamba Kanteh, 29-year-old Nigerian Isibor Wisdom, and 39-year-old Nigerian Paul Nwabueze.

    During a raid on the building, police released images of various men who were arrested and detained in the building, which is covered in trash.

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    Additionally, 11 other individuals from non-EU countries who were found inside the same property have received deportation orders. They are being detained at repatriation centers in Ponte Galeria, Palazzo San Gervasio, and Bari.

    According to findings detailed by the Flying Squad’s IV Section, the victim is a 32-year-old Colombian national who had arrived in Rome roughly 10 days prior to the incident. A statement from police headquarters notes that on the evening of May 19, the young woman was outside a restaurant when a man approached her, and she indicated to him that she wished to purchase hashish.

    The man convinced her to go with him to pick up the drugs, leading her on a 30-minute walk to a van where she was forced inside and driven to Via Cesare Tallone.

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    This marked the beginning of her horrifying ordeal, as she was imprisoned against her will in the abandoned property and subjected to repeated sexual assaults by multiple perpetrators.

    Investigators state that five specific suspects took turns assaulting her over a 36-hour period while threatening and terrorizing the woman.

    Furthermore, the victim was allegedly incapacitated by narcotics that were provided by the men in the building, which severely restricted her ability to resist or flee. Her captivity ended on the third day when, following another assault, she managed to break free, run into the street half-naked, and seek help from a pedestrian who contacted emergency services.

    Emergency responders transported her to Casilino hospital, where medical examinations revealed physical injuries consistent with sexual assault, alongside evidence of narcotic substances in her system.

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    The investigation, overseen by the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Rome, then worked to find the building. Officers executed a raid on the abandoned complex to gather evidence and perform identity checks.

    A total of 22 undocumented non-EU citizens were detained and taken to the police facility on Via Patini.

    Following background checks, 11 of these individuals received deportation orders and were transferred to detention facilities in Ponte Galeria, Palazzo San Gervasio, and Bari. The five primary suspects were among this group and were positively identified by the victim through a photographic lineup.

    The investigation continues; however, it is far from the only such case in recent years in Italy.

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    Just last month, another harrowing gang rape case hit Italy, with seven suspects, all with foreign backgrounds, charged for raping a 23-year-old victim in the Cesena countryside and filming the crime.

    The victim was allegedly abused and filmed by the seven youths during a drug-fueled party in early April. The suspects, described as being “born in the city but of African and Asian origins,” are aged between 19 and 25.

    They reportedly took advantage of the victim’s state of intoxication, and the films they recorded on their phones may now be the deciding piece of evidence in their case.

    Three Moroccans arrested for gang rape of Italian teen, dragged from her boyfriend’s car in Rome park

    Another case about six months ago also sparked international headlines. Rome police arrested three Moroccan men accused of dragging an 18-year-old girl out of her boyfriend’s car and gang raping her while restraining her partner and forcing him to watch.

    Investigators say the woman was attacked on the evening of Oct. 25 after a migrant gang surrounded the parked car where she and her 24-year-old boyfriend had stopped late at night in Tor Tre Teste park in the Italian capital.

    However, these are only two additional examples among many in recent years. Remarkably, 43 percent of all sexual crimes in Italy are committed by foreigners despite making up a much smaller portion of the population.

  • ‘He was protecting the border, and that is what he did’ — Polish judge slams prosecutors as soldier who fired warning shots at illegal migrants acquitted

    ‘He was protecting the border, and that is what he did’ — Polish judge slams prosecutors as soldier who fired warning shots at illegal migrants acquitted

    A Polish soldier prosecuted for firing 12 shots during a confrontation with illegal migrants on the Belarus border has been acquitted after a military court ruled that he had not committed a crime.

    Karol S., a former 25-year-old private from the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade, had been accused of exceeding his authority and exposing others to the risk of death or serious injury after the incident near Dubicze Cerkiewne in March 2024.

    The Garrison Military Court in Lublin cleared him on Wednesday, as reported by WP Wiadomosci.

    The case centered on a group of migrants who, prosecutors said, had crossed into Poland after using a car jack to force apart sections of the steel border barrier. Polskie Radio reported that they were also carrying ladders to get past coils of razor wire.

    According to the indictment filed by the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw, Karol S. fired 12 rounds from his service weapon along a border road where 10 migrants, two Border Guard officers, and two soldiers were present. Prosecutors claimed three bullets ricocheted after striking a concrete post and the ground, while the remaining nine passed near the group, Polskie Radio reported.

    The soldier denied wrongdoing throughout the investigation and trial. He said he first shouted, “Polish Army, stop!” and then, “Polish Army, stop, or I’ll shoot!” before opening fire. He maintained that the rounds were warning and alarm shots, fired slightly upward and in a safe direction to alert nearby posts.

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    The court sided firmly with the soldier. Judge Radoslaw Hunek said the court “absolutely did not agree with the indictment” and found no criminal act in the private’s conduct.

    “The court does not find any signs of any act contained in the Penal Code in the private’s behavior,” Hunek said.

    The judge stressed that one of a soldier’s basic duties is to defend the integrity of the state border. He said troops may receive some Border Guard powers, such as checking documents or searching luggage, but that does not strip them of their authority as soldiers to use weapons when the situation requires it.

    “In the court’s view, the prosecutor’s position was entirely misguided,” Hunek said.

    The court also rejected the claim that the shots had been aimed at the migrants, Border Guard officers, or other soldiers. Hunek noted that Karol S. was a well-trained soldier with strong shooting skills. “As the accused rightly explained, if he had wanted someone to die, someone would have died,” he said.

    The people formally listed as injured parties also did not support the prosecution’s case. Border Guard officers and soldiers told the court they had not felt endangered and had not sought prosecution.

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    The court also noted the wider context of increasing aggression by people illegally crossing the border at the time of the incident, noting that one month later, a Polish soldier was stabbed to death in the same location, as cited by Gazeta Prawna.

    “The law cannot give way to lawlessness,” Hunek said. “A person defending his country is not expected in such a situation to flee or call for support. A soldier was sent to the border to protect its inviolability, and that is what he did.”

    After the verdict, Karol S. told reporters that he had left the military but hoped to return to the Polish army next year or join the Foreign Legion.

  • Elderly Dutch woman beaten to death in her own home as Bosnian migrant faces manslaughter charge

    Elderly Dutch woman beaten to death in her own home as Bosnian migrant faces manslaughter charge

    An elderly Dutch woman was beaten beyond recognition and left dying on the floor of her own home after a suspected Bosnian burglar broke in during the night, prosecutors told a court on Tuesday.

    The 78-year-old victim, named locally as Mrs. Bos, was found curled up in a fetal position in the hallway of her house in Bunschoten after allegedly being attacked during a violent burglary on June 6 last year. She had suffered severe injuries to her head, neck, and body, and died two days later.

    Prosecutors say the 44-year-old Bosnian suspect stole money and the watch from the victim’s wrist before fleeing to Serbia. His DNA was allegedly found under one of her fingernails, and on the wrist where she had been wearing the watch, evidence prosecutors say shows the elderly woman fought for her life as she was robbed.

    As reported by RTV Utrecht, the suspect has admitted to breaking into the home to steal valuables but denies assaulting Mrs. Bos. His lawyer claimed the pair startled each other upstairs and that the woman fell after the suspect pushed past her while trying to escape, an account prosecutors dismissed as implausible.

    The victim had only recently returned from a family holiday in the south of France when she was discovered by one of her daughters. Prosecutors told the preliminary hearing that the elderly woman had likely been lying there for hours. Her face was so badly bruised that her daughter could hardly identify her.

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    Investigators believe the suspect searched both the upper and lower floors of the house. His fingerprints were also allegedly found on the victim’s jewelry box and wallet.

    The attack is being treated as a random crime. According to prosecutors, the suspect had already driven a car into a canal while driving without a license earlier that night, then smashed the front window of a nearby house and broke in.

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    After the fatal burglary, the Bosnian suspect fled to Serbia. Dutch police and prosecutors quickly identified and located him, but he was not extradited back to the Netherlands until months later.

    The migrant did not attend the preliminary hearing in person, citing ill health.

    He is facing a charge of manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence in the Netherlands of 30 years in prison.

    The defense attempted to seek bail ahead of a full hearing in November, but given that the suspect has no fixed address, had already absconded, and was being charged with killing someone, the court refused.

  • Germany: Left Party wants voting rights for all foreigners who have lived in the country for 5 years

    Germany: Left Party wants voting rights for all foreigners who have lived in the country for 5 years

    Germany’s Left Party is pushing for a major overhaul of the German electoral system by proposing that foreign residents without a German passport be granted voting rights after five years of legal residency.

    To achieve this, the Left faction in the Bundestag has submitted a formal application demanding that anyone residing legally in the country for at least five years be permitted to vote in federal elections, irrespective of their nationality.

    The move would serve as a major electoral boost for left-wing parties, with foreigners overwhelmingly voting for these parties when given the opportunity. Data from the Federal Statistical Office cited in the motion reveals that over 14 million people living in Germany in 2025 lacked German citizenship, a figure that includes roughly 5 million EU citizens. This foreign population has resided in the country for an average of 15 years. In other words, this pool of potential voters for the left is massive.

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    The initiative also urges the federal government to collaborate with individual states to implement identical changes for state and municipal elections, according to German news outlet Tagesspiegel. The party argues that the current system suffers from an expanding democratic deficit due to the fact that non-German nationals are systematically blocked from participating in federal, state, and most local elections.

    The Left finds this exclusion “intolerable, “ given the democratic principles outlined in the Basic Law, arguing that it ignores the reality of Germany as an “immigration society.”

    Addressing potential legal hurdles, the Left Party points out that while the Federal Constitutional Court blocked voting rights for foreigners back in 1990, this stance deserves reconsideration due to shifting global dynamics and the fact that EU citizens have since gained local voting rights. They also highlight a linguistic nuance in the constitution, observing that the Basic Law uses the word “people“ in critical sections rather than explicitly restricting terms to “the German people.”

    The proposal, which is officially titled “Introduce voting rights for foreigners,” was initiated by a group of lawmakers including Ferat Koçak and the wider Left Party parliamentary group, with signatures from group leaders Heidi Reichinnek and Sören Pellmann.

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    This motion continues a long-standing political campaign by the Left Party, which references its own 2014 draft legislation as part of a multi-year effort to expand suffrage. Recently, Elif Eralp, the party’s top candidate in Berlin, echoed these demands.

    This has not even been the most radical demand from the Left. In 2023, then German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser proposed to give asylum seekers the right to vote in local state elections after just six months in Germany. The program, if implemented, would have translated into millions of new voters overnight.

    At the time, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was immediately critical of what it described as an attempt to stack the vote with migrants, releasing a statement that read: “Interior Minister Faeser (SPD), as the top candidate in the Hessian state elections, is campaigning for local voting rights for all people who have lived in Germany for ‘longer than six months.’ This means that supposed ‘refugees’ from Afghanistan, Syria or Turkey would also be allowed to vote – even without German citizenship.

    “The German passport is thus turned into a piece of junk. But above all: Faeser and the SPD want to attract people who have no connection to Germany at all as new groups of voters. This is not surprising, because the locals who are ridiculed as ‘non-migrants’ are running away from (Chanceller Olaf) Scholz’s SPD.”

    Under current constitutional rules, federal voting rights are restricted to German citizens aged 18 and older, while Berlin state elections require voters to be at least 16. The only current exception exists at the municipal level, where EU citizens can vote for district parliaments.

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    In response to such demands, the Federal Ministry of the Interior website states that “Migrants living in the Federal Republic of Germany for many years have the opportunity to become naturalized citizens under German citizenship law. In doing so, they also acquire the right to vote.”

    However, the Left faction argues this pathway is insufficient and the requirements for citizenship are too burdensome.

    The right has long contended that the left is using mass immigration as a tool to solidify political power. Foreigners are notoriously prone to voting for left-wing parties, with the logic being that more left-wing policies means more immigration for their fellow countrymen and more social welfare benefits for them and their families.

    Many of these foreign groups often tend to vote quite conservatively in their own nations while shifting to the left in Western nations, such as the case of the Turkish community in Germany, which has approximately 1.5 million individuals with dual citizenship between Turkey and Germany. Half of these Turks vote for strongman Islamist leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkish elections and then shift their vote to the left in Germany.

  • IMF is in Kyiv to begin review of mandatory reforms tied to over $8 billion in aid, with $700 million on the line

    IMF is in Kyiv to begin review of mandatory reforms tied to over $8 billion in aid, with $700 million on the line

    A new International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission has begun its work in Ukraine, conducting the first review of the country’s $8.1 billion loan program. According to a report out of KISZó, the mission is led by Gavin Gray, mission chief for Ukraine. The talks will focus on macroeconomic policy, the fiscal situation, and structural reforms.

    At stake is another $685.5 million loan tranche that Ukraine could receive as early as next month. IMF approval is key to assuring international creditors and donors that the Ukrainian economy is stable.

    This current review is part of the IMF’s expanded financing program. Per the annual Article IV consultation, the mission will assess the country’s compliance with previously agreed economic and financial conditions. Among these is the demand that Ukraine must reduce corruption, modernize its economy, and align with European and international practices and norms.

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    According to the Kyiv Post, Ukraine is behind schedule on several reform goals it set for March. Particularly problematic are tax measures planned for 2026-2027, several of which have yet to pass the Ukrainian parliament.

    According to the newspaper, the Verkhovna Rada failed to adopt the amendment that would have introduced VAT on imported packages under €150, an IMF requirement. Taxes on self-employed entrepreneurs and income from digital platforms also had a deadline of March 31, which has come and gone.

  • ‘I’m paying the price’ – Alleged victim of gang warfare in France is found executed, forced to send warning to others at gunpoint

    ‘I’m paying the price’ – Alleged victim of gang warfare in France is found executed, forced to send warning to others at gunpoint

    Gang wars in France take another victim, and this time, footage posted online includes a message from the man who would later be found executed inside his burned-out car. Reading a pre-written text, the young man warned others that they too would be killed if they mess with the perpetrators.

    While reading the text, the attacker held a gun to the victim’s head. In a second video, the attacker, dressed all in black and with his head covered, is seen firing several shots into a vehicle.

    “On Sunday, May 24, 2026, I was sent on a job to Grenoble by a bunch of bastards who hide in the shadows, send us into the line of fire, and don’t pay us. I’m paying the price for it, and everyone who works for these same people will pay the price too, just like me. The price being death or the loss of family members (sic.). So think carefully about who you work with,” we hear the victim reading.

    He is assumed at this time to be the same man later found dead in the burned car in Echirolles. However, police have not officially confirmed this. An autopsy was scheduled for yesterday.

    According to the Grenoble prosecutor’s office, as cited by Fdesouche, “he was shot.” Near the crime scene, “seven spent cartridges, some of which had been fired and others not, and a jerrycan of gasoline were found,” added the DIPN 38 (Departmental Directorate of the National Police).

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    A criminal investigation has been opened into murder by an organized gang. The area, Grenoble and its suburbs, is known for violence related to drug trafficking.

    France heads to the polls next year in what is being billed as a hotly contested presidential election. However, despite the noise from Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise (LFI) and his recently elected Mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, French voters appear to have had enough of mass migration and the thugery it brings.

    Nearly half of French voters may support National Rally, and immigration is a major concern

    Just today, Remix News wrote about a new May Odoxa poll putting Bardella at his highest reading yet, 32 percent, far ahead of the competition.

    Last Friday, an Ipsos poll conducted for the Jean-Jaurès Foundation, Le Monde, and Cevipof indicated that 45 percent of French voters are now considering voting for the National Rally, headed up by Jordan Bardella. And immigration is a major driver for what is being hailed as the joining together of a very diverse electorate.

  • Poland, Ukraine further cooperation, projects for spending of EU funds

    Poland, Ukraine further cooperation, projects for spending of EU funds

    Poland and Ukraine are seeking closer cooperation, with plans to work together on various projects. This week was an important milestone, with the head of Poland’s Ministry of Finance and Development visiting Kyiv this week for the 4th annual International Summit of Cities and Regions.

    The gathering was opened by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and focused on knowledge sharing between the two countries.

    “As Poland, we want to discuss cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian regions. We are sharing all our know-how when it comes to investing European funds. Poland is excellent at this, and Ukraine wants to learn from it. Conversely, we want to take all the knowledge from the Ukrainian side, which is currently building the resilience of its regions. For example, it is very effective in expanding shelters,” the minister of funds and regional policy, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, said at a press briefing, as quoted by Do Rzeczy.

    Pełczyńska-Nałęcz spoke with, among others, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Integration with the EU and NATO Taras Kaczka, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Kuleba, and Mayor of Bucha Anatoly Fedoruk.

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    One important future project — and use of EU funds — will be the reconstruction of Ukraine, which Polish companies will be involved with, working together with representatives of Ukraine’s state and local governments.

    Pełczyńska-Nałęcz also focused on the need for Poland to focus on its own shelter system. She emphasized that during her visit to Bucza, she saw a shelter set up at a school, with an energy-sufficient “duplicate” of the school built in its basement.

    “These are practical examples for us, which we will have to and want to transfer to Poland for safety reasons,” she announced.

    As she explained, local governments are embarking on a major project to build shelters for Poles.

    “We are looking at Ukrainian investments in shelters because Ukraine’s vast experience is what Polish local governments need,” she added.

    She announced that, as part of the KPO, Poland has created a Security and Defense Fund with a budget of over PLN 22 billion (€5.2 billion). It includes significant funds for the construction of shelters for people across the country.

    The focus of Poland on helping Ukraine, not a member of the EU, spend its money from Brussels is a bit odd, as Hungary, a full member state, even under Brussels’ desired leader, Péter Magyar, seems still unable to unfreeze the billions of euros it is due.

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    Zelensky, however, may prove an ongoing thorn in Hungary’s side, as he is pushing for Brussels to force Magyar to lift the re-imposed ban on a slew of Ukrainian agricultural products.

  • Vox leader calls for Spain’s ‘mafia’ socialist government to be arrested as Civil Guard searches governing party’s headquarters

    Vox leader calls for Spain’s ‘mafia’ socialist government to be arrested as Civil Guard searches governing party’s headquarters

    Vox leader Santiago Abascal has called for Spain’s Socialist leadership to be arrested and brought before the courts after Civil Guard officers returned to the party’s national headquarters in Madrid as part of a National Court investigation linked to former Socialist Party activist Leire Díez.

    “The Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guard has returned to the Ferraz headquarters, that is, the headquarters of the Socialist Party. Not a week goes by, not a day goes by, not even an hour goes by, without us learning new details about the Sánchez and Zapatero mafia, the Zapatero and Sánchez mafia, that has governed Spain for eight years,” Abascal said.

    “They must be arrested and brought to justice, and the Spanish people must know that all those who are still defending and justifying them from various national and international positions are doing so only because they are part of the same mafia,” he added.

    The intervention at the Socialist Party’s headquarters on Ferraz Street was ordered by a National Court judge as part of a separate investigation into the so-called Leire case. The case centers on Leire Díez, a former Socialist activist described in Spanish media as a fixer linked to the party, and also involves Vicente Fernández Guerrero, the former president of the State Society of Industrial Holdings, known as SEPI.

    As part of the same proceedings, Civil Guard officers also carried out searches and seizures at the Madrid homes of former Socialist Party figures Gaspar Zarrías and Santos Cerdán, as well as businessman Javier Pérez Dolset. The Socialist Party’s manager, Ana María Fuentes, has also been charged.

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    The developments came as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was in Rome for a meeting with the Pope, an engagement that was quickly overshadowed by the deepening judicial pressure on his party and on former Socialist prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who last week became the first former head of government in Spain’s democratic era to face criminal charges. These pertain to allegedly misusing funds to bail out an airline during the Covid-19 pandemic, in addition to alleged ties to criminal organizations, including a money-laundering network.

    Sánchez used his press conference at the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See to repeat his support for Zapatero.

    “Full cooperation with the justice system, full respect for Mr. Zapatero’s presumption of innocence, and my full support for President Zapatero,” Sánchez said.

    “After what I have read, and what I have been able to discuss with people who know much more about the law than I do, there is no reason to change that position,” he added. “I have had the opportunity to review the court order, and through the media, the extensive summary, and frankly, I said it in the Spanish Parliament, and I reaffirm it here today.”

    Sánchez said he had learned about the Civil Guard’s presence at Socialist Party headquarters only after leaving the Vatican. “It’s not a search, it’s a request, and I think it’s important for citizens to know this. The Civil Guard makes many such requests to institutions,” he told reporters.

    The prime minister insisted he was not minimizing the investigation, while arguing that his party would cooperate with the courts and respond if wrongdoing was established.

    “I also want to say that, if we are ultimately talking about this case of former activist Leire Díez, decisions were obviously made immediately when this case came to light more than a year ago,” he continued. “If there is any wrongdoing, we will act with the same forcefulness as we have before.”

    Asked about the indictment of party manager Ana Fuentes, Sánchez described her as “a woman who has meticulously managed the PSOE’s accounts. There has been a lot of speculation, a lot of fake news … I insist, I’m not downplaying its importance or seriousness, but I want to make it equally clear that the moment new information comes to light, the PSOE will act decisively.”

    “We are a party that has nothing to hide, and when we have to act, we act, and of course, we don’t tolerate these kinds of situations,” Sánchez added, as cited by El País.

    Despite the escalating pressure, Sánchez again ruled out calling early elections, saying he intended to remain in office until the end of the parliamentary term.

    “I cannot call elections for partisan interests; what is important is the general interest of the citizens,” he said.

  • Poland: 3 Uzbeks arrested in Lubin for kidnapping and beating victim before abandoning him in a forest

    Poland: 3 Uzbeks arrested in Lubin for kidnapping and beating victim before abandoning him in a forest

    Police officers from the Lubin district police station have detained three citizens of Uzbekistan who allegedly threatened an acquaintance with a knife, forced him into a vehicle, and drove him out of the city to a forest.

    The victim, a 22-year-old citizen of Tajikistan, was beaten and left wounded in the forest before he managed to return to the city on his own, covered in blood. Law enforcement authorities arrested the three suspects, aged 22 and 23, on the same day the incident was reported.

    The investigation began last week when the young Tajik citizen reported the assault and unlawful deprivation of liberty to the District Police Headquarters in Lubin. The victim explained that he was accosted by the perpetrators while he was at work, according to TVP3.

    Junior Assistant Renata Ślęk provided details on the sequence of events, stating: “The perpetrators threatened him with a knife, forced him into a car with them, and then drove him out of town. There, the 22-year-old was beaten. He returned to the city on his own.”

    Following the report, Lubin police officers quickly located and detained the three Uzbek citizens suspected of orchestrating the attack. The detainees were processed into a police cell and subsequently transferred to the prosecutor’s office to face formal charges.

    The three suspects now face legal proceedings for unlawful deprivation of liberty, forcing another person to take a specific action, participating in a fight, and making criminal threats.

    Under current legal guidelines for the crimes they are suspected of committing, the men could face up to five years in prison.

  • First Black Czech MP released after serving 2 years for raping two women and attempted rape of a third, but another trial awaits

    First Black Czech MP released after serving 2 years for raping two women and attempted rape of a third, but another trial awaits

    Once a rising star of the Czech political scene and hailed as a sign of diversity, the rape cases of former MP Dominik Feri involving young women shocked the country in 2021. Now, Feri has been released after serving two years in prison, but his legal troubles may not be entirely over.

    The Teplice District Court granted the conditional release of former TOP 09 MP Feri, allowing him to walk free from Teplice prison. The decision follows a successful appeal to the Ústí nad Labem Regional Court, which had previously overturned a lower court’s refusal to grant him parole.

    The release was made against the protests from the deputy representative of the victims, who strongly opposed Feri’s release, citing the ongoing trauma of the women involved, according to Czech news outlet SZ.

    “They are afraid that he will continue to hurt them, mainly through social networks,” said lawyer Adéla Hořejší, who represents the victims.

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    Feri, who entered prison at the end of May 2024 to serve a three-year sentence for two rapes and one attempted rape, was released with the consent of both the state prosecutor and a prison psychologist. The psychologist evaluated Feri’s personality as balanced and determined that he poses no danger to society.

    The three rape cases

    In 2016, as a law student, Feri groped a 17-year-old girl in his Prague apartment and demanded sex. The victim subsequently lost consciousness for unknown reasons, during which Feri had sex with her. In a separate incident that same year, Feri threw a 20-year-old woman onto a bed, pulled down her pants, and forced sexual intercourse despite her explicit refusal.

    At a February 2018 event while working as an MP, a young woman seeking an internship met Feri at the Chamber of Deputies. Feri proceeded to grope and attempt to kiss her inside a building elevator and the Chamber kitchen.

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    Throughout his trial, Feri maintained that the encounters were consensual and accused the victims of fabrication. The judiciary firmly rejected his defense. Libor Vávra, chairman of the Prague Municipal Court’s senate during the appeal, emphasized that the former lawmaker deliberately abused his authority, alongside the vulnerability and defenselessness of the young women.

    Rising political star

    The former politician was once named eighth out of 28 politicians in Politico’s Class of 2019, but the details of the various rape cases scuttled his political career.

    As Remix News previously reported, Feri had over 700,000 followers on Instagram at one time, and in 2016, he described himself as “crown sunshine man” in the media and supported the admission of refugees to Czechia. However, at the time, he insisted he would offer no compromises toward refugees who come to Czechia and are found guilty of rape.

    Politico gushed over Feri in 2019, naming him a “dreamer” and one of the “28 people who will shape Europe in the year ahead,” with the publication writing: “Feri isn’t just the youngest parliamentarian in the country’s history. He’s the first black one — and conspicuously so. He wears his hair in a bushy afro and enjoys playing Fats Waller-style jazz piano in local clubs.”

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    Politico also wrote about the alleged troubles he faced as a Black Czech politician, writing: “It’s not easy being young and black in the Czech Republic, where the number of residents of African descent remains minuscule and racial intolerance is widespread.”

    Feri also told Politico that he faces “constant mockery and threats by some people. Or, even worse, many people won’t even take you seriously.”

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    When addressing the court, Feri stated that considerable time had passed since his actions and that his priorities have changed. He expressed a desire to focus on starting a family rather than pursuing random encounters.

    “Lessons from punishment were essential,“ he said. However, during the actual trial, Feri was known for his combative defense and lack of remorse, according to the judge at the time.

    Feri, a trained lawyer holding a JUDr. degree, built his defense on the assertion that all sexual encounters in his Žižkov apartment were entirely consensual and devoid of violence. He routinely disputed the consistency of the victims’ statements, noting minor discrepancies in their descriptions of his apartment layout and the Chamber of Deputies’ kitchen, where he assaulted a congressional intern. Feri went as far as to argue that one victim was in “synergistic contact” with him and publicly questioned the state’s case:

    “Where was the violence I supposedly used?“ Feri asked two years ago during his speech before the court.

    Throughout the legal proceedings, the prosecution criticized Feri’s treatment of the victims, which included exposing the name of one witness and laughing loudly from an adjoining room while another testified.

    “He laughed so loudly that it could be heard in the courtroom. Two victims mentioned this as a significantly unpleasant circumstance during their testimony. The defendant has the right to a defense, but not in such a blunt and insensitive way,” stated Judge Lenka Hájková of the District Court for Prague 3, who found Feri guilty along with two other colleagues.

    Prosecutor Aleš Cimbala condemned these actions before the sentencing court:

    “If he explained it with indiscretion from his youth. But we don’t see any self-reflection here, no reaction to the fact that the criminal proceedings had any educational effects,“ said Cimbala, labeling Feri’s courtroom behavior as a “manifestation of theatrical demeanor.”

    Feri additionally claimed that the victims were lying to avenge unrequited love:

    “They lie repeatedly and intentionally, even in court, all with a straight face,” claimed Feri at the time.

    The appeals panel, led by Prague Municipal Court Senate President Libor Vávra, systematically rejected Feri’s defense strategy. The court validated the credibility of the victims, noting that expert opinions confirmed they suffered severe psychological trauma and had confided in loved ones immediately following the assaults.

    Further legal problems

    Despite his release from the primary three-year sentence, Feri recently faced a separate trial at the District Court for Prague 3 regarding a 2015 incident. A woman alleged that when she was 17, Feri removed his condom during consensual intercourse without her permission – an act commonly referred to as “stealthing.”

    The case was initially closed by police, but the Constitutional Court intervened, ruling that non-consensual condom removal could be legally classified as rape. However, the District Court for Prague 3 acquitted Feri in this matter, ruling that the actions described in the indictment did not constitute a criminal offense. The judgment is not final and the prosecutor may still appeal the case.

    Feri has consistently maintained his innocence regarding this second allegation:

    “I am announcing that the accusation is not based on the truth. I feel innocent,“ Feri said in court.

    Feri entered the Czech political landscape in 2014 as an 18-year-old student running for TOP 09 in the Teplice municipal elections. He quickly ascended to become a city representative, a municipal councilor, and eventually an MP.

    His political career collapsed in May 2021 when investigative reports by Deník N and A2larm published the compiled testimonies of multiple women alleging sexual assault. Following the expose, Feri resigned his parliamentary seat and withdrew from the upcoming legislative elections.

  • Slovaks fear Hungary’s political shift will strain relations between the two countries

    Slovaks fear Hungary’s political shift will strain relations between the two countries

    More Slovaks expect Hungary’s post-election political shift to damage relations with Slovakia than improve them, according to a new representative survey conducted by the AKO agency for TASR.

    The poll found that 40.2 percent believe the change in Hungary will have a negative effect on ties between the two neighboring countries. That includes 5.8 percent who expect a very negative impact and 34.4 percent who expect a somewhat negative one.

    By contrast, 34.9 percent of respondents said they believe the political change in Hungary will improve relations with Slovakia. Of those, 3.1 percent expect a very positive effect and 31.8 percent expect a somewhat positive one.

    Among Slovak respondents, 39 percent expected relations to worsen, while 35 percent expected them to improve. Among respondents of Hungarian nationality, 41 percent predicted a worsening of relations and 39 percent expected an improvement. The most pessimistic group was respondents of other nationalities, among whom 46 percent expected a negative impact and only 25 percent expected a positive one.

    The most pessimistic voters were supporters of the nationalist right-wing Slovak National Party, with 63 percent expecting relations to deteriorate and 20 percent expecting them to improve. They were followed by voters of the populist conservative We Are Family movement, where 61 percent expected a negative impact and 21 percent a positive one.

    Among supporters of the right-wing Republika party, 53 percent expected relations to worsen and 30 percent expected them to improve. Voters of Prime Minister Robert Fico’s left-wing nationalist Smer-SD were also more pessimistic, with 51 percent expecting a negative impact and 28 percent expecting a positive one.

    Negative expectations also slightly prevailed among voters of the ethnic Hungarian Hungarian Alliance, at 45 percent to 37 percent, as well as among voters of the conservative Slovakia Movement, at 44 percent to 40 percent. Supporters of the liberal SaS party were also more negative than positive, at 44 percent to 36 percent.

    The expectation of an improvement in relations was stronger among voters of several centrist, conservative, and liberal opposition parties. Among supporters of the centrist pro-Western Democrats, 57 percent expected a positive impact and 36 percent expected a negative one. Voters of the Christian democratic KDH were also optimistic, with 50 percent expecting relations to improve and 32 percent expecting them to worsen.

    Supporters of the liberal, pro-European Progressive Slovakia party were narrowly positive, with 47 percent expecting an improvement and 42 percent expecting a deterioration. Voters of the center-left Hlas-SD party, a Smer breakaway that is now part of Slovakia’s governing coalition, were also more optimistic, with 47 percent expecting a positive impact and 32 percent expecting a negative one.

    Following Péter Magyar’s electoral victory in Hungary, ending 16 years of a Viktor Orbán-led government, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called for a continued alliance with Budapest and a strengthening of the Visegrád Group.

    “I want us to have good neighborly relations with our neighbors. We have a proverb that says that a bad neighbor is worse than a house on fire,” he said earlier this month. “I don’t know Péter Magyar personally yet, but we must strive to understand each other so that relations between Hungary and Slovakia are at the same level as during the time of Orbán.”

    “We can only congratulate the winner of the Hungarian elections. We will be happy about the cooperation,” he added.

  • ‘They don’t care whether civilians get hurt’ – German police union chief warns of soaring foreign gang violence after 515 shots fired in Berlin in 2025

    ‘They don’t care whether civilians get hurt’ – German police union chief warns of soaring foreign gang violence after 515 shots fired in Berlin in 2025

    As the left discusses increasing diversity and acceptance, violence is escalating across Germany. Today on the streets of Berlin, four Turkish-Kurdish gangs are fighting for dominance in the drug trade, and 

    According to Manuel Ostermann, federal chairman of the DPolG Federal Police Union, these gangs are extremely well-connected and structured, maintain global financial networks, and know no bounds in their fight for power. 

    “They don’t hesitate for a second to use firearms or explosives. They have no inhibitions,” he tells Bild. “This is certainly not the end of the escalation. Today, it’s no longer just brawls, but open gun violence and hand grenades.” 

    Drive-by shootings, hand grenade attacks, protection rackets, and bounties on prosecutors and judges — this is the new normal in Berlin.

    Authorities are also pointing to the spread of violence from neighboring European countries. Benjamin Jendro, spokesperson for the Police Union (GdP), told Bild: “Young people being recruited, as in Sweden, could happen here too. We’re not there yet—but it could happen.” 

    “If someone offers 1,000 euros for someone to throw a hand grenade into a storefront, sooner or later someone will come forward. We live in the age of ‘crime as a service,’” he tells the portal.

    Gun violence is the real concern. Last year, a Turkish man with a Belgian passport was shot dead in Berlin’s tourist district at Checkpoint Charlie. A leading figure in the Turkish mafia is believed to be behind the attack.

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    Just last Friday, a 25-year-old Turkish man was shot in the leg in Berlin-Mitte, but this is simply one of dozens of similar incidents. 

    Amidst a sea of foreign crime gangs, the most brutal are the Daltons, the Ezgins, the Caspers, and the Sirinler (“Smurfs”). According to the police, the Daltons are a “highly criminal Turkish group.” Their leader, Berat Can Gökdemir, is reportedly hiding in Russia. The Ezgins are a splinter group of the Daltons, led by Turkish national Baris B. 

    The gangs are said to recruit young men with no prospects—such as those from refugee shelters—for their criminal activities.

    Germany: Homicides soar in Berlin, nearly half of all crime suspects are foreigners

    In early March 2025, a recruited Daltons accomplice carried out attacks on branches of a supermarket chain in the Spandau and Wilmersdorf districts, firing several bullets through the windows with a pistol. 

    He was sentenced by the Berlin Regional Court to a juvenile sentence of 2 years and 9 months.

    In late March 2025, a 21-year-old Daltons operative shot a Berlin businessman seven times in the legs from a distance of five meters. A targeted act of punishment and intimidation. The shooter was apprehended and confessed to the crime.

    In November 2025, the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) responded to the escalation of violence by establishing the Special Task Force (BAO) “Ferrum” to identify meeting places of organized crime and conduct inspections at the slightest suspicion. 

    In just three months, “Ferrum” initiated 260 preliminary investigations. It seized 18 live firearms, 10 alarm guns, and 50 knives, baseball bats, and stun guns, reports Bild.

    Nevertheless, criminals have not been deterred, and the attacks have continued: Gun attacks at a Berlin driving school due to protection racketeering, and Turkish mafia-backed attack where a live grenade was thrown into an empty club in Kreuzberg, to name just two incidents.

    “The number of related cases at the District Attorney’s Office is on the rise,” the District Attorney’s Office wrote in February 2026. In 2025 alone, there were 515 gunshots in the capital. Now, a new investigative unit, “Telum,” has brought on “several experienced prosecutors from the organized crime division.”

    Recently, the gang war has once again escalated rapidly: In February, there were nonstop attacks: a car repair shop, a snack bar, a hookah bar, in a house, on the street.

    “Ferrum” and “Telum” have responded with raids, often seizing both weapons and drugs. 

    The fact that no bystanders have been hit by a bullet so far is just luck, say the union representatives. Union chief Manuel Ostermann tells Bild: “They don’t care whether civilians get hurt. When someone fires from a car, no one can guarantee that a third person won’t be endangered. They don’t care at all. You can only hope that you aren’t foolishly standing next to someone who is meant to be a victim.”

    GdP spokesperson Benjamin Jendro agrees: “The gangs are willing to accept that bystanders will be harmed. Not all of them are sharpshooters. So it’s only a matter of time before a bystander is hit. Often, it’s only then that politicians tighten the measures and expand the options available to law enforcement agencies.”

  • Bardella leads French presidential race as Philippe slumps and Mélenchon closes in

    Bardella leads French presidential race as Philippe slumps and Mélenchon closes in

    Jordan Bardella has strengthened his position as the frontrunner for France’s 2027 presidential election, with new polling showing the National Rally (RN) president leading comfortably in the first round and defeating former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in a second-round contest.

    The May Odoxa political barometer puts Bardella at 32 percent in a hypothetical first round. Philippe, long seen as one of the strongest contenders from the Macron-aligned camp, has fallen to 17 percent, down four points since March. He is now only one point ahead of far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has risen to 16 percent after officially announcing his candidacy last month.

    The figures mark a sharp deterioration for Philippe, whose route to the runoff now looks less secure. In March, he polled at 21 percent, while Mélenchon stood at 12 percent. Bardella has slipped slightly from 34 percent, but remains well ahead of the field. Raphaël Glucksmann is at 11 percent, Bruno Retailleau at 9 percent, Éric Zemmour at 6 percent, Marine Tondelier at 4 percent, Fabien Roussel at 2.5 percent, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan at 2 percent, and Nathalie Arthaud at 0.5 percent.

    The poll also suggests Bardella would currently beat Philippe in the second round by 52 percent to 48 percent, reversing the position recorded two months earlier, when Philippe was shown defeating Bardella by the same margin. The shift is politically significant because Philippe has often been presented as one of the few figures capable of blocking a National Rally victory in 2027.

    Nearly half of French voters may support National Rally, and immigration is a major concern

    Odoxa said Philippe has been hit by a combination of legal difficulties and a relative lack of political visibility since his re-election as mayor of Le Havre. His wider popularity has also declined. He has fallen to third place in Odoxa’s ranking of political figures, with 30 percent of respondents saying they support him or feel sympathy toward him, down six points since March.

    Bardella, by contrast, tops the political personality ranking with 37 percent approval, ahead of his party colleague Marine Le Pen at 33 percent, and Philippe at 30 percent. Among National Rally supporters, Bardella commands 95 percent support, narrowly ahead of Le Pen at 93 percent.

    It remains unclear who, Bardella or Le Pen, will run from the right of French politics, with the latter still under an election ban following a court ruling last year. Her appeal of the ruling is pending, with a decision expected on July 7.

    Mélenchon’s resurgence is one of the other major findings of the poll. Although he remains the most rejected figure in the survey overall, with 69 percent saying they reject him, he has recovered strongly among left-wing voters. Odoxa says he has gained six points among left-wing sympathizers and is again their preferred political figure, ahead of Glucksmann, who had led him by a wide margin six months ago.

    The poll also shows continued weakness for the French executive. Only 23 percent of respondents say Emmanuel Macron is a good president, while 76 percent say he is not. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu also fell two points, with 31 percent judging him a good prime minister and 68 percent disagreeing.

  • ‘Deeply regrettable’ – Magyar faces wrath of EU as he seeks to protect Hungarian farmers from Ukrainian agricultural imports

    ‘Deeply regrettable’ – Magyar faces wrath of EU as he seeks to protect Hungarian farmers from Ukrainian agricultural imports

    The European Commission has called on Hungary to lift its unilateral ban on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, saying the move could disrupt the EU’s internal market and have negative consequences across the EU.

    Earlier this month, upon the expiration of Hungary’s state of emergency, in place since Covid, the protection Hungarian farmers had received from cheap Ukrainian imports also disappeared. However, it did not take long for the new government under Péter Magyar to reimpose this ban, faced with opposition parties demanding reinstatement, along with farmers reeling from prices they simply cannot compete with.

    Unfortunately, Brussels is not happy, calling Tisza’s reinstatement of the ban “deeply regrettable,” giving Magyar even more of a headache related to winning back favor in Brussels and, more to the point, obtaining the billions of euros frozen under the previous Orbán government.

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    The new restrictions affect several important product groups, including Ukrainian beef, pork, poultry, eggs, grain, flour, sunflower oil and rapeseed oil. The Tisza government has also not ruled out expanding the range of banned products in the future.

    According to Brussels, the new Hungarian measures are incompatible with the functioning of the European Union’s internal market and could cause tension between member states, writes Világgazdaság.

    European Commission spokesman Thomas Rainier said at a briefing on Tuesday that Brussels is continuing to negotiate with Budapest to ensure that Hungary lifts the ban. The commission believes that the revised agreement between the EU and Ukraine already includes legal and market protection mechanisms that can be applied if necessary, so there is no need for separate Hungarian sanctions.

    Rainier warned that unilateral restrictions could have a negative impact on the entire European Union, especially on some member states. Essentially, the concern is that if more countries start imposing trade bans on their own, it could paralyze the functioning of the EU common market and could also put Ukrainian agriculture, which allegedly need financial support, in a more difficult situation.

    Asked whether the European Commission could initiate legal proceedings against Hungary over the matter, Rainier noted that Brussels prefers dialogue and will try to explain to member states what guarantees and protections are available in the new EU-Ukraine agreement.

  • UK, Poland to sign enhanced security cooperation agreement, as Tusks seeks deeper ties with London

    UK, Poland to sign enhanced security cooperation agreement, as Tusks seeks deeper ties with London

    Although the exact details are unknown, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk did make it clear that cybersecurity and health security are central to the agreement Poland is set to sign with the United Kingdom tomorrow.

    Before a scheduled government meeting in Warsaw, Tusk thanked his ministers of foreign affairs, national defense, and interior affairs and administration, as well as “all those who were involved in the preparation of the treaty between the Republic of Poland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on a partnership in the field of security and defense,” as quoted by Do Rzezcy.

    The leader of the Civic Coalition (KO) emphasized that cooperation with the British was planned in response to the growing challenges related to the country’s security. “This is the strategy we have adopted to strengthen cooperation, at the highest diplomatic level, with those countries that genuinely want to strengthen our security,” he noted.

    Poland strengthens military cooperation with Germany and France, plans joint exercises

    Poland signed a similar enhanced cooperation agreement with France last year.

    “The Treaty of Nancy is a framework agreement whose aim is to strengthen Polish-French relations in the dozen or so areas of cooperation mentioned in this agreement, with particular emphasis on security and defense,” President Nawrocki’s office said at the time.

    PM Tusk said that this new treaty with the UK is focused on solutions that would ensure a real increase in Poland’s security. Also critical to this goal, he noted, is the alliance with the United States, the SAFE loan, and the planned strengthening of cooperation with Germany.

    Tusk also highlighted efforts for deepening bilateral security relations between Warsaw and London, which have already long been cooperating on aid for Ukraine.

  • Will Chancellor Merz fall soon? The winds of change are coming to Germany as AfD soars higher

    Will Chancellor Merz fall soon? The winds of change are coming to Germany as AfD soars higher

    The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is at an all-time high: The party is already polling at 29 percent in Germany, while Friedrich Merz’s government is in a deeper and deeper crisis. According to Bence Bauer, the director of the German-Hungarian Institute for European Cooperation, the German political “firewall” may even collapse in the fall, and it is also possible that the AfD will achieve a federal breakthrough after taking power at the state level. This means Germany may be saying goodbye to Friedrich Merz sooner rather than later.

    Bauer, who spoke to Hungarian news outlet Mandiner, referenced several recent polls, all showing a similar trend: Support for AfD, which rose to an all-time high. Measurements by INSA and Forsa both indicated record high figures, with one institute measuring the party at 29 percent and the other at 28 percent. At the same time, research also shows that support for the government coalition led by Friedrich Merz is weakening week by week.

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    Not only is the AfD growing, but disappointed Social Democrat (SPD) and CDU voters are sharply distancing themselves from their old party, according to the expert.

    “The government was shown a red card, the radical right is advancing,” said Bence Bauer.

    Bauer said that an early parliamentary election was held in the Federal Republic of Germany on Feb. 23, 2025, in which the CDU/CSU party alliance still achieved 28 percent, while the AfD won 20 percent at the time. The latter was considered a record even at that time, but since then, the political mood has changed significantly.

    According to Bauer, the poor performance of the federal government led by Friedrich Merz is behind the current processes. As he put it, only 15 percent of Germans consider the work of the federal government to be good, while 84 percent think things are going in the wrong direction.

    In his opinion, as a result, the AfD has strengthened significantly, which some surveys already put at 29 percent, nine percentage points higher than what the party achieved during the elections. At the same time, support for the CDU fell from 28 percent to 22 percent.

    The expert emphasized that all of this is still poll data and not actual election results. As he said, elections must be won, not polls. However, he added that if the German government continues to perform so poorly, the AfD may even continue to strengthen. 

    In German politics, he said, many believe that the traditional political order can be completely overturned if the AfD reaches 30 percent support, while the CDU/CSU sinks to around 20 percent.

    The AfD is united

    Bence Bauer also spoke about the fact that the unity within the AfD is currently clearly strengthened by its success. As an example, he mentioned Saxony-Anhalt, where the party’s support already stands at 42 percent. According to him, in addition to such results, few people question the policy of the current party leadership. At the same time, he believes that if the AfD really wants to govern, it will be forced to move to the center, to represent a more moderate tone and politics.

    He emphasized that it is easy to make radical or even unfeasible proposals in opposition, and more radical actors can still be found in the AfD. He claimed Björn Höcke from Thuringia fit this category, but noted that the party is extremely heterogeneous, stating that its supporters include those with more conservative values as well as those with more liberal and far-right tendencies. 

    He said that these politicians are held together by success and growing support.

    According to Bauer, the situation would change radically if the party were to take a government position. Then it would no longer be possible to pursue “wish politics,” but would have to adapt to administrative and political realities. He believes that if, for example, in Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD were to enter the government or even form a state cabinet alone, then in practice it would have to pursue a much more traditional, pragmatic policy. According to him, the party’s current popularity stems in part from being in opposition everywhere and rejecting many of the things that the German political mainstream has represented in recent years.

    He described the situation as the AfD currently being in political quarantine, which means that for many, it plays the role of “forbidden fruit.”

    Weidel is becoming increasingly popular in Germany

    The expert also addressed AfD co-leader Alice Weidel’s personal popularity. He recalled that according to one survey, 33 percent of voters would choose her as chancellor, while only 22 percent would support Friedrich Merz.

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    Bauer called this a special situation. According to him, Merz’s support is practically the same as the current support of the CDU/CSU, which he believes is a particularly weak figure for an incumbent chancellor.

    In the case of Weidel, on the other hand, she personally seems more moderate than her party itself. According to Bauer, Weidel represents a more middle-of-the-road policy, which is why she is not only acceptable to AfD voters but is also able to appeal to supporters of other conservative or smaller parties.

    Bauer believes that she can even get voters from supporters of the FDP or other smaller conservative formations, and there may even be those from the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance who would consider her acceptable as chancellor under the circumstances.

    Fateful state elections are coming

    Voting will be held in Saxony-Anhalt on Sept. 6, and after that, there will be elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. According to Bauer, these elections may even shake the stability of federal politics.

    He pointed out that in Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD currently stands at 42 percent, while the CDU enjoys 24 percent, the Left 13 percent, and the SPD only 6 percent. This would give a total of 43 percent to the three other parties combined, compared to 42 percent for the AfD.

    Germany: Anti-immigration AfD soars to record high 42% in state of Saxony, nears absolute majority

    Bauer emphasized that in a proportional election system, a party can obtain an absolute majority if it is stronger than all other parties that enter the parliament combined. In his view, the AfD is already very close to this situation.

    He added that if the SPD were to drop out of the state parliament, it would further ease the situation of the AfD. Moreover, according to him, it is not even impossible for the party to obtain an absolute majority, but even if this did not happen, he sees that the AfD could form a minority government with the support of some CDU representatives or through ad hoc voting.

    Bauer said he believes an AfD-led or fully AfD government will be formed in Magdeburg from September. He adds that with the current political balance of power, it is no longer a realistic scenario for all parties to unite against the AfD with the CDU leadership.

    The federal government may fall

    According to Bauer, an AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt would have serious consequences at the federal level as well. He said that in this case the so-called “firewall policy,” that is, the strategy that excludes cooperation with the AfD, would collapse.

    Bauer also noted that in September 2024, the AfD already achieved strong results in Saxony with 30 percent and Thuringia with 33 percent. Even then, this seriously shook the traffic light coalition led by Olaf Scholz, which collapsed two months later.

    Now, however, Bauer stressed: “We are talking about an even stronger AfD and even weaker government support than under Olaf Scholz.”

    Therefore, according to Bauer, it is easy to imagine that after a possible breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt, there will also be a “tabula rasa” in federal politics. According to him, either the CDU will try to continue governing alone without the SPD, or early elections may take place, as a result of which a completely new federal government may be formed in Germany by the spring of 2027.

    When asked whether Merz’s government could take measures to reverse the current trend by autumn, Bauer replied that he does not consider this realistic. 

    According to him, while Merz sees Germany’s problems accurately and diagnoses the country’s situation correctly, recognition alone is not enough.

    Bauer said it may be enough for a political analyst to understand the problems, but a chancellor must also act. However, according to the expert, there is currently neither the political will nor an adequate majority for this. According to him, the CDU/CSU coalition partner, the SPD, does not support the deep reforms that are needed.

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    He cited the issues of the labor market, the social welfare system, infrastructure, and migration as examples. In his opinion, only a wider parliamentary majority, even including the AfD, would be able to bring real changes in these matters. However, as he emphasized, the Catch-22 trap is present, with other parties still not willing to cooperate with the AfD.

    Bauer finally mentioned that “Friedrich Merz also tied his own political future to the fact that he does not cooperate with the AfD in any way. Therefore, if another political constellation were to emerge in Germany in the future, the new decisions would probably no longer be implemented under the chancellorship of Merz, but under the leadership of another CDU or even a completely different political actor.”

  • Three migrants accused of torturing 93-year-old to death in Cologne despite deportation orders, illegal returns, and long criminal records

    Three migrants accused of torturing 93-year-old to death in Cologne despite deportation orders, illegal returns, and long criminal records

    A 93-year-old pensioner was allegedly tortured and killed in his own home in Cologne by men German authorities had already had repeated chances to remove from the country.

    Hans-Jürgen W. was found dead by his children in his bungalow in Cologne-Neubrück on May 3 after he failed to answer the door or pick up the phone. Inside the house, his family found the pensioner lying in his bedroom, bound and gagged, with injuries across his body. Focus Online reported that he had suffered bruising and wounds to his face, hands, head, back, shoulders, upper body, and neck.

    His home had been ransacked, and his e-bike, phone, debit card, and wedding ring were missing.

    Prosecutors believe the elderly man was deliberately targeted due to his vulnerability. Cologne Chief Public Prosecutor Ulrich Bremer told Bild that there was “strong suspicion” the three accused had committed murder and robbery resulting in death together. He said the case was based in particular on DNA traces and camera footage, adding that the evidence suggested the suspects had “apparently specifically targeted the 93-year-old’s residence” before acting “with great brutality against the senior citizen.”

    According to Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, one of the main suspects is Nenad A., a 30-year-old Serbian national and rejected asylum seeker with no fixed address. He was reportedly already known across Germany for theft, fraud, forgery, and extortion, and had also committed offenses in Austria and Hungary.

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    He had been in prison in Mannheim until April 14. Before his release, German authorities issued a deportation order against him. Instead, according to the reports, he left voluntarily for Serbia on April 21, apparently to avoid formal deportation. He then returned to Germany illegally within days.

    Nenad A. was arrested on May 11 by chance after police intercepted a stolen vehicle and found him to be the driver. Investigators had already linked him to the crime scene through DNA evidence, fingerprints, cigarette butts, and traces found on objects the killers are believed to have touched.

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    A second suspect was arrested at a refugee center in Köln-Mülheim. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger reported that he was also known to police for property and traffic offenses, yet his residence status had repeatedly been extended by the Cologne immigration office, most recently until December 2026. Focus Online described him as a Bosnian suspect whose criminal record was allegedly known to authorities while his status continued to be renewed.

    The third suspect, Bajram K., 36, born in Macedonia, was arrested by Austrian police at Salzburg Central Station on May 19. He had a record for property, sexual, violent, and traffic offenses. He had reportedly been deported in 1993 and 2014, later returned, received temporary residence and tolerated status in Münster, was deported again, and then allegedly entered Germany illegally for a third time on April 29, 2024.

    The investigation has also moved into Cologne’s criminal gang network, with local media reporting that evidence led police to a large criminal family living in municipal accommodation in the Kalk district. A search was carried out, and two women were temporarily detained, though they were later released after investigators did not find enough evidence to justify keeping them in custody.

  • With Newsmax entering Poland, Trump’s brand seeks greater influence in the region

    With Newsmax entering Poland, Trump’s brand seeks greater influence in the region

    American conservative media company Newsmax, known for its close relationship with the GOP and President Donald Trump’s circle, is setting up shop in Poland. Founder and CEO Christopher Ruddy is known to be a close friend of Trump, and many from his camp have appeared on the station.

    Newsmax went public last March, and that summer, Trump Media announced a new global streaming platform, featuring Newsmax.

    As of now, Newsmax Polska has already launched as an online service, with a television channel launch coming in June, according to Do Rzeczy.

    Poland is meant to be a sort of testing ground before Newsmax rolls out in larger markets, such as Germany, France, and Italy. However, the interest from American conservative circles in Central and Eastern Europe is undeniable.

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    “This region holds strategic significance for Washington—politically, militarily, energetically, and culturally. As the largest country on NATO’s eastern flank and one of the U.S.’s most important allies in the region, Poland is naturally becoming a place where American media outlets want to have a more direct presence,” writes Do Rzeczy.

    Newsmax is said to have plans to expand elsewhere in the region as well, including Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Albania, and Greece.

    “The station aims to bring an American perspective to the European debate—without the mediation of Western European editorial offices and interpretive filters,” writes Do Rzezcy. “For Polish viewers, this could mean something new: direct access to the American conservative debate, to politicians and commentators close to the Republican center of power, and to a way of telling the world characteristic of the American right.”

  • ‘She’s half-naked, I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to jerk off’ – Man attacks woman who confronts him over public masturbation in Brussels park

    ‘She’s half-naked, I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to jerk off’ – Man attacks woman who confronts him over public masturbation in Brussels park

    Last Friday, a man in Brussels’ Forest Park began masturbating in full view of everyone there, including a group of women, leading to one confrontation with a woman and another more violent attack on a man who reportedly tried to intervene. The police finally arrested the suspect on Sunday at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels.

    In the footage posted to social media by Fdesouche, a woman is seen grabbing her water bottle, confronting the suspect, and tossing the contents of her bottle at him. The suspect immediately reacted violently, throwing his shoe at her as she ran away.

    Another park-goer, who witnessed the entire scene, told SudInfo: “I saw a guy in the distance staring at me very intently for several minutes — a really prolonged stare,” she said.

    Another woman told the portal: “I saw this girl running toward him with a bottle of water and yelling at him: ‘You’re jerking off, I saw you, get lost.’”

    According to the witness, the man did not seem “the least bit shaken” afterward. Instead, “He threw his shoe in her face. My friend then stood up to try to defend her because we could feel the tension rising.”

    “Not a shred of shame or remorse,” she said, adding that the man even justified his behavior by saying, “She’s half-naked; I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to masturbate.”

    This witness also told the portal: “It was 30 degrees and this girl was wearing shorts and a bikini top.” Although this woman is not seen in the video, there is a very narrow field of view on the one video recording obtained from the incident. It is also unclear if the person filming may have been wearing a bikini.

    “He threw a right hook straight into my friend’s face with a ring; it split his temple open three centimeters, he was bleeding,” the one witness continued.

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    The police had been called, but by the time they arrived on the scene, the suspect had already fled. He was finally arrested on Sunday afternoon. Although he appears to possibly be an immigrant in the footage posted, no information pertaining to his nationality has been released by police.

    “Our services confirm that a person reported for indecent exposure was spotted on May 24, 2026, at the Place de la Bourse in the early afternoon. The individual was apprehended and taken to the police station for questioning. Following the questioning, he was handed over to the public prosecutor’s office,” said Ilse Van de Keere, spokesperson for the Brussels Capital/Ixelles police zone.

  • UK net migration fall masks true demographic replacement as British exodus continues

    UK net migration fall masks true demographic replacement as British exodus continues

    The left-wing U.K. government has claimed it is making real progress in tackling the ongoing migration crisis enveloping Britain after official statistics published on Thursday showed that net migration had decreased to 171,000 last year. However, that figure alone doesn’t tell the whole story.

    “I promised to restore control to our borders. My government is delivering,” under-pressure Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote on X in response to the latest publication by the Office for National Statistics.

    “Net migration is now at 171,000, down from a high of 944,000 under the Conservatives,” added Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, claiming the government had “restored order” after the unprecedented figures under the last Conservative administration.

    Yet, a glance at the broader figures shows the reported number isn’t as impressive as the government would have you believe.

    In the year ending December 2025, the total number of people immigrating to Britain stood at 813,000. For comparison, this figure is around two-thirds of the population of the U.K.’s second-largest city, Birmingham.

    That figure comprises 110,000 British nationals returning to the U.K., and 76,000 EU citizens. By far the largest contingent of immigrants was from non-EU countries, accounting for 627,000 arrivals.

    The 171,000 figure is also largely offset by emigration — nearly a quarter of a million (246,000) British nationals left the country, while 118,000 EU nationals and 278,000 non-EU nationals also packed their bags.

    Total emigration of 642,000 was marginally down on the 680,000 recorded the previous year.

    So, while the headline figure looks impressive, that is still a considerable decline in British nationals — down a net figure of 136,000 — effectively being replaced by largely non-EU immigrants. A total of 138,000 Indians, 56,000 Pakistanis, 54,000 Chinese, and 47,000 Nigerian nationals arrived.

    The figures suggest that Britain remains a major destination for long-term migrants, and the scale of departures has become an increasingly important factor when reflecting on the overall migration picture.

    The net figure for British nationals was the largest exodus since the 1960s.

    Meanwhile, non-EU net migration to the U.K. still remains higher (by some margin) than in any other year preceding 2021.

    Migration monitoring groups released statements on Thursday contesting the Labour government’s assessment that it was successfully tackling the problem.

    “Our immigration system is dysfunctional,” wrote the Centre for Migration Control. “Three quarters of a million foreign nationals still arrive every year, and one in five people living in Britain was not born here.

    “Rather than heed these warning signs, Labour ministers will insist they have ‘taken back control,’” it added.

    Other commentators noted that the Home Office no longer publishes the numbers of immigrants who entered the country on a visa that has since expired, and assumes they have left, leaving the figures contentious.

    “If people’s visas expire and ONS has no record of them leaving the country, they simply assume that they have left — one reason to treat emigration and ‘net’ migration figures with care,” noted Conservative MP Neil O’Brien.

    Academic Matt Goodwin, who most recently stood for the right-wing Reform U.K. party in a by-election, warned, “The British people are being demographically replaced – there is no other term for it.”

    Migration Watch U.K. called the recent migration wave into Britain “one of the most rapid and drastic demographic changes, outside of war, in human history — no wonder the public are concerned!”

    It further questioned why the British public should be “thankful that net migration has ‘crashed’ from the city a size of Birmingham arriving in a single year, to a city the size of Norwich.”

    “Where is the infrastructure for this massive inflow of immigrants?” it asked.

  • German taxpayers bled dry: Mass migration cost €40 billion in 2025

    German taxpayers bled dry: Mass migration cost €40 billion in 2025

    Migrants cost German taxpayers — just at the federal level — €24.8 billion in 2025, according to new data in the “refugee costs report” from the German Federal Ministry of Finance. However, the true sum is much higher.

    The €24.8 billion is strictly the federal bill. The actual, combined national cost of migration for Germany is that €24.8 billion plus the massive, separate billions that the individual states and municipalities had to pull from their own local tax revenues to cover their own deficits brought on by mass immigration.

    Welt notes that the total figure is indeed much higher, since it does not include states and local communes, but Welt does not provide this combined data.

    Nevertheless, previous years indicate that this number is at least €15 to €20 billion. That means any total figure is likely well over €40 billion, but as in previous years, it may actually go as high as €50 billion.

    The total costs cover several areas, including the federal government’s contribution to the refugee and integration costs of states and municipalities. One controversial issue is exactly how much money the federal government is transferring to the states and municipalities, which they argue is not enough to cover all their costs.

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    Essentially, the federal government only pays out a flat rate per initial asylum application, amounting to €7,500 from the federal government, allocated via a modification in the VAT distribution. This advance payment reached €1.25 billion for 2025. Additionally, the report assumes that the federal government holds a claim for repayment from the states totaling €250 million for 2025.

    However, this only covers a fraction of the cost. The states indicate that the total costs in the area of flight and migration are significantly higher than the VAT resources available to them on the basis of the flat rate.

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    Of course, all of these expenses only cover specific areas like housing, direct social benefits, and integration courses. The true cost is still far higher than €40 billion to €50 billion.

    The costs, for instance, do not cover expenses associated with the substantial foreign prison population. They also do not cover the need for the vastly increased police forces and counter-terrorism efforts. There are also “gray areas” that lead to other hidden taxes on Germans brought on by mass immigration. For instance, mass immigration has led to vastly higher housing prices, more road traffic, crowded hospitals, and longer wait times for medical treatments.

    Germans are even paying higher health insurance premiums now due to mass immigration.

    The head of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband) has repeatedly criticized the federal government for creating a massive multi-billion-euro deficit that forces them to raise premiums, with the core of the complaint revolving around “non-insurance benefits.” These are social welfare benefits mandated by the government that are paid out to people who have not paid regular insurance contributions into the system. This includes long-term unemployed citizens and refugees.

    When asylum seekers first arrive in Germany, they are not members of the statutory health insurance system. Under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, their healthcare costs are covered, with local municipalities and state social offices paying their bills. 

    The financial friction begins once a migrant’s asylum application is approved, or if they have been in the country for 36 months without a final decision. At this point, they transition into the standard welfare system, known as citizen’s money.

    63% of all welfare recipients in Germany have a migration background

    Once on welfare, they are fully integrated into the statutory health insurance system. This is where the GKV-Spitzenverband argues the math breaks down, with the government only paying €108 per person per month for welfare recipients, the majority of which are migrants and those with a migration background, when the care actually costs between €300 and €350 a month.

    This has resulted in a multi-billion euro deficit, which the insurance companies say now needs to be passed on to Germans actually paying for their health insurance.

    In short, Germans are being squeezed from all sides due to mass immigration, and despite claims that foreigners would pay the pensions of Germany’s aging population, this is clearly unrealistic. Instead, Germany’s elderly may now be expected to work even longer, with a strong movement in the government to raise the retirement age to 73.

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  • Dutch asylum centers overflow as migrants are moved to sports halls while local opposition grows

    Dutch asylum centers overflow as migrants are moved to sports halls while local opposition grows

    Over 100 asylum seekers were relocated from the overcrowded registration center in Ter Apel to sports halls and other emergency accommodation across the Netherlands on Thursday, prompting further opposition to an asylum crisis many consider to be out of control and against the wishes of local people.

    The municipality of Aa en Hunze, which includes Gieten, said around 90 to 100 people were given a place to sleep at De Goorns sports hall after an appeal from Jaap Velema, the mayor of Westerwolde, where Ter Apel is located.

    The move came after dozens of asylum seekers were still waiting on the grass outside the registration center late in the evening. Two buses arrived at around 10:30 p.m. and left almost full for Gieten.

    On Wednesday, around 50 asylum seekers were sent to Stadskanaal for one night after space ran out at the registration center.

    Amsterdam has also agreed to provide additional reception places following a request from Asylum Affairs Minister Bart van den Brink, according to De Telegraaf. A spokesperson said the transfer from Ter Apel to Amsterdam had already been set in motion and would help ease pressure on the registration center.

    However, it was still unclear on Thursday whether the extra Amsterdam spaces would be enough to resolve the immediate problem in Ter Apel. The asylum agency said the center remained full and that there was still not enough room for everyone.

    Amsterdam said the new places would be on top of the 4,781 reception spaces already available in the city, which it said was more than required under the national distribution law.

    Earlier this month, the Dutch municipality of Hulst reacted with anger after local officials confirmed that the Reynaertland swimming pool will once again be used as emergency accommodation for asylum seekers.

    The emergency transfers come as opposition to asylum redistribution continues to grow in several Dutch communities.

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    In Loosdrecht, protests have continued for more than a month against the arrival of new asylum seekers, while in Engelen, residents have also been demonstrating against plans to house 50 unaccompanied minor migrants in a former police station.

    PVV leader Geert Wilders visited Engelen on Thursday to address residents opposed to the shelter. He warned that asylum centers brought risks, including intimidation, violence, and threats to local safety.

    Wilders also directed a message at Mayor Jack Mikkers, saying, “Stand behind your own people. If you can’t or don’t want to, get out!”

    “The Netherlands is the Netherlands, and Islam does not belong in the Netherlands. People, mass immigration has already cost us hundreds of billions of euros,” Wilders told a sizable crowd.

    “And who is footing the bill for that? Who do you think is footing the bill? You. You are indeed footing the bill. The Dutch. And to pay for that little joke about mass immigration and open borders, [Prime Minister] Jetten and his gang are now cutting back on healthcare. On pensions. On social security,” he added.

  • Poland extradites 3 suspected for terror in arson attack on drone factory in Czech Republic

    Poland extradites 3 suspected for terror in arson attack on drone factory in Czech Republic

    Two months ago, Remix News reported on the anti-Israel Earthquake Faction’s attack on a factory in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Footage of the incident posted by the group had gone viral on social media.

    At the time, reports stated that Earthquake Faction set the fire, which reportedly also engulfed properties belonging to other companies, to destroy a “site built to ‘service the global expansion of Israel’s biggest weapons producer.’”

    Czech arms company LPP Holding had announced several years earlier that it wanted to produce and develop drones in Pardubice together with the Israeli company Elbit Systems. LPP Holding has been vocal in its support of Israel and its attacks in Gaza; however, according to the company, this project never materialized.

    The site did reportedly manufacture weapons, including drones for Ukraine.

    Now, Poland has announced that it will hand over three people, two men and one woman, to the Czech Republic for prosecution. They are all Polish citizens.

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    The suspects had previously been detained in Poland in connection with the fire, which the police are investigating as a terrorist attack. The fire is said to have caused damage worth hundreds of millions of crowns, or millions of euros.

    “All persons detained in Poland in connection with the fire at the LPP Holding arms factory in Pardubice will be transferred to the Czech Republic for prosecution within a few weeks at the most,” announced Czech Television Schön, as cited by Seznam Zprávy.

    The woman and one of the men are suspected by criminal investigators of aiding in setting the fire itself. According to local media, the second of the men detained in Poland allegedly instructed other people to buy various items used to start it.

    Police have so far detained 10 people in connection with the case, seven of whom have been remanded into custody at the prosecutor’s request. They are suspected of a terrorist attack and participation in a terrorist group. Reports indicate that authorities believe the declared group could serve as a front for another entity or state actor.

  • Migrant grooming gangs in Nuremberg accused of luring underage girls into prostitution in exchange for hard drugs

    Migrant grooming gangs in Nuremberg accused of luring underage girls into prostitution in exchange for hard drugs

    Migrant drug gangs in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg are accused of exploiting underage girls by luring them with gifts, getting them hooked on hard drugs, and then demanding sex in exchange for further supplies, according to a press release from the state police.

    The suspected exploitation centered on Nelson Mandela Platz near the city’s main railway station, as well as nearby areas including Südstadt and Celtispark, which have long been known to police for drug crime.

    In a statement published on Thursday, Bavarian Police said investigators found growing evidence that members of the drug scene were deliberately approaching young girls from unstable family and living situations. The men identified so far are described by police as predominantly of Syrian, Pakistani, and North African origin.

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    The girls, some as young as 13, were allegedly first offered affection and gifts such as clothing or cosmetics. Investigators believe they were later supplied with hard drugs, including crystal meth. Once dependent, they allegedly received further drugs only in exchange for sexual acts or other “services,” with some forced into prostitution.

    Ten people have been identified so far, according to the Nürnberger Nachrichten. Four are under investigation for offenses including drug trafficking, supplying drugs to minors, and sexual crimes. A 23-year-old Syrian national is already in custody, while arrest warrants have been issued for two men still on the run: a 22-year-old Syrian and a 25-year-old stateless person. An 18-year-old Pakistani national is also under investigation.

    The Nuremberg criminal police have set up a special investigation unit called “EKO Kajal,” which began work on May 18, according to Junge Freiheit. The unit is working with the Nuremberg-Fürth Public Prosecutor’s Office and city partners to identify suspects, secure arrest warrants, and examine possible deportation proceedings.

    Police spokesman Andreas Gramlich told the Nürnberger Nachrichten that “there is suspicion that sexual assaults and rapes have also occurred in this context.” He said investigators have not yet established a clearly organized gang structure, but believe there are links between the suspects.

    Gramlich said the girls “apparently went to the apartments voluntarily,” while stressing that investigators are examining the wider pattern of dependency, coercion, and abuse. He said police would “pursue the matter thoroughly” and aimed “to shed light on the entire area of unreported crime.”

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    It is possible that the investigation could uncover a larger grooming gang scandal across the city, with youth welfare officers already sounding the alarm about the scale of the problem. Frank Schmidt, deputy head of Nuremberg’s youth welfare office, said problems around major train stations are “not unique to Nuremberg,” but warned that the open nature of suspected drug-related prostitution among young girls was new.

    Two of the girls involved have reportedly been placed in social care facilities outside Bavaria.

  • Great Replacement fears in Belgium: 56% of Flemings are afraid they are being slowly replaced by foreigners

    Great Replacement fears in Belgium: 56% of Flemings are afraid they are being slowly replaced by foreigners

    A major social study commissioned by VRT, known as the “Photo of Flanders,” reveals that a majority of Flemish people are afraid they are being slowly replaced by migrants, with this study now joining similar ones in France and Germany, which reveal serious fear across Europe about the ongoing Great Replacement.

    The VRT survey shows that 56 percent of respondents agree with the statement: “I am afraid that Flemish people are slowly being replaced by migrants/people from abroad.”

    Within this category, individuals aged 45 to 64 score at 58 percent, while those over 65 score at 59 percent. Teenagers between 12 and 17 years old also show a high level of agreement at 58 percent.

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    The study also showed that 52 percent of Flemish people are afraid of a mosque being built in their neighborhood. Only 23 percent of Flemish people explicitly say they would be open to a mosque where they live.

    Notably, 22 percent of people who say they have no fear of being replaced by migrants also say they would not like to have a mosque in their neighborhood.

    According to VRT, the study shows that the fear that “Flemish people will be replaced by migrants” remains great.

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    Belgium has also been actively erasing traditional signs of Christianity, such as renaming Christmas markets into “winter markets,” which the VRT study indicates has led to divisions in society, especially between older and younger generations.

    Discussions surrounding inclusive naming conventions also generate pushback. A majority of Flemish people, at 57 percent, maintain that a Christmas market should simply remain a Christmas market. Resistance to neutral terms like winter market is highest among older demographics, with 64 percent of 45-to-64-year-olds and 67 percent of those over 65 opposing the change. This opposition drops among younger populations, with 41 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds and 45 percent of 25-to-44-year-olds objecting to the replacement of the traditional name.

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    The Photo of Flanders is an ongoing tracking study that VRT has conducted since 2009 to observe the social themes that concern Flemish residents.

    Regarding specific statistics on Islam, 60 percent of Flemish people report feeling concerned about Islam’s presence in Flanders.

    This concern peaks among individuals aged 45 to 64 at 65 percent, and among those over 65 at 67 percent, though these percentages have decreased slightly compared to 2023 and 2024.

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    For youth between the ages of 12 and 17, the figure stands slightly lower at 61 percent, though researchers note an upward trend in this youngest bracket.

    Patrick Loobuyck, an ethical philosopher of the University of Antwerp/UGent, states that these anti-diversity figures are “quite high” and Flemish people are struggling with “rapid social changes.”

    “They are concerned about themes that are important to our society: who we are, what the future is of Flanders and what is the place of the population that is there today,” said Loobuyck.

    “The population has actually changed a lot in recent decades. That diversity is no longer limited to cities, but is felt almost everywhere. People see and feel that, and also notice consequences in education and society.”

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    Nevertheless, despite this clear demographic replacement, which is quantifiable and observable, Loobuyck says that “theories” put out by the identitarian right, like the Great Replacement, should not be embraced.

    “There is sometimes a pretense that there is a plan behind it, as if elites are consciously allowing mass migration to destroy us. That adds to the uncertainty that is already there,” he said.

    Often, this is how the left and the mainstream try to “debunk” the Great Replacement, attaching all kinds of meanings to it that were not behind the original meaning, as articulated by the man behind the original term. For example, claims that Jews are behind the replacement, or that a cabal of elites is behind the replacement, are not actually what Renaud Camus articulated. However, if those opposed to the term can assign extraordinary meanings to it, they can more easily “debunk” whatever it is they say the term is actually supposed to mean.

    Nevertheless, in many ways, this has been a “plan.” A UN think tank, for example, has promoted 60 million migrants for Europe by 2050. The UN, which has long advocated for “replacement migration” as a solution to Europe’s aging population, is now warning that Europe will not gain these migrants “if it does not stop being a fortress against immigration.”

    Europe’s top leader, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, is calling for more legal migration after already record numbers of immigrants arriving. If anyone is an “elite,” it is most certainly von der Leyen, who wields an enormous amount of power within the EU.

    Even for those elites who have routinely been the target of conspiracy theories, such as George Soros, there are also quotes on record where he openly promotes and supports mass immigration.

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    Speaking about former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s effort to control migration, Soros stated that:“[Orbán’s) plan treats the protection of national borders as the objective and the refugees as an obstacle. Our plan treats the protection of refugees as the objective and national borders as the obstacle.”

    During the height of the migration crisis, Soros stated: “[Europe] has to accept at least a million asylum-seekers annually for the foreseeable future.”

    Soros even proposed in a column he wrote for MarketWatch in 2015 that Europe should take on debt to pay for “surge funding” for refugees and migrants, suggesting that EU member states implement a massive €45 billion spending package. Soros even says in the article that might not be enough, and that spending more would be “justified.”

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    In the piece, Soros wrote that paying extra money for migrants upfront “would allow us to address the most dangerous consequences of the crisis — including anti-immigrant sentiment in receiving countries and despondency and marginalization among refugees — more effectively.”

    Soros also wrote that a large influx of refugees results in panic, which can lead to “expensive and counter-productive measures, like erecting fences and walls.”

    There have also been numerous top left-wing politicians who have long promoted mass immigration as a means to gaining more power, while journalists have promoted this very trend as well in thousands of articles and publications.

    Notably, poll after poll from across Europe shows that a majority of Europeans want an end to mass immigration, and yet, it continues unabated.

    A majority or near majority of Europeans feel they are being replaced in their home countries. For example, nearly half of Germans also agree with the statement: “I believe that Europeans are gradually being replaced by immigrants from Africa and the Middle East.”

    Meanwhile, in France, 60 percent of voters believe France is witnessing “a replacement of the French population by non-European populations” at a time when immigration has reached record levels.

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    In Belgium itself, Brussels has already seen massive population replacement, with 72 percent of children and teens in Brussels now having a non-EU migration background, while only 10.5 percent are Belgians of Belgian origin

    It can be openly debated what the motive for this mass immigration is, but the reality is that there are many players behind it, all the way from business interests to radical ideologues, which means there is no “single” reason for mass immigration. There are, in short, many motives and many actors, and they are not necessarily all working in concert.

    Nevertheless, the demographic change behind the Great Replacement, which simply states that non-Europeans are replacing Europeans in their native countries, is a statistical reality. There does not have to be a “nefarious” elite that conspires in a room with the blinds drawn, but there is undoubtedly an elite that wants more immigration and they are quite open about this desire.

    At the same time, the term Great Replacement will continue to be promoted by the right because it is a term that is remarkably apt for the situation that is unfolding. Europe, which values free speech, must allow for an open discussion about the motives, players, and ideological movements behind this demographic development, along with why it is happening, who benefits, and even how it can be reversed. Otherwise, we are quite simply not living in the liberal democracy that the most powerful politicians and journalists in Europe continuously tell us we are living in.

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  • Czechia: High school girl dies after being stabbed by schoolmate over breakup

    Czechia: High school girl dies after being stabbed by schoolmate over breakup

    A victim of an attack at the Secondary Industrial School of Chemistry (SPŠCH), a vocational high school in Pardubice, Czech Republic, died from her injuries, the police announced on X last night.

    “We are providing crisis intervention to the family and have offered them psychological support,” the police stated.

    The police do have the suspected attacker in custody and have charged him with murder. The investigation is ongoing, and authorities say no further information on the individuals involved will be provided due to their age.

    The incident in question took place earlier yesterday afternoon, on the street in front of the school on Poděbradská Street. According to Echo24, following a conflict between two young people, the emergency services took one person to the hospital in a life-threatening condition. The second person was detained by police.

    “The attacked person unfortunately succumbed to her injuries after being taken to the hospital. We are providing crisis intervention to the family and have offered them psychological help,” the police stated.

    Czech news outlet iDnes.cz also cited a student source who told them that a young man had stabbed a girl who had broken up with him.

    “She was probably in her second year, he was in his fourth year. He allegedly stabbed her quite seriously and threatened people around her,” they said.

    Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš posted on X his condolences: “I am terribly sorry for the young life that this afternoon in Pardubice ended with a mad and incomprehensible act. I am thinking of the family, friends, and all the survivors and express my deepest condolences.”

    The governor of the Pardubice region, Martin Netolický (3PK), confirmed that the victim was a student and that security at secondary schools was being addressed. The school will remain closed until Monday, and the principal has also canceled the graduation exams, he added.

  • Rubio thanks Czech PM for taking in American Ebola evacuee, WHO declares international emergency

    Rubio thanks Czech PM for taking in American Ebola evacuee, WHO declares international emergency

    U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has publicly thanked Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on X for taking in an American doctor suspected of having contracted Ebola in Congo. He also thanked all the medical staff for their assistance as well.

    “Thanks to PM Andrej Babiš and all of the healthcare professionals in Prague who are taking care of the American evacuated from the Ebola outbreak. We are deeply appreciative for Czechia’s help,” Rubio posted.

    The doctor was flown to Prague on Thursday night after the U.S. embassy asked if he could stay in the Czech Republic until the end of the disease’s incubation period, according to the iDnes.cz news portal.

    According to the American television station NBC, the 46-year-old man is a doctor for the Christian missionary organization Serge and worked at a hospital in Nyankunde in Ituri province in eastern Congo, where an epidemic of Ebola, an often fatal viral disease, broke out.

    The rare Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus has already killed 131 people, with the World Health Organization (WHO) already declaring the outbreak “a public health emergency of international concern” five days ago.

    “A 2018-2020 outbreak in eastern DRC was the second deadliest on record, killing nearly 2,300 people,” writes Reuters, noting thhat the current outbreak has “alarmed experts.”

    The American in Czechia is now in isolation at the Bulovka University Hospital, which said on Thursday that he is not showing any symptoms of the disease.

  • 6 Polish priests ousted from working in Belarus, Lukashenko wary of ‘Polish influence’

    6 Polish priests ousted from working in Belarus, Lukashenko wary of ‘Polish influence’

    Belarusian authorities did not extend the permits for six clergy with Polish citizenship working in the Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev to continue their ministry. This is not the first time Polish priests have faced issues with their work in Belarus, as religious communities are reportedly seen as “a tool of Polish influence.”

    The information was released by the independent initiative “Christian Vision.” The decision, which was reportedly approved by the Office for Religious and National Affairs, affects five Catholic priests and one monk.

    According to the “Christian Vision,” cited by Do Rzeczy, all clergy have been carrying out pastoral work at local parishes in Belarus for many years. Now, they will effectively be forced to leave the country.

    The case of Father Lech Bachanek is particularly high-profile. The Franciscan has been working in Belarus for over a quarter of a century. He came to Ivyanets in 2000. He was involved in youth-oriented activities, establishing, among other things, the “Music Workshop.”

    Back in 2016, Father Bachanek also faced the same problem, as his permission to continue serving was not renewed. However, after the case was publicized, the decision was reversed, and the priest received a new permit.

    Earlier this month, media reported that three other Polish priests working in the Vitebsk Diocese were refused extensions to their permits.

    According to the Centrum Europy X channel, “Following the 2020 protests, the regime’s authorities in Belarus have consistently intensified pressure on religious communities. Particular attention from the security services and officials is drawn to representatives of the Catholic Church. They are perceived as a tool of Polish influence and a potentially disloyal environment.”

    One possible area of “influence” by Poland in Belarus could be any perceived support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Poland has accused Belarus of sending illegal migrants over its border as a form of hybrid warfare ever since Putin’s aggression against Ukraine to help destabilize Poland, a key Ukrainian ally.

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    Minsk, meanwhile, has long been considered a close ally of Moscow, but now Lukashenko is stating that he has no intention of entering the war against Ukraine and is even ready to sit down with President Zelensky.

  • Polish president secures more US troops for Poland in major security win as Tusk sidelined again

    Polish president secures more US troops for Poland in major security win as Tusk sidelined again

    The United States will be sending 5,000 more troops to Poland, in a move seen as a big win for Polish President Karol Nawrocki.

    “Due to the electoral success of the current President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, whom I proudly supported, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland. Thank you for your attention! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” the US president wrote on Truth Social.

    Nawrocki took to X to thank Trump and celebrate the strong friendship between Poland and the U.S.

    “I stand and will stand guard over the Polish-American alliance – a vital pillar of security for every Polish home and all of Europe,” he wrote.

    “Good alliances are those built on cooperation, mutual respect, and care for our shared security.”

    The news comes in the wake of the recent announcement by Trump that the U.S. intends to remove some 5,000 American troops from Germany, with that number possibly going higher over the next year. However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late last week that no decisions have been made on this front as of yet.

    There are currently between 35,000 and 37,000 American troops stationed in Germany.

    Recently, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was asked if he expected American soldiers withdrawing from Germany to be relocated to Poland.

    “The matter is delicate. (…) I don’t think we, as a country, should ‘poach’ anything,” the prime minister declared. “I will not allow Poland to be used in any way to undermine solidarity or cooperation at the European level,” said the leader of the Civic Coalition, as quoted by Do Rzeczy.

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    Nawrocki is seen as critical to Polish-U.S. relations. Last September, Trump rolled out the red carpet for Nawrocki’s visit to the White House. Trump greeted him personally as he exited his vehicle, while F-35s flew overhead to celebrate the two countries’ relationship, as well as F-16s to commemorate pilot Maciej Krakowian, who had tragically just died in a crash while training for an air show in Poland.

    Nawrocki’s relationship with Trump has created tensions with Tusk, as the latter has even been left out of key meetings. Now, the Polish president has secured American troops on Polish territory, with more to come, a critical win for the country’s security.

  • Foreign investment in Germany falls to lowest level since 2009 as last year saw eighth consecutive decline

    Foreign investment in Germany falls to lowest level since 2009 as last year saw eighth consecutive decline

    Foreign companies are continuing to shy away from investing in Germany, with the number of new projects falling last year to its lowest level since 2009, representing an eighth consecutive annual decline.

    An analysis by the auditing and consulting firm EY, reported by the German Press Agency, found that foreign investors announced 548 new projects in Germany in 2025. That was 10 percent fewer than the year before.

    Henrik Ahlers, the head of EY in Germany, said the figures were a “warning sign for Germany as a business location. Germany is falling behind, and other European locations are developing significantly better.”

    He said Germany has talked for years about the need for reform, but has done too little, while other countries have made government services more digital, simplified their tax systems, and made it easier for companies to do business.

    “In Germany, high taxes, high labor costs, expensive energy, and at the same time, paralyzing bureaucracy are stifling investment,” Ahlers noted.

    “Germany’s inability to reform has now become known worldwide. Unfortunately, little remains of its image as a strong, high-quality location and an economic rock in turbulent times,” he added.

    The fall in investment comes at a difficult time for the German economy. Last month, the Halle Institute for Economic Research said company bankruptcies in Germany had reached their highest level since 2005.

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    The institute recorded 4,573 bankruptcies among partnerships and corporations in the first three months of the year. That was higher than the level seen during the 2009 financial crisis. The last time the figure was higher was in the third quarter of 2005, when 4,771 bankruptcies were recorded.

    The rise was especially sharp in March, when bankruptcies were 71 percent above the average for the same month between 2016 and 2019.

    Germany’s industrial sector is also under pressure. A Reuters report last August said 245,500 industrial jobs had been lost in Germany since 2019, before the coronavirus crisis.

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    Volkswagen has become one of the clearest examples of the problems facing German industry. The carmaker plans to cut around 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030 after reporting a sharp fall in profits.

    Its net profit fell 44 percent in 2025 to €6.9 billion, the lowest level since the fallout from the emissions scandal. Revenue was almost unchanged at just under €322 billion, while global deliveries slipped slightly to just under 9 million vehicles.

    Volkswagen blamed the fall in profit on problems at Porsche AG, U.S. import tariffs, and the cost of restructuring the business. Porsche’s operating profit fell from more than €5 billion to just €90 million in a year.

    Volkswagen finance chief Arno Antlitz said the company’s current level of profit was not good enough, explaining the drop had been “shaped by geopolitical tensions, tariffs, and intense competitive pressure” but noting that the company’s current operating margin was “not sufficient in the long run.”

    Across wider Europe, EY said foreign investors announced 5,026 new projects last year, down 7 percent from the year before. France remained in first place with 852 projects, followed by the United Kingdom with 730. Germany was third.

    AfD co-leader Alice Weidel said the figures showed that international confidence in Germany was falling.

    “The world is losing trust: Foreign companies are investing less and less in Germany,” she wrote on X. “In 2025, the number of investments fell by 10% to the lowest level since 2009. Germany can no longer afford the reform refusal of the Black-Red coalition!”

  • Tisza moves to bar Orbán from future return as prime minister under constitutional reform plan

    Tisza moves to bar Orbán from future return as prime minister under constitutional reform plan

    Hungary’s Tisza Party has filed its first proposed amendment to the country’s constitution, setting out a package of reforms, including one measure that would prevent Viktor Orbán from ever returning as prime minister.

    The proposal, submitted as the Sixteenth Amendment to Hungary’s Fundamental Law, would require the support of two-thirds of members of Parliament to pass, a figure now attainable due to the majority achieved by Prime Minister Péter Magyar in last month’s election.

    One measure would place an eight-year cap on service as prime minister. Under the text, anyone who has held the office for a combined total of at least eight years, even with interruptions, would no longer be eligible to be elected prime minister.

    The rule would apply retroactively to terms served since May 2, 1990, meaning it would cover the full post-communist period. In practical terms, the measure would directly affect Orbán, whose years in office far exceed the proposed limit.

    Magyar repeatedly argued during the campaign that Hungary should limit prime ministers to two terms, including through retroactive application.

    A further section of the proposal concerns public-interest asset management foundations that perform public tasks. These institutions have played a major role in Hungary’s higher education and public asset system under the previously governing Fidesz party.

    Portfolio notes that Tisza’s amendment would declare the assets of such foundations to be national property and give the government the power to terminate the foundations. The justification states that the foundations received major public assets while their founding rights were transferred to boards of trustees, which Tisza argues removed democratic oversight from the management of public funds. The party says the system should be changed so that ultimate responsibility and decision-making authority returns to the state.

    Orbán’s allies accused the new Tisza-led majority of using constitutional power to restrict voters’ choices.

    Balázs Orbán, the former political director to Viktor Orbán, wrote on X, “Hungary’s new liberal government already fears that Hungarians would vote Viktor Orbán back into office. So instead, they want to ban Hungarians from being able to vote that way again. That’s how afraid they are.

    “They have a constitutional supermajority. They just won a landslide election. And yet they are still terrified of Viktor Orbán,” he added.

    In further criticism of the broader reforms, he claimed the new government was moving “to rewrite the Constitution in ways that would weaken democracy, national sovereignty, and institutional independence.”

    He described the prime ministerial term-limit proposal as an attempt to “restrict who Hungarians are allowed to elect as Prime Minister through administrative constitutional changes,” adding, “This is not a technical adjustment. It is an attempt to narrow democratic choice through legal engineering.”

    He also accused Tisza of weakening protections for Hungary’s “national identity and Christian cultural heritage,” undermining the constitutional basis used to resist EU migration policy, and seeking to re-centralize the university system.

    “For many Hungarians, this looks less like reform and more like the concentration of political control over institutions that were intentionally placed outside direct state influence,” he wrote.

    “The question is whether Hungary will remain a Hungarian, democratic, and sovereign country — or slowly give up its identity and independence under political pressure.”

  • Baltic FMs warn against continued Russian drones in their airspace as EU confirms NATO solidarity

    Baltic FMs warn against continued Russian drones in their airspace as EU confirms NATO solidarity

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called out both Russia and Belarus for drones appearing over the Baltic states, calling any threat to NATO “completely unacceptable.”

    “Russia’s public threats against our Baltic States are completely unacceptable. Let there be no doubt. A threat against one Member State is a threat against our entire Union,” the EU commission head posted on X.

    Von der Leyen made it clear that NATO is ready to defend the entire alliance, were any part of it attacked.

    “Russia and Belarus bear direct responsibility for drones endangering the lives and security of people on our Eastern flank. Europe will respond with unity and strength. We will continue reinforcing the security of our Eastern flank with strong collective defence and preparedness at every level,” she concluded.

    Some social media accounts are running the narrative that Russia intends to provoke NATO into an attack, although, aside from von der Leyen’s comment yesterday, such reports have not been officially confirmed.

    According to the GeoInsider X account, the Russian ambassador to the UN was feeding reports to the Security Council that Latvia was allegedly providing territory for Ukraine to launch drones against Russia.

    “For weeks, Moscow has been publicly building a narrative that the Baltic states are allowing drone strikes from their territories against Russia. The pattern fits the way Moscow constructs pretexts: first an internal narrative, then a diplomatic move, and then an operational one,” they wrote.

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    Separately, the Latvian foreign minister made a media appearance during which she said that Moscow was simply looking for someone to blame, since it has failed to protect itself from Ukraine’s long-range missile strikes. The Latvian Foreign Ministry posted her comment and video excerpt to X, writing: “Foreign Minister @Braze_Baiba: the Kremlin ‘needs to blame someone else for the fact that Russia can’t defend itself against long-range Ukrainian precision strikes.”

    However, just this morning, Foreign Minister Baiba Braže also noted the ongoing appearance of Russian drones in Latvian airspace: “Latvia’s National Security Council met to consult on the drone incidents in our airspace. It warned that such incidents can repeat as Russia continues aggression against Ukraine, thanked NATO Allies for support, and refuted Russia’s hostile disinformation.”

    Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys also posted: “Another drone. Another air alert in the Baltics. This time – near Lithuania’s border with Belarus. #NATO Baltic Air Policing was activated.” He also stressed the need for better frontline defense and “counter-drone capabilities.”

    “EU Eastern Flank Watch initiative must be implemented& Special EU instrument for resilience of Eastern Flank urgently created
- NATO’s frontline needs air defense& stronger counter-drone capabilities
- EU critical infrastructure protection must be strengthened, as well as measures to counter Kremlin’s propaganda narratives,” the foreign minister emphasized.

    Russia threatening new aggression against Baltic states

    Meanwhile, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna thanked von der Leyen for her support: “Thank you @vonderleyen, for your clear and strong message of European unity: a threat against one EU Member State is a threat against us all.”

    He also clarified that “Estonia has not opened its airspace for the purpose of carrying out attacks, and claims of this kind are simply lies. Drones entering NATO airspace are the result of Russian interference.”

  • Germany: Anti-immigration AfD soars to record high 42% in state of Saxony, nears absolute majority

    Germany: Anti-immigration AfD soars to record high 42% in state of Saxony, nears absolute majority

    The Alternative for Germany (AfD) continues to soar in popularity across Germany, and in the east of the country, it is now approaching an absolute majority in two major states: Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. In the latest Insa poll for Saxony, the party has jumped to 42 percent, double the support of the second-place Christian Democrats (CDU).

    The poll, which was conducted on behalf of the Nius outlet, shows the AfD gained seven points since the poll was last conducted in June 2025, nearly a year ago. The CDU now stands at 21 percent, which is a drop of five points, the weakest results the party has ever recorded in a poll. The AfD has exactly double the amount of the CDU, which is in second place.

    If the AfD can achieve 46 percent in Saxony, it would likely have an absolute majority to rule the state without any other party. AfD co-leader Alice Weidel celebrated the results on X, writing: “The AfD in Saxony is now at 42% and twice as strong as the CDU! Whoever writes leftist screeds against the AfD and slanders volunteer work and large swaths of the population, instead of solving this country’s problems, shouldn’t be surprised by poll numbers like these.”

    In September 2024, the CDU won the state with 31.9 percent of the vote, just ahead of the AfD, which achieved 30.6 percent of the vote.

    Just last week, the AfD reached 42 percent in the neighboring state of Saxony-Anhalt, also in the east. There, elections will be held in September. This comes after the AfD achieved significant growth not only in other eastern German states, but also on a national level, reaching a record high of 29 percent.

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    If the AfD were to achieve the same results on election day in Saxony, it could form a coalition with any other party. However, all parties say they remain committed to never working with the right-wing party, including the CDU.

    However, the math may be exceedingly difficult. For the CDU to form a coalition without the AfD, it would need the support of every other party in the parliament.

    Notably, the left has completely crashed in Saxony and other eastern German states. If the left-wing parties were added up, they would only score 28 percent of the vote, but only if the BSW is factored in, which scored seven points. The BSW has a number of anti-immigration and pro-Russian policies that have led other left-wing parties to scorn it.

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    For the AfD, there is also further potential to grow. The poll found that 49 percent of Saxons said they have either voted for the party already or can imagine voting for it. Only 39 percent ruled out voting for the AfD entirely. Meanwhile, only 36 percent of voters could ever imagine voting for the CDU.

    Meanwhile, 35 percent of voters said they were satisfied with the current government, whereas 58 percent said they were dissatisfied.

    Germany: Poll shows AfD on verge of absolute majority in eastern Saxony-Anhalt just 4 months before election

  • Merz pushes special EU status for Ukraine that involves European Council participation and possible position in Europe’s top court

    Merz pushes special EU status for Ukraine that involves European Council participation and possible position in Europe’s top court

    German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on European Union leaders to consider giving Ukraine a new form of “associated membership” in a letter to leaders.

    Merz argued that Ukraine should be more greatly aligned with EU institutions immediately, even if full membership cannot be completed in the short term. His proposal would allow Ukrainian representatives to take part in meetings of the Council of EU member states and the European Council, but without voting rights.

    As reported by Tagesschau, the plan would also create possible associate roles for Ukraine inside the European Commission and the European Parliament, again without voting powers. Merz also suggested a limited position linked to the European Court of Justice, described as an “Assistant Rapporteur,” which would amount to a lower-ranking judicial role.

    The chancellor presented the idea as a middle ground between Ukraine’s current status and eventual EU membership. He said the arrangement could be implemented without changing EU treaties, provided member states reached a strong political agreement.

    With the electoral defeat of former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán last month, opposition toward such an idea is likely to be less vociferous.

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    Merz said Ukraine’s wartime position and its progress toward accession justified a special response from Brussels. He argued that a formalized status inside EU institutions would send a powerful signal to Ukraine and its citizens as the country continues to fight Russian aggression.

    Under the proposal, Ukraine would also be expected to align fully with the EU’s foreign and security policy. In return, EU member states would make a political commitment to apply the bloc’s mutual assistance clause to Ukraine, creating what Merz described as a substantial security guarantee.

    “It would not be membership lite, but it would go beyond the association agreement and would further accelerate the accession process,” Merz said of his proposal.

    Merz acknowledged, however, that expedited full membership remains unrealistic. He pointed to the many technical, legal, and political obstacles still ahead, as well as the need for ratification procedures in several member states.

    He called on Brussels to continue negotiating all accession-related issues “immediately and without delay,” while using associated membership to prevent the process from losing momentum.

    According to reports by Merkur, the proposal could also include Ukraine’s gradual integration into the EU budget and step-by-step access to EU programs.

  • German police track down murder suspect in Turkey after he allegedly killed a restaurant owner in Hamburg

    German police track down murder suspect in Turkey after he allegedly killed a restaurant owner in Hamburg

    Following a manhunt by German police that lasted for months, the suspect in the fatal stabbing of 41-year-old restaurant owner Mortsa S. has been apprehended in Turkey. Hamburg police discovered that the suspect, Thamer Hassan Ali B., is a Turkish national and had been residing there under a false identity.

    The suspect is currently detained and set for deportation, but he has lodged an objection against deportation proceedings.

    The Turkish judicial system must now determine if the alleged killer will be transferred to the authorities in Hamburg. The man was found after Hamburg police successfully tracked down his location in Turkey.

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    The victim, Mortsa S., ran the Persian restaurant “Sepideh“ on Hammer Straße, a name meaning “dawn.”

    In February 2026, the victim was stabbed following a dispute that took place behind the establishment. The two had reportedly long been in conflict before the fatal attack, according to Bild newspaper.

    Even though Mortsa S. was mortally wounded, the 41-year-old managed to pull himself back inside his restaurant. His workers then rushed him in a Mercedes-Maybach to the Asklepios Clinic in Wandsbek, but medical professionals were unable to save his life.

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    Mortsa S. left behind two young children, a son and a daughter.

    Months prior to the incident, Thamer Hassan Ali B. had behaved poorly inside the restaurant and was banned from entering the property. In the wake of the ban, the relatives were reportedly terrorized with threatening phone calls.

    On the exact day of the crime, the suspect returned to the premises once more and told the victim, “I want to talk.“

    When they went behind the restaurant, the stabbing attack reportedly occurred.

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  • Norway: Father went to search for his daughter, but now he is in prison after severely beating 16-year-old who previously threatened him with a knife

    Norway: Father went to search for his daughter, but now he is in prison after severely beating 16-year-old who previously threatened him with a knife

    A father in Norway has been sentenced to prison, along with his friend, for beating up a 16-year-old who was allegedly keeping his daughter out late with a group of friends in the city center of Porsgrunn.

    The father had reportedly spent many nights looking for his daughter on the streets, with reportedly several confrontations between the man and the teen, who on one occasion, even threatened the father with a knife. The teen was reportedly connected to a criminal gang.

    Now, both men will have to spend time in prison and pay fines to the teen.

    According to the verdict, the teen was hospitalized for three days after the attack, having suffered a skull fracture, brain hemorrhage and concussion, as well as wounds and swelling on his face and body.

    Both defendants pleaded guilty when they appeared in court, according to NRK.

    On a Sunday evening, after the teen had pulled a knife on the father, the girl’s mother reportedly called him for help in bringing her daughter home. She was with the teen and his group of friends at the train station in Porsgrunn.

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    Given his previous encounter with the teen, in which he had threatened him with a knife, the father decided to bring along some friends to help.

    The encounter with the group of teens was then captured, among other things, by surveillance cameras at the scene. According to the verdict, the father allegedly attacked the boy, but his friend was the one who kicked the boy in the head, which he has admitted to.

    The Lower Telemark District Court sentenced the father to five months in prison and a fine of 45,000 kroner (€4,175) to the victim. The father’s defense attorney says his client has no intention of appealing the verdict and hopes the case will be resolved.

    The father’s friend was sentenced to a year in prison and must pay the teen 150,000 kroner in restitution and 10,000 kroner in compensation. His lawyer says they are considering appealing the sentence, but they are not surprised at the conviction since his client admitted to his actions.

    The victim’s attorney told NRK that they do not wish to comment on the matter at this time. “I have read the verdict, but have not had the opportunity to discuss its contents with my client,” she said.

  • Poles were supposed to have a national referendum on the EU Green Deal but president’s proposal fails to pass Senate

    Poles were supposed to have a national referendum on the EU Green Deal but president’s proposal fails to pass Senate

    The Polish Senate has rejected President Karol Nawrocki’s proposal for a nationwide referendum on the European Union’s climate policy. Earlier this month, the president submitted a motion to allow Poles to express their opinion on the EU’s Green Deal.

    “Are you in favour of implementing climate policy, which has led to an increase in the cost of living of citizens, energy prices and the cost of running a business and agricultural activity?” This was the question submitted that Nawrocki wanted Poles to answer.

    Yesterday, 32 MPs voted in favor of the resolution, 62 voted against, and one abstained. The absolute majority required to pass a resolution on this matter was 48 votes.

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    Earlier on Tuesday, the joint Senate committees for the European Union, the national economy and innovation, infrastructure, climate and environment, and agriculture and rural development also voted against holding the referendum.

    “The Senate has rejected the President’s motion for a referendum on the Green Deal. This is a vote against the right of Poles to have their say on bills, jobs, and the future of our economy. You can reject the motion, but you cannot silence citizens. Poland first, Poles first,” commented Paweł Szefernaker, head of the Polish Presidential Cabinet, on the decision of the upper house.

    Nawrocki also posted a video of Szefernaker on X, commenting: “Paweł Szefernaker, Head of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland, during the NSZZ ‘Solidarity’ demonstration ‘Together for Poland and Poles’ thanked all those who fight for jobs, the development of Poland, and oppose the Green Deal as well as policies leading to the weakening of the economy.”

  • ‘Welcome to Israel, we are in charge here!’ – EU countries outraged after hundreds of activists detained at sea by Israel and showcased in viral video

    ‘Welcome to Israel, we are in charge here!’ – EU countries outraged after hundreds of activists detained at sea by Israel and showcased in viral video

    Both Italy and France have now summoned their respective Israeli ambassador after footage surfaced of pro-Palestinian flotilla activists detained by Israel. At the center of the video, which has gone viral, is Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who decided to publish the video in which he is taunting activists kneeling on the ground, hands tied.

    In the new footage posted by Ben-Gvir, he can be seen smiling and waving the Israeli flag. He also is heard saying, “Welcome to Israel, we are in charge here!” and “Am Yisrael Chai!” (The people of Israel live!).

    Some 87 activists were most recently intercepted on their vessel and detained in an operation the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed earlier this week, calling the flotilla of aid being sent to Gaza “nothing more than a PR stunt.”

    Israeli forces started intercepting vessels and detaining those aboard this past Monday just off the coast of Cyprus, according to Al Jazeera. Rubber bullets were also allegedly used against the unarmed activists. Reports indicate that at least 430 activists have been detained in Israel.

    “Another PR flotilla has come to an end. All 430 activists have been transferred to Israeli vessels and are making their way to Israel, where they will be able to meet with their consular representatives,” a ministry spokesman said, calling the effort “nothing more than a PR stunt.”

    At another point in the video posted by Ben-Gvir, he says: “Don’t be moved by their screams.” He also reportedly told guards while ordering them to keep detainees quiet. In the background, the Israeli national anthem is being blasted through a loudspeaker.

    Reactions have come quickly, especially given the number of international citizens aboard this latest vessel. “The images of the Israeli minister Ben Gvir are unacceptable. It is inadmissible that these demonstrators, including many Italian citizens, are subjected to this treatment that violates human dignity,” Italian PM Giorgia Meloni wrote.

    “The Italian Government is immediately taking, at the highest institutional levels, all necessary steps to secure the immediate release of the Italian citizens involved. Italy further demands an apology for the treatment reserved to these demonstrators and for the total contempt shown toward the explicit requests of the Italian Government.”

    “For these reasons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will immediately summon the Israeli ambassador to request formal clarifications on what has occurred.”

    The French foreign minister also took to X to express his outrage: “The actions of Mr. Ben Gvir toward the passengers of the Global Smud flotilla, denounced by his own colleagues in the Israeli government, are unacceptable. I have requested that the Israeli ambassador to France be summoned to express our indignation and obtain explanations. The safety of our compatriots is a constant priority,” Jean-Noël Barrot wrote.

    “Whatever one thinks of this flotilla—and we have indicated on several occasions our disapproval of this initiative—our compatriots who are participating in it must be treated with respect and released as quickly as possible. I salute the work of the teams from the Ministry, the Embassy, and the Consulate who, once again, are mobilizing to ensure their consular protection,” he added.

    The South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, called the move “way out of line,” asking what exactly Israel’s legal basis was for intercepting the vessels in the first place. He also accused Israel of having “abducted” South Korean citizens and is reportedly considering honoring the ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu.

    “South Korean citizens were also among those abducted by Israeli naval forces. What is the legal basis? Is it Israeli territorial waters?” Lee asked, according to Al Jazeera. “Is that Israeli land? If there is conflict, can they seize and detain third-country vessels?”

    As to Ben Gvir, he has only doubled down, posting to X that Israel will not be a “pushover” and effectively saying that the flotilla activists are supporting terrorism and identify with Hamas.

    “Anyone who comes to our territory to support terrorism and identify with Hamas will get slapped, and we won’t turn the other cheek,” he posted.

    The flotilla was attempting to break the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. The group said they were trying to transfer humanitarian aid and construction materials to the more than 2 million residents still living there.

    Gaza has been under continuous bombardment since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel. Since the start of the war, over 75,000 Palestinians have been killed and just over 2,000 Israelis. Israel’s naval blockade has left the enclave suffering from shortages of food, drinking water, and medical aid. Israel says it is necessary to put an end to Hamas’ terrorist activities.

    Just yesterday, the United States imposed sanctions on four flotilla organizers they claim are operating “in support of Hamas.” The move came after Israel had abducted hundreds of activists.

  • With Orbán gone, Hungarian farmers abandoned by new government as Ukrainian grain import ban lapses

    With Orbán gone, Hungarian farmers abandoned by new government as Ukrainian grain import ban lapses

    On May 13, Hungary’s “state of danger” came to an end, and with it, a ban protecting Hungarian farmers against cheap Ukrainian grain. The previous government under Viktor Orbán had first imposed the state of danger due to Covid-19 and then extended it further when war broke out in Ukraine.

    Both Fidesz and Mi Hazánk (“Our Homeland”) are now seeking to reimpose the lapsed ban on the importation of more than 20 products from Ukraine.

    Mi Hazánk leader Toroczkai László says the ban was meant to protect Hungarian farmers, agriculture, and countryside, and the failure of the new government to reimpose it will destroy them.

    “Péter Magyar’s government has quietly lifted the ban that prohibited the import of Ukrainian agricultural products into Hungary,” László wrote on X.

    “From now on, cheap but often low-quality, unchecked Ukrainian grain, meat, eggs, flour, corn, sunflower seeds, rapeseed, etc., can flood into our country. This executes Hungarian farmers and rural Hungary, but clearly, this doesn’t interest the Tisza government,” the Mi Hazánk leader concluded.

    Tibor Cseh, secretary general of the Association of Hungarian Farmers’ Associations and Farmers’ Cooperatives (Magosz), says that now traders are putting pressure on farmers to lower their prices, saying if they don’t, they will simply buy Ukrainian grain, wrote Világgazdaság.

    Cseh told the portal that they will be contacting the relevant ministry to ask them to reimpose the ban. VG has also contacted the ministry about this, but had no response by the time of publication.

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    Although the EU has stepped in before to help farmers in Hungary and other member states recover from a horrible drought, there is no word if they will take a stand on the import of cheaper grain from Ukraine.

    Meanwhile, the Fidesz faction in parliament says they submitted a bill yesterday that would prohibit the import of Ukrainian grain products.

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    “This has already caused trouble once; it has already caused a serious crisis in the Hungarian agricultural market when the European Union forced this on us. At that time, there was complete agreement in Hungary that this should not be allowed. High-quality Hungarian products must be protected,” said the head of the Fidesz faction, Gergéky Gulyás.

  • Czechia threatens solo EU veto to protect Israeli settlers in West Bank from new sanctions

    Czechia threatens solo EU veto to protect Israeli settlers in West Bank from new sanctions

    The Czech Republic has warned it is prepared to stand alone inside the European Union to stop any further sanctions against Israel after the bloc approved new measures targeting Israeli settlers accused of violence in the West Bank.

    Foreign Minister Petr Macinka said Prague would not back another round of sanctions and would reject any attempt to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, the framework that guides the political and economic cooperation between the two.

    The warning came during a visit to Prague by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, who used a joint appearance with Macinka to praise the Czech government as a reliable ally and accuse other European capitals of pushing Brussels toward a more hostile stance against Israel.

    Macinka said that Czechia had reluctantly allowed the latest sanctions package to pass after concluding that the final version was narrower than earlier proposals. He said measures against Israeli politicians had been removed, leaving Prague with a choice between accepting the compromise or becoming the only country to block all 27 member states from moving ahead.

    “We got into a situation where we would be completely alone and would block the entire 27,” Macinka said, as cited by Echo24, but he insisted that the decision should not be read as support for a broader EU sanctions campaign against Israel.

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    “We said: okay, this is one thing, but then nothing more,” he said, adding that Prague’s position on any future effort to freeze the EU-Israel Association Agreement would be a “clear no.”

    The latest EU sanctions were only approved after the election defeat of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose administration had been blocking the measures. His successor, Péter Magyar approved the plans.

    Saar rejected the decision as “arbitrary and political,” saying Israel would continue to defend “the right of Jews to settle in the heart of our homeland.”

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    Speaking in Prague, he accused some European governments of damaging ties with Israel and trying to pull the EU into what he described as a radical anti-Israeli position. “They completely ignore the fact that we are trying to achieve the same goals, and they are damaging the relationship with the only democracy in the Middle East,” Saar said.

    He said friendly EU governments, including the Czech Republic, had to prevent Brussels from being dragged further in that direction.

    The meeting between the two diplomats took place as dozens of protesters gathered outside with Palestinian flags to oppose Saar’s visit.

  • As contaminated beef from Brazil flows into Europe, Austrian farmers launch a strike over expensive state inspections

    As contaminated beef from Brazil flows into Europe, Austrian farmers launch a strike over expensive state inspections

    Beef contaminated with illegal growth hormones have been flowing from Brazil into the EU’s supermarket shelves, just as opponents of the Mercosur free trade agreement warned, including politicians, farmers, environmentalists, and activists. This reality underpins a new protest from Austrian farmers against the incredibly stringent inspections they are required to undergo, all while cheap and unregulated meat flows into their home markets.

    These Austrian farmers are conducting a “compliance strike” against further inspections of their properties, which adds to the farmers’ cost burden.

    Politicians from the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), the most popular party in the country, are backing this farmer’s compliance strike while slamming the ruling government of the ÖVP and its decision to back the Mercosur agreement at the expense of European farmers and consumers.

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    “While our domestic farmers—despite adhering to the highest quality standards and facing an avalanche of red tape—are being literally regulated to death, unchecked food products posing health risks are flooding our market from abroad,” stated FPÖ agricultural spokesperson Peter Schmiedlechner on May 18.

    “It is absolutely understandable that many family-run farms are now considering going on a ‘compliance strike’ and refusing to allow any further inspections until ÖVP Minister of Agriculture Norbert Totschnig finally puts an end to these abuses,” he added. “The ‘Loser Traffic Light’ coalition—and the ÖVP in particular—is therefore not only putting the pedal to the metal regarding the demise of family farms through the Mercosur agreement, but is also, through gross negligence, exposing the entire population to unacceptable health risks.”

    He stated that the FPÖ and many others warned that South American food exports presented a food hazard, and this warning “has now become a sad reality.” Remarkably, Remix News just reported yesterday on yet another contaminated shipment, this time of soybeans, from the Mercosur countries.

    Schmiedlechner stated that “carcinogenic, hormone-treated meat from abroad has no place on our shelves.”

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    He pointed out that approximately 44,000 domestic farms are participating in the AMA Quality Seal program which leaves them subjected to around 20,000 inspections annually.

    “At the same time, the EU, the government, and the ÖVP are exposing our domestic farmers to competition from cheap meat imports – products produced in South America under dubious standards that are detrimental to consumer health. This is not fair competition; it is a destructive course of action directed against our domestic farmers,” he stated.

    The FPÖ politician says his party is demanding “clear origin labeling,” which is aimed both at introducing origin labeling and at halting the import of food products that do not meet Austrian standards. He wants every product, including meat, eggs, and other products, to state exactly where it came from, whether Brazil, Ukraine or Argentina.

    Tainted meat

    An inquiry by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority stated that 5,000 kilograms of imported Brazilian beef that contained the banned hormone oestradiol, which is known to cause cancer, were consumed in the Netherlands last year.

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    Last November, the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) alerted member states that oestradiol had been detected in shipments of beef originating from Brazil. While EU controls and audits triggered an official recall in November, a portion of the consignment had already made its way into the EU food chain through the Netherlands.

    The food safety implications extended beyond the Netherlands. On Dec. 12, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) was notified by the Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland that a batch of beef with an expiry date of Oct. 31, 2025, was all sourced from animals treated with oestradiol. This beef was distributed from Northern Ireland to three food businesses in the Republic of Ireland back in September.

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    The FSAI confirmed that 128 kilograms of Brazilian beef containing the banned growth-promoting hormone had successfully entered the Irish market.

    Farmers and environmental organizations across Europe had fiercely protested the Mercosur agreement, which was rammed through by the EU without a vote in the European Parliament, showing the massive democratic deficit that underpins the entire EU superstructure.

    The EU’s free trade agreement with South America will harm animal welfare, accelerate the destruction of the South American rainforest, worsen climate change, destroy local European farmers, and lead to products contaminated with illegal hormones and pesticides

  • ‘I just wanted to slap her’ — Afghan father sentenced to life in Austria for stabbing teenage daughter 12 times for dating a Romanian boy

    ‘I just wanted to slap her’ — Afghan father sentenced to life in Austria for stabbing teenage daughter 12 times for dating a Romanian boy

    An Afghan man has been sentenced to life in prison in Austria after trying to murder his 15-year-old daughter in a knife attack that prosecutors said was driven by claims of wounded family honor.

    The 51-year-old attacked the girl on Nov. 24, 2025, in Vienna’s Donaustadt district, stabbing her more than a dozen times in the chest, back, and neck. The assault was so violent that the blade broke during the attack. The girl survived only after a doctor from a nearby clinic quickly provided emergency first aid.

    As reported by Kronen Zeitung, the case was heard at the Vienna Regional Court and the sentence passed down on Tuesday. The court heard how the attack followed tensions inside the family over the girl’s relationship with a Romanian boy of the same age. Her father, who fled to Austria in 2004, allegedly regarded the relationship as unacceptable and claimed she had damaged the family’s honor.

    In earlier statements to police, the teenager had described threats, violence, and control inside the family. She said she had been promised to an older Afghan man, was not allowed to make her own decisions about her life, and had been threatened along with her boyfriend and older sister.

    However, her testimony in court surprised those present. While her father remained in the room, the girl suddenly defended him and said she forgave him.

    “My father is actually a very loving person. I was simply too rebellious. I love my father, and I forgive him for what he did,” she told the court.

    When asked by the judge if she had been coerced into saying this, the girl replied, “What I’m saying, I say from the heart. If I had listened to my father back then, we would still be happy.”

    She also told the court she had changed her view of what happened. “The way I know my father, that wasn’t him. I just know he wasn’t himself,” she said.

    When asked about the allegations she had previously made to investigators, including claims of death threats and repeated violence, she said, “I made that up.”

    According to ORF, the defendant said at police interview that he had the right to stab his daughter because she had a boyfriend.

    He told the court there had been another argument that day and claimed he had been concerned about school and one of her friends, whom he described as a bad influence. “I was worried. I just wanted to calm her down a bit,” he said. “I was angry. I lost my temper. I actually wanted to slap her.”

    The jury found him guilty of attempted murder and imposed the maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

    The Austrian case follows a series of high-profile honor-related crimes and alleged honor-related attacks across Western Europe in recent years.

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    In January, a Syrian man was sentenced in absentia in the Netherlands to 30 years in prison for murdering his 18-year-old daughter, Ryan, after accusing her of living too Western a lifestyle. His two sons were each sentenced to 20 years for their roles in the killing.

    Ryan’s body was found in May 2024 in a marsh near the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve. Investigators found she had been bound with about 18 meters of duct tape before being thrown into the water alive. Her father fled to Syria.

    The Dutch court described the killing as “a tragic low point in a family history in which the oppression of women was the common thread.”

    ‘She must have her head cut off!’ Palestinian family in Sweden charged after honor-related kidnapping of daughter who wanted to integrate into Western society

    In Sweden, a Palestinian family from Örebro was put on trial in September 2025 after abducting their 20-year-old daughter because she wanted to integrate into Western society. Prosecutors said the woman had lived under years of strict control, had been forced to wear a headscarf, and was not allowed to choose her friends or live independently.

    Investigators found messages in which the father allegedly wrote in Arabic: “She must have her head cut off!” He later claimed the phrase was not meant literally. Other messages reportedly showed relatives objecting to her embrace of Swedish identity, with her older brother writing: “She loves Sweden and being Swedish.”

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    Germany has also seen several honor-related cases. In Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, a Syrian father was accused in 2025 of ordering his 17-year-old son to kill his 19-year-old sister after she saved a boy’s phone number. The son refused and went to the police.

    “He looked at me with a cold stare. No smile, nothing,” the boy told investigators. “Then he said, ‘You have to kill her. Make it look like an accident, like a fight. No one must know that she insulted my honor.’”

    According to Bild, the daughter later said, “For five years, my father has been beating us daughters. We are not allowed to speak to boys or have contact with them.”

    In another German case, a Somali migrant was put on trial last year, accused of stabbing his sister to death on her 23rd birthday after objecting to her assimilation into Western society. Prosecutors said handwritten notes found at the defendant’s home included the lines, “My sister is trying to be a slut” and “I can live without a future but not without honor.”

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    Sweden has also seen unresolved or partially unresolved cases with alleged honor-related motives. In May 2025, the Svea Court of Appeal upheld the acquittal of three Afghan-born individuals on murder charges over the killing of 37-year-old Ako Abbas, whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase in woodland on Värmdö in March 2024. The court convicted the defendants of lesser offenses, but no one was convicted of the killing itself. The main suspect remains at large.

  • VOX leader calls out Sánchez mafia after former ally investigated for criminal ties, influence peddling

    VOX leader calls out Sánchez mafia after former ally investigated for criminal ties, influence peddling

    Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero — who ruled between 2004-2011 and comes from the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party of current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez — is set to be charged for allegedly misusing funds to bail out an airline during the Covid-19 pandemic. He is also being formally investigated for ties to criminal organizations, including a money-laundering network.

    The timing is horrible for Sánchez, as he faces backlash over his mass naturalization of illegal immigrants, criticisms of U.S. President Donald Trump, and rising migrant crime across Spain. Right-wing VOX leader Santiago Abascal is hitting back, claiming the Zapatero case is simply proof of the “mafia” still in control of Spain.

    In 2020, the Spanish state used €53 million through the state holding company SEPI to bail out Plus Ultra. Zapatero is accused of having put pressure on Minister of Transport Jose Luis Abalos to approve the bailout.

    Spain’s National Police’s Central Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF) is awaiting the next step to be decided by National Court Magistrate José Luis Calama, following the actions carried out in recent hours, indicating that “there is sufficient evidence to do so.”

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    After the searches and the collection of evidence, the focus is now on the judicial decisions that may be made in the short term, according to El Independiente, as cited by Gaceta.

    Sources say that neither the National Police nor the Civil Guard would act on their own without judicial authorization from the investigating judge to arrest Zapatero, which in this case is Calama.

    In the meantime, Zapatero’s office in Madrid and three other premises have already been searched, and a string of arrests were made back in December, with one figure detained, businessman Julio Martinez Martinez, said to be key to the connection between Zapatero and Plus Ultra.

    Zapatero has denied any wrongdoing, but the case is bad news for Sánchez.

    “The case puts more pressure on Sanchez, who is already dogged by a corruption investigation into alleged kickbacks paid out to key members of his inner circle, as well as probes involving his wife and his ​brother,” wrote Reuters.

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    President of VOX, Santiago Abascal, addressed the issue on social media. “The indictment of former President Zapatero is not an isolated incident. It is yet another episode in the Sánchez government. It is further proof that Pedro Sánchez is the mastermind behind all corruption schemes,” he stated on X.

    “That is why, as I have said on several occasions, I believe a motion of censure is necessary to expose to the Spanish people the full extent of the mafia and the position of all the deputies with respect to it,” he added.

  • Poland: Tusk seeks US extradition of former conservative justice minister ASAP

    Poland: Tusk seeks US extradition of former conservative justice minister ASAP

    After Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced he would be working hard to get former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro extradited from the United States, Ziobro is warning that American justice may be on his side. The more critical question is just how soon any extradition could even legally occur from the Polish side.

    The dispute has broken out in the wake of a senior Trump official apparently granting Ziobro the necessary visa for his trip from exile in Hungary to the U.S.

    Poland’s prosecutor’s office has already prepared an extradition request, according to some media reports. However, it turns out that investigators cannot currently send any such request and would not be able to do so until September, as it requires a final court order for Ziobro’s arrest.

    “At this time, the court has not considered the defense attorneys’ appeals, so the February 5th ruling is not final. The question of the reasons is a question for the court. The court should do so within seven days, so in February,” Przemysław Nowak, spokesperson for the National Prosecutor’s Office, told Wirtualna Polska, as cited by Do Rzeczy, earlier this year.

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    The issue is that the court’s decision to consider the defense attorneys’ appeal is not set to take place until Sept. 8., with over 6,000 investigation files alone to review. So it is not clear how Tusk plans to expedite an extradition.

    More importantly, there is the U.S. side to consider, which Ziobro is clearly hoping will lean in his favor.

    “It is in the interest of Poles that the world public learns the truth about the scale of lawbreaking in Poland and the use of the prosecutor’s office and courts for political infighting and repression. The case before an independent and impartial American judge will be an excellent opportunity for this. Therefore, I hope that you will not evade legal procedures and that your minister will submit the appropriate extradition request as soon as possible,” Ziobro wrote on X.

    “In extradition cases between Poland and the US, an extradition treaty is in force. An independent American judge plays a key role in it. This is not a judge appointed by an illegally appointed court president to make a ruling suit the interests of your government – ​​as is happening today in Poland. This is a judge whose decision you cannot prejudge by writing an entry on X, as you did earlier, stating that I would be temporarily detained upon my return to Poland,” he continued.

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    “He is also a judge whom you will not be able to destroy with a smear campaign, dismissal from office and repression – as in the case of Judge Łubowski, who issued a ruling unfavorable to your interests in the Fund case and pointed out the scale of violations of the law by your government,” he added.

  • Germany: Political candidate Ashwani Tuwari is arrested for witness intimidation during trial for illegally aiding Indian migrants obtain residency permits

    Germany: Political candidate Ashwani Tuwari is arrested for witness intimidation during trial for illegally aiding Indian migrants obtain residency permits

    There has been an endless stream of scandals in Germany involving illegally obtained residency permits and language requirement tests, and now there is yet another case in Frankfurt involving local independent politician Ashwani Tuwari.

    The 68-year-old defendant, who runs hotels, is accused of illegally aiding migrants obtain residency permits, and remarkably, he was arrested by police directly inside a district courtroom for witness intimidation.

    Four witnesses have complained to the presiding judge that Tuwari had personally visited them at their homes to pressure their testimony, according to German outlet Hessischer Rundfunk. He reportedly wanted these witnesses to retract their statements.

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    The public prosecutor alleges Tuwari enabled individuals from India and Bangladesh to secure residency using forged leases, which enabled him to earn €22,700 across a total of nine suspected cases.

    In response, the judge filed a motion for detention due to the risk of obstruction of justice, though its execution was suspended later in the session.

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    Tuwari has ties to the German left. He recently ran for the city council on the list of former Social Democrat (SPD) mayor Peter Feldmann, titled “Frankfurt – social!“ In Germany, much of the voting is centered around lists, which list candidates in order of importance. The number of votes a list receives determines how many individuals on the list actually make it into office, with those listed at the top receiving priority.

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    The defendant, who operates two hotels in the district and rents out several apartments, had promised during his candidacy to advocate for “affordable rents.”

    Notably, he advocated for “qualified immigrants (who) can help address labour shortages and strengthen our economy. I support practical initiatives that enable certified professionals to work here and contribute meaningfully to our city’s growth. Through proactive and people-focused policies, we aim to make Frankfurt an attractive and inclusive city for all.”

    Once the allegations against him came to light in February, Feldmann’s association distanced itself from Tuwari. A spokesman told the local portal Journal Frankfurt that the association knew nothing of the situation at the time the political list was compiled.

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    The list ultimately failed to enter the city council, securing just 0.4 percent of the vote in the March election.

    Their top candidate, Feldmann, had previously been voted out of office as mayor in November 2022. In that referendum, 95 percent of participants voted to remove him following allegations of nepotism involving the Workers’ Welfare Association.

    Europe is plagued with vast schemes involving language requirement tests, naturalizations, residency permits, fake marriages, and various legal loopholes that allow foreigners to obtain residency and later citizenship.

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  • EU faces backlash for awarding Merkel with Order of Merit despite her ‘crimes against Europe’

    EU faces backlash for awarding Merkel with Order of Merit despite her ‘crimes against Europe’

    Yesterday, the European Parliament awarded former German Chancellor Angela Merkel the highest ranking of its new European Order of Merit. Alongside Merkel, Poland’s former president Lech Walesa received the same recognition, as well as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

    Former European Commission chief José Manuel Barroso praised Merkel’s “tireless commitment to European integration and shared values, to bridging the East-West divide, and to strengthening the stability and cohesion of Europe.”

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    The EU, Merkel told those gathered, has been a “pioneer” when it comes to the regulation of social media and AI. However, she warned that more needs to be done, claiming that democracy itself is threatened by “lies” spread by the rise of social media. She even claimed that “the basic foundations of the European Enlightenment are in danger” because of it.

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    Others were quick to counter her. Already, before she received the award, conservative and nationalist MEPs had reportedly left the chamber in protest. Merkel is seen as not only the architect of the EU’s open border policy back in 2015, which ultimately allowed in millions of migrants, with far-reaching and violent consequences for France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Austria, to list just a few stories.

    She also laid the groundwork for Germany’s exit from nuclear power, which has fueled the country’s economic deterioration in the face of higher energy prices and the challenges of green technologies.

    However, at stake yesterday was Merkel’s attack on free speech and what many deem normal democratic principles.

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    Investigative journalist Zara Riffler called out Merkel for her idea of democracy: “Merkel is no longer making any secret of her understanding of ‘democracy.’ She wants tough regulation for social media & AI – she wants to punish ‘lies’ (!) – in other words, a digital world in which there is only the one truth that is approved from above. That is her true face.”

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    Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany’s anti-migration AfD party, referenced the continuous efforts to ban the AfD in the face of its surging popularity among German voters as the real threat to democracy.

    “The only real danger to democracy comes from those who, with anti-democratic firewalls, seek to thwart a change of power through the voters. So that they can cling to their posts for a little while longer,” she wrote on X.

    Other X accounts were more brutal. “David Gegen Goliath” wrote: “Angela Merkel has been awarded the European Order of Merit by the EU! Merkel was responsible for the refugee crisis – 5 million Muslims immigrated to Germany: 3 million Arab men. 60% without a job. I can’t believe it. They’re rewarding a criminal!”

    Finnish MEP Sebastian Tynkkynen claimed the European Parliament brought in random people to applaud Merkel, the woman “who destroyed Europe.”

    He told press that it is a “disgrace” that the person behind the migrant crisis was being given a prize. Referencing Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and the girls being raped by migrants across the continent, the families ruined, Tynkkynen said Merkel should be in court for her “crimes against Europe” not being lauded.

  • Germany: 1 in 5 ex-voters of legacy SPD and CDU parties say they would never back them again as AfD extends polling lead

    Germany: 1 in 5 ex-voters of legacy SPD and CDU parties say they would never back them again as AfD extends polling lead

    One in five voters who previously backed Germany’s two legacy parties — the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) — say they would never vote for the respective parties again, according to new polling.

    The Insa polling institute reported on Tuesday that 20 percent of citizens have voted for the CDU/CSU in a federal election but would now rule out supporting the alliance in the future. The SPD is facing a similar problem, with 19 percent saying they had previously voted for the party but would never do so again, as cited by Junge Freiheit.

    The Greens were rejected by 12 percent of former voters, followed by the Free Democratic Party (FDP) on 8 percent and the Left Party on 7 percent. By contrast, only 5 percent said they had once voted for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) but would never do so again. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance BSW recorded 3 percent on the same measure.

    The figures point to a wider problem for Germany’s legacy parties, whose traditional voter bases appear increasingly fragile as the AfD continues to strengthen its position in national and state-level polling.

    The polling, however, also shows the paradox that exists in relation to the AfD. While its core support is undeniably growing, it also remains the most divisive party with the highest rejection rate. Half of voters said they could not imagine voting for it, followed by The Greens on 39 percent, the Left Party on 36 percent, and the BSW at 34 percent. The legacy parties, by contrast, recorded the lowest rates of rejection, with the CDU/CSU being ruled out by 28 percent, the FDP by 27 percent, and the SPD by 26 percent.

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    The survey revealed a significant level of uncertainty surrounding political support in the current climate, with 23 percent of respondents saying they were certain to vote for the AfD — the largest core support of all the parties. The CDU could rely on just 15 percent of voters, the Greens 9 percent, the SPD 8 percent, and the Left Party just 6 percent.

    AfD co-leader Alice Weidel is also now the preferred candidate for chancellor in a run-off with incumbent Friedrich Merz, with 33 percent to 22 percent, respectively.

    The findings come as the AfD reaches a new record high in Insa’s latest national Sunday poll. The party now stands at 29 percent, seven points ahead of Merz’s CDU/CSU alliance on 22 percent. In mid-April, Merz’s party was still polling at 25 percent, while the AfD stood at 26 percent. Just a month earlier, the CDU/CSU had still been narrowly ahead.

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    The SPD also continues to lose ground, falling one point to 12 percent. The Greens moved ahead of the Social Democrats after gaining 1.5 points to reach 14 percent. The Left Party fell to 10 percent, while the FDP and BSW each recorded just 3 percent, leaving both below the 5 percent threshold required to enter the Bundestag.

    Weidel welcomed the figures and hailed the progress her party was making. She posted on X, “29% of citizens would vote for the AfD, while the governing parties together are down to just 34%. The political shift is inevitable — we will put the interests of our country and our citizens back at the forefront!”

    The national polling is reinforced by encouraging figures for the AfD from eastern Germany, where the party is showing even stronger momentum ahead of several state elections.

    In Saxony-Anhalt, an Insa survey showed the AfD at 42 percent, well ahead of the CDU/CSU on 24 percent. The Left Party stood at 13 percent, while the SPD trailed on 6 percent. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, an Infratest dimap survey put the AfD on 36 percent, up one point, ahead of the SPD on 27 percent, up two. The Left Party stood at 13 percent, while the CDU/CSU dropped three points to just 10 percent. The BSW fell one point to 5 percent.

    Both states head to the polls in September later this year.

  • More bad news from Mercosur: Dutch authorities reject soybean meal shipment from Argentina after banned GMO variety detected

    More bad news from Mercosur: Dutch authorities reject soybean meal shipment from Argentina after banned GMO variety detected

    Just two months ago, Remix News reported on the European Commission pushing forward with the trade agreement between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur, despite the full approval process not yet being completed and rampant concerns regarding pesticides, rainforest destruction, and EU food security.

    Now, the Netherlands has refused to accept six shipments of soybean meal from Argentina and Brazil after detecting the GMO variety HB4, which is banned in the EU.

    According to information from Farmer.pl, cited by the Do Rzeczy news portal, Dutch authorities sent ships carrying soybean meal back to South America. Information about the irregularities detected was forwarded to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).

    This is the first instance of Mercosur products being denied entry into an EU member state, and Argentina may well be worried that other countries may follow suit.

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    However, reports indicate that Argentina disagrees with the decision and has questioned the Dutch sanitary inspection methods. Experts believe that Argentine farmers may simply be ignorant of the ban, as the GMO variety in question is widely used in Argentina to protect crops from drought.

    Soybean shipments from Argentina were reportedly destined for recipients in Belgium, Germany, and the Czech Republic, while shipments from Brazil were sent to entities in France, Italy, and Luxembourg.

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    Meanwhile, the EU market for meat from Brazil is scheduled to be closed in September. This is due to a lack of assurance that production will comply with EU requirements. Inspections conducted over the past two years resulted in numerous problems found, including beef contaminated with growth hormone, which is prohibited in the European Union.

    Audits also revealed that Brazilian authorities ignored the recommendations of European inspectors.

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    As Remix News wrote this past February, four shipments containing a total of 62,781 kilograms of meat contaminated with the growth hormone were imported by two European companies in October 2025. A significant portion of the meat was distributed to several buyers and introduced into the EU market. Two remaining shipments of beef from Brazil (each containing approximately 25 tons of frozen meat) were blocked by Dutch authorities from being released for distribution.

  • Trump official gave the order to let former Polish official who claimed asylum in Hungary into the US: report

    Trump official gave the order to let former Polish official who claimed asylum in Hungary into the US: report

    Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has commented on the report that a Trump official helped get Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro a visa to go to the United States in the wake of Viktor Orbán losing power in Hungary, where he and his former deputy, Marcin Romanowski, had claimed asylum.

    Both men have since fled to the U.S.

    Polish prosecutors accuse Ziobro of 26 offenses, including abuse of power, misuse of public funds, and involvement in an alleged criminal group. Ziobro denies wrongdoing and says the case is a political vendetta by liberal Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government.

    Tusk is looking to expedite their extradition from the U.S. to Poland and told press that he had asked Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek to present their American counterparts with complete information regarding the Polish government’s allegations against Zbigniew Ziobro, according to Do Rzeczy.

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    The Polish prime minister added that he was counting on both ministers’ full involvement “in the coming hours.”

    “When we pursue criminals or individuals facing such serious charges as Minister Ziobro, I would very much like this information to reach as widely as possible in the United States to anyone who can help us in this matter,” he added.

    Tusk wants Americans to know, among his other charges, that Ziobro used money intended to support crime victims to purchase the Pegasus system, which was intended, among other things, to spy on the opposition in Poland.

    According to a report out of Reuters, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau gave the order to allow Ziobro to enter the United States, i.e., asked the American Embassy in Budapest to issue a visa to him. It remains unclear how Romanowski was allowed to enter.

    There is no indication that either President Donald Trump or Secretary of State Marc Rubio were directly involved.

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    Reuters did note that Ziobro’s case was originally brought to Landau’s attention by U.S. Ambassador in Warsaw Tom Rose, and Landau believed he was being “unjustly prosecuted.”

    Tusk, however, has high hopes that the U.S. will extradite Ziobro in the end.

    “I am convinced that if we successfully reach them with full information about the charges against Mr. Ziobro, the matter of future extradition may end in success,” he said.

  • Spain: 75% of families in Madrid cannot find a daycare spot and illegal migrants are skipping to the front of the line

    Spain: 75% of families in Madrid cannot find a daycare spot and illegal migrants are skipping to the front of the line


    In the Spanish city of Madrid, 75 percent of families are unable to find a daycare place for their children, a fact that a Spanish left-wing politician Rita Maestre is now complaining about despite years of promoting open borders.

    Maestre, a councilor for far-left Más Madrid, says her daughter is unable to secure a daycare spot, but what she does not mention is that the children of illegal immigrants actually receive a distinct advantage when it comes to securing their own spots.

    In fact, illegal migrants receive extra “points” when applying to daycare simply because they are illegal migrants. They receive so many placement points that it amounts to the equivalent of their child having the same rights as a disabled child, according to Vox politician Isabel Pérez Moñino.

    “In Madrid, we Spanish parents fund the daycare centers, and the illegals take the spots. Yes, yes—you heard that right. And it’s not VOX saying this; it’s stated in the official rating data published this week in Madrid,” she said, adding: “So everyone understands: being illegal scores the same as having a child with a disability. They laugh in our faces while thousands of working Spanish families wait months for a daycare spot.”

    In some of Madrid’s central and densely populated districts – such as Arganzuela, Chamartín, and Chamberí – the admission rate plummets to a mere 10 percent, meaning 9 out of 10 children are rejected.

    Remarkably, the left-wing Maestre has also been criticized for seeking a publicly subsidized daycare spot when she earns over €100,000 a year in her political role, according to El Diario. Critics are calling her another member of the “wealthy left” complaining about the conditions she has brought on her own country.

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    “Rita Maestre has collected 870,000 euros of public money since 2015. It must be that it seems little to her and that is why she has asked that we pay for her daughter’s daycare,” read one comment on social media.

    El Diario also writes about how her policy has directly contributed to the crisis, stating: “Some have recalled that leaders like Rita Maestre have been going on for years defending open-door immigration policies and constant expansion of public services to newcomers… and now they collide with a quite simple mathematical reality: if demand increases enormously and resources are limited, competition for places also skyrockets. In some Madrid districts, according to data from reports they themselves published, more than 50 percent of the places awarded in public nursery schools have been for foreign families.”

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    In general, 30 percent of Madrid’s population is born abroad, but for those children ages six and under, the share of foreign-born as well as children with a foreign background is significantly higher.

    It is not just daycare spots though, as Madrid is dealing with a wave of foreigners overloading the healthcare system. Madrid hospitals have treated a record number of illegal migrants, while Spaniards face worsening healthcare delays. Health authorities in Madrid report a 44 percent rise in undocumented patients in one year, while the Canary Islands prepare to receive children from Gaza despite long waiting lists for local residents

  • Foreign women from several countries outpace German men in crime suspect rates, latest stats show

    Foreign women from several countries outpace German men in crime suspect rates, latest stats show

    The latest figures from Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) show that suspects from several migrant nationalities are significantly overrepresented in police crime statistics, with women from a number of foreign countries recording higher suspect rates than German men.

    As first reported by Nius, the data, taken from the 2025 police crime statistics published last month, uses what the BKA calls the suspect burden rate, which measures the number of resident suspects per 100,000 people in the same population group, excluding children under the age of 8. The metric allows comparisons between different nationalities and between men and women while adjusting for population size.

    The figures were requested by AfD lawmaker Martin Hess, who asked the federal government to compare German suspects with the ten leading non-German nationalities in the police crime statistics.

    According to the figures, women from Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine all had a higher suspect burden rate for all crimes than German men. Serbian women recorded 4,361 suspects per 100,000 inhabitants, Bulgarian women 4,322, Romanian women 4,095, Iraqi women 3,833, Afghan women 3,671, Syrian women 3,333, and Ukrainian women 2,963. German men recorded 2,688.

    The comparison suggests that rising crime may not just be attributed to the wide-scale migration of adult males from high-risk countries, but to mass immigration itself.

    The same pattern is visible in violent crime. German men recorded a suspect burden rate of 265 for violent offenses, a category that includes homicide, sexual offenses, assault, and robbery. Women from Iraq recorded a higher rate, at 409, followed by Bulgarian women at 348, Serbian women at 344, Syrian women at 335, and Afghan women at 319.

    Germany: Foreigners vastly overrepresented in violent crimes in 2025 criminal data, 72% increase in rape since 2018

    The broader 2025 police crime statistics, reported last month by Remix News, showed that non-German suspects remain heavily overrepresented in serious crime categories despite foreigners accounting for around 15 percent of Germany’s population.

    Foreign nationals were listed as suspects in 41 percent of violent crimes and 38 percent of murders. They were also responsible for 36 percent of sexual offenses overall, rising to 39.1 percent when the category is narrowed to rape and sexual assault.

    The statistics also showed that rape has risen sharply since 2018, while knife crime remains a major concern. Around 29,000 knife-related offenses are recorded annually in Germany, equivalent to roughly 80 per day. In murder and manslaughter cases, a knife is used in around 4 out of 10 offenses.

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    The publication of the figures sparked outrage among migrant organizations, calling their release racist. Mehtap Çağlar, federal chairwoman of the Turkish Association in Germany, accused Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt of using the police crime statistics to create a hostile atmosphere toward migrants. She argued that crime is driven primarily by social causes and claimed police data can be distorted by heavier surveillance in certain areas and a greater tendency to report crimes involving strangers.

    However, BKA reporting has also repeatedly identified foreign and migrant-linked organized crime networks as a major security challenge, including Turkish-led groups involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and weapons offenses. Violent crimes involving Turkish nationals rose by 47.6 percent in 2024 compared with the previous year.

    The true scale of crime within Germany’s Turkish-origin population is difficult to measure through nationality statistics alone because millions of people of Turkish background hold German citizenship, including many dual nationals. This means they are counted as German suspects in the official data.

    Germany has not deported a single Syrian criminal since January despite 11,000 awaiting removal

    Despite this reality, Berlin continues to struggle to remove convicted criminals from high-risk countries. In the case of Syria, for example, Welt am Sonntag reported this week that not a single Syrian criminal or security threat has been deported since Jan. 21, despite more than 11,000 Syrians being legally required to leave Germany.

    The obstacle is reportedly the lack of replacement travel documents. Deportations usually cannot be carried out when the person being removed does not have valid identification, and according to the report, no additional travel documents for deportations to Syria have been issued since the end of January.

    Germany’s current government had promised to restart removals to Syria, beginning with criminals and those deemed a threat to public safety. Four Syrian criminals were deported in December 2025 and January 2026, but the process has since stopped.

  • Germany has not deported a single Syrian criminal since January despite 11,000 awaiting removal

    Germany has not deported a single Syrian criminal since January despite 11,000 awaiting removal

    Germany’s promised deportation push for Syrians with criminal convictions or security concerns has stalled, with no further removals carried out since Jan. 21 despite more than 11,000 Syrians being legally required to leave the country.

    According to Welt am Sonntag, the central obstacle is the absence of replacement travel documents needed to return individuals who do not have valid identification. Since the end of January, not a single additional document has reportedly been issued for deportations to Syria, leaving the policy effectively frozen.

    Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed the start of deporting Syrian criminals back to their homeland after talks with the Islamist government that overthrew President Bashar al-Assad in late 2024, yet just four individuals were forcibly sent back in the first two months of the program, and none in the next four.

    The federal government had said it would take the lead in coordinating the procurement of travel documents, rather than leaving the task to individual states. Bavaria’s Interior Ministry told Welt am Sonntag that the special procedure differs from the normal process because the federal government is responsible in the initial phase for the entire operation, including obtaining replacement travel papers from Syria.

    However, it remains unclear how the Federal Police intend to secure those documents. In normal cases, German states apply to the embassy of the country of origin. In Syria’s case, the Federal Police reportedly did not say whether the process was being handled through the Syrian embassy in Berlin or through alternative channels.

    The result is that a policy repeatedly presented as a tougher new approach to migration has produced only single-digit deportation figures.

    ‘Two-thirds do not work. Many of them must go back,’ says Merz about Syrians living in Germany

    Merz had previously taken a hard line on the issue while in opposition, and not just in relation to Syrian criminals but the wider Syrian diaspora. During an ARD appearance in December 2024, he said that the “one-third” of Syrians who “work and are integrated” in Germany could remain, but added that “the two-thirds who do not work, they are overwhelmingly young men; many of them can go back, and many must go back.”

    The now-chancellor said Germany should speak openly with those migrants and tell them, “You have no place in Germany in the long term.” He argued that returns to parts of Syria had already been possible for some time.

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    The issue has also been sharpened by crime statistics released by the German government, showing Syrians are disproportionately represented commensurate with their percentage of the German population. In December last year, the Interior Ministry disclosed that Syrian suspects had been linked to 135,668 crimes against German victims between 2015 and 2024, a figure equivalent to one offense every 39 minutes over the past decade.

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    In March, Merz met Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Berlin, where returns were among the main subjects discussed. Merz said al-Sharaa wanted around 80 percent of Syrians in Germany to return to Syria over the next three years.

    “In the longer perspective of the next three years, it is the wish of President al-Sharaa that around 80 percent of the Syrians in Germany should go back into their homeland,” Merz said, adding, “We need a reliable repatriation option, cooperation with Syria.”

    Merz said many Syrians were “needed at home,” while also stressing that protection statuses would be reviewed. “Those who have no claim will leave Germany again,” he said, particularly those who “abuse our hospitality.” At the same time, he said Germany welcomed Syrian skilled workers who had integrated.

  • Czech government scraps ‘pointless’ annual report on readiness to join the euro

    Czech government scraps ‘pointless’ annual report on readiness to join the euro

    The Czech government will stop preparing an annual report on the country’s readiness to adopt the euro, with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš arguing that the exercise is unnecessary because his cabinet has no intention of joining the single currency.

    “It is pointless to discuss the position on the euro every year; we do not want the euro. Let the next government resolve this in the first quarter of 2030, there is no reason to talk about it for us,””Babiš said, as cited by Echo24.

    The decision drew criticism from opposition figures, who said the report also provided a regular public assessment of the Czech Republic’s economic condition and compliance with fiscal rules.

    Pirates leader Zdeněk Hřib said the move was “not a technicality” but “a political signal,” arguing that the government no longer wants to publicly evaluate whether the country meets economic rules that reveal the state of public finances.

    Finance Minister Alena Schillerová rejected the accusation, saying the Ministry of Finance will still prepare the material, but not every year.

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    “Why, if our government will not adopt the euro and will not take any steps towards it?” she said, adding that the report was never intended primarily to monitor public finances.

    The annual assessments had previously been prepared by the Ministry of Finance and the Czech National Bank. They examined whether the Czech Republic met the Maastricht criteria for euro adoption and how closely its economy was aligned with the eurozone.

    The dispute comes after the Czech National Bank warned that the country could breach one of those criteria next year, with the public finance deficit forecast to rise to 3.1 percent of GDP, above the 3 percent limit.

    Mojmír Hampl, head of the National Budget Council, said the warning should be taken seriously, noting that the central bank “does not believe that the government will manage to keep the deficit below the magical 3 percent.”

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    Schillerová denied that the deficit would exceed the threshold and said the government remained committed to remaining compliant with the rules.

    “The government’s program statement always applies – and I add three exclamation points to this – that we will stay below 3 percent of GDP in order to comply with the Maastricht criteria,” she said.

    Babiš also criticized the Czech National Bank for keeping interest rates higher than in the eurozone. The CNB has left its base rate at 3.5 percent, while the eurozone rate is 2 percent.

    The Czech Republic pledged to adopt the euro when it joined the EU in 2004, but no date has been set. Public resistance remains strong, with a recent CVVM survey showing two-thirds of Czechs oppose adopting the common currency, while 30 percent support it.

  • Norway: Media removes video showing teen brutally beaten by foreign gang

    Norway: Media removes video showing teen brutally beaten by foreign gang

    Over the weekend, footage circulated of violence at a Burger King in central Bergen, where a 17-year-old boy was allegedly brutally beaten by several people. Police, who can be seen arriving on scene in the video, reportedly said the boy had facial injuries from the beating and that several young people aged 18 to 20 had left the scene before they arrived.

    The footage also clearly shows the boy being kicked repeatedly while on the ground.

    The Bergensavisen news portal had published a video of the incident on its Facebook page, but later removed it after readers commented that it revealed a very different story than what they had read about on the portal’s site, notes Rabulisten. It has since been reposted on X by others, including the activist group Patriot Bergen.

    In the footage, four foreign men can clearly be seen attacking the lone white man on the streets of downtown Bergen, according to the X account that posted the video.

    BA’s coverage had failed to mention anything about the ethnicity of the attackers.

    The video is now only available behind a paywall on BA’s website, angering some readers and groups who maintain that mainstream media systematically downplay or censor any violent incidents involving foreign ethnicities.

    People are also calling out BA for removing what is clear evidence of what many would call a racist attack, given its previous coverage of the much-publicized racism allegations from Hamse Ali in Bergen back in 2024.

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    At that time, the newspaper published an extensive piece in which Ali claimed he was the victim of a brutal racist attack in Nygårdsparken. Describing the incident as “racist violence,” BA’s article also noted that Ali had claimed he was called a “fucking black guy” before six men allegedly attacked him. There was reportedly no video proving any part of his story.

    Police stated at the time that they had no reason to doubt his claims, but ultimately, it was revealed that Ali’s story was a total fabrication.

    After it was proven that the incident never occurred, BA updated its story accordingly. In the present case, video evidence was seemingly not enough to even provide proper details regarding the case.

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    Last year, Remix News covered the racial profiling case brought by Amnesty International against Norwegian police. Therein, Remix News quoted one journalist who, among many others, sought to highlight the rising issue of crimes committed by those with a migration background.

    ““Statistics from SSB (2020–2023) show that children of immigrants (second generation) commit even more violent crimes than their parents. Second-generation Somalis, Moroccans and Iraqis have a crime rate 7-9 times higher than Norwegian men. It’s the same for Sweden: A study from BRÅ in Sweden shows that children of immigrants often have higher crime rates than their parents,” journalist Rebecca Mistereggen wrote on X.

  • Scandal at Norwegian hospital as Libyan doctor revealed to be behind several deaths and injuries, including a case where he accidentally connected a woman’s colon to her vagina

    Scandal at Norwegian hospital as Libyan doctor revealed to be behind several deaths and injuries, including a case where he accidentally connected a woman’s colon to her vagina

    Surgeon Saib Adnan Al-Qadi poses a risk to patient safety after a series of deadly incidents at Sørlandet Hospital in Arendal and will now be restricted in his duties. This was the conclusion of the Norwegian Health Authority after a report from the State Administrator documented several patients who lost their lives and others who suffered extensive injuries.

    Information from NRK, cited by Rabulisten, revealed that the surgeon, among other things, connected a woman’s colon to her vagina, so that she later had stool exit through her vagina.

    Another patient died after the surgeon operated without having properly read the patient’s medical record beforehand.

    Saib Adnan Al-Qadi was reportedly born in Libya and trained in Bulgaria, according to documents from the State Administrator in Agder. This data also revealed that despite not being a specialist in gastrosurgery, Al-Qadi worked as a consultant at the gastrosurgery section at Sørlandet Hospital. He did hold Norwegian authorization as a general surgeon dating back to December 2012.

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    Profiles for the surgeon on both LinkedIn and Facebook do not appear to have been updated for years, with the LinkedIn profile indicating he was last a general surgeon at a hospital in Denmark, citing exrtensive experience in colon surgery of all things.

    The Norwegian Health Inspectorate reviewed a total of seven serious patient cases. Two patients died after stomach operations. Several others had to undergo reoperation at Oslo University Hospital after extensive malpractice.

    In one of the most grotesque cases, Al-Qadi operated on a woman who was to have her stoma reversed. Three months later, it was discovered that he had connected her colon to her vagina. The State Administrator writes that he chose to operate despite the high risk, and that afterwards he appeared uncaring and tried to blame the patient and relatives.

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    In another case, he placed the wrong bowel passage during an operation, which led to intestinal torsion and emergency reoperation. The State Administrator concluded that he did not listen to colleagues and handled the situation irresponsibly.

    The documents also show that the State Administrator had clear issues with Al-Qadi’s attitude and lack of self-criticism, with one assessment stating that he instead directed criticism at the nurses.

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    The State Administrator cites other cases as well that note a lack of understanding of anatomy, deviant surgical techniques, and improper risk assessments. One patient suffered damage to his bile ducts during gallbladder surgery and had to undergo reoperation at Oslo University Hospital. Another died after damage to the small intestine.

    Several non-compliance reports were registered against the doctor, both related to patient safety and cooperation with colleagues. An internal assessment simply reports the surgeon to be “uncorrectable” and that his violations constitute “an ongoing risk to patient safety.”

    The Norwegian Health Authority has therefore decided that Al-Qadi can no longer work as a consultant or have independent responsibility for surgical patients. He may only operate under the close supervision of an approved specialist and must work in a subordinate position if he is to continue as a doctor.

    Sørlandet Hospital has previously been involved in several serious scandals surrounding malpractice. In 2022, the hospital was fined 1 million kroner (€93,000) following the so-called “Flekkefjord case”, where a surgeon worked as a consultant in orthopedics for 11 years without being a trained orthopedic surgeon. Several patients were operated on incorrectly, and several died.

    CEO Nina Mevold publicly apologized to patients and relatives when the new cases became known. She later resigned after intense pressure from employees and union representatives.

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  • Spain: North African migrant breaks elderly woman’s collarbone and strangles her husband after they asked him to turn down his music

    Spain: North African migrant breaks elderly woman’s collarbone and strangles her husband after they asked him to turn down his music

    As countless news stories and viral clips have revealed, asking someone to turn down their music in Europe is an increasingly dangerous proposition.

    One of the latest cases involved a North African migrant who unleashed extreme violence against a 74-year-old woman and her husband in the Spanish city of Bilbao.

    On Friday afternoon last week at 3:50 p.m., the young man who has a North African background and an extensive police record was reportedly blasting music inside a public elevator at Plaza de la Encarnación and Zabalbide Street in the Santutxu neighborhood. The couple asked him to turn down his stereo, to which he replied: “You are a woman and you cannot give me orders,” and began insulting the woman.

    When the victim’s husband stepped in to protect his wife, the attacker escalated his aggression, according to El Correo news outlet.

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    He pushed the woman in the elevator and then pushed her out of elevator and on to the ground, breaking the woman’s collarbone.

    He then turned his attention to the husband, putting him in a rear naked chokehold, which cut off the man’s air supply and nearly led him to losing consciousness.

    The woman tried to call the police from the ground when the North African allegedly grabbed her phone and threw it into nearby bushes before she could connect with emergency services.

    Local residents quickly contacted the Ertzaintza and the Bilbao municipal police, with officers discovering the couple laying on the ground with severe injuries.

    The husband suffered injuries to his mouth, nose, and arm, while his wife was left barely able to speak due to the intense pain from her fall.

    Both victims were urgently transported to Basurto Hospital, where medical staff confirmed the woman’s fracture and ran tests on the husband to assess internal damage from the choking and beating.

    Officers located and arrested the suspect not far from the crime scene and quickly ascertained he is a suspect with a high rate of criminal activity, including cases involving violent assault. Just last month, he assaulted a man who declined to provide him with a cigarette.

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    However, despite his history and the severe assault, the man was provisionally released after appearing before a judge.

    This legal decision has sparked anger among local residents and social media users, and illustrates the growing insecurity brought on by lax judicial decisions across Europe. Local residents are calling for stricter legal consequences for repeat offenders, especially those targeting vulnerable victims.

    Remix News has covered numerous cases involving individuals facing severe assault and threats due to asking people to turn down their music. The trend has coincided with increasing insecurity in European and Western trains and buses.

    Popular YouTuber Asmongold has called for people, or “animals,” who “crash out” over being told to turn down their music to simply be arrested and institutionalized.

  • Hungary: Magyar says all EU funds will arrive end of August, guest worker restrictions to be introduced

    Hungary: Magyar says all EU funds will arrive end of August, guest worker restrictions to be introduced

    Prime Minister Péter Magyar has announced that all EU funds due to Hungary should be arriving by the end of August.

    Calling the matter a top priority at a government meeting on Monday, Magyar indicated that he had exchanged letters with President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen, over the weekend, and negotiations have begun between members of the government and the leaders of the European Commission, who are staying in Budapest until Friday.

    He stressed, as reported by Hirado, that they agreed with von der Leyen that “these funds belong here, in Hungary, with the Hungarian people, in the Hungarian healthcare system, the Hungarian education system, in infrastructure.” 

    Péter Magyar indicated that both sides would do everything they could to sign the political agreement in Brussels next week, which would allow for the closure of open issues.

    According to the government’s website listing initial decisions made and actions to be taken: “The government’s goal remains to ensure that Hungary has access to all resources it is entitled to within the European Union. A European Commission delegation is in Budapest to negotiate with the Hungarian government, with the goal of reaching an early political agreement and access to EU funds by August 31.”

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    Government spokesperson Anita Köböl informed press after the meeting of other measures to be taken as well, including a decision on restricting foreign guest workers next week and reviewing the infamous pedophile pardon case, which led to the resignation of former President Katalin Novak and Magyar’s own wife, former Justice Minister Judit Varga.

    “The government discussed the disclosure of the pardon dossier on Tuesday, the complete transformation of the execution, the actions related to asbestos pollution in Western Hungary, and the 2026 budget, among other things, at its meeting on Monday,”  the prime minister wrote on his Facebook page. He also confirmed at the press conference that the government would make the details of the pardon case public on Tuesday morning.

    Regarding foreign guest workers, Köböl said the goal is to ensure that the employment of guest workers serves the interests of the Hungarian labor market, Hungarian employees and companies.

    The Tisza government seeks to prevent the development of an economic model based on the mass import of foreign labor.

  • Janša set for return as Slovenia’s prime minister after right-wing coalition deal

    Janša set for return as Slovenia’s prime minister after right-wing coalition deal

    Slovenia’s conservative leader Janez Janša is poised to return as prime minister after reaching a coalition agreement that could end weeks of political deadlock following the country’s tightly contested March election.

    Janša announced that his Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) had struck a deal with New Slovenia and Anže Logar’s Democrats, creating a minority coalition that would hold 43 of the 90 seats in parliament. The bloc is expected to command a majority with the backing of five lawmakers from the right-wing Resni.ca movement.

    The agreement comes after outgoing liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob, whose Freedom Movement narrowly finished ahead of Janša’s party in the election, failed to form a government. Janša could now be nominated as prime minister on Tuesday.

    As reported by Denník N, the coalition is expected to prioritize tax cuts, decentralization, a reduction in bureaucracy, and what Janša has described as a cheaper and more efficient state.

    “We will ensure a cheaper state, but with better quality,” Janša said in early May.

    His return would mark a sharp change in direction after Golob’s liberal, pro-European administration. Janša has repeatedly criticized the spending priorities of the outgoing center-left government and has pledged a return to “Slovenian values,” including support for the “traditional family” and restrictions on state funding for NGOs.

    The new arrangement may also prove fragile. Logar previously said that his Democrats party would not support a government led by Janša. Resni.ca leader Zoran Stevanović, who was elected speaker of parliament after the election, also insisted he would remain outside any government led by either Janša or Golob, which he has done, albeit securing a confidence-and-supply agreement.

    “We are not going to a government led by Janša or Golob. We are sticking to that,” he told RTV Slovenia last month.

    Resni.ca’s five seats have nevertheless given it significant leverage because of the near-even split between Slovenia’s two main political blocs. Stevanović’s election as speaker with 48 votes showed how both sides had sought to win the party’s support.

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    The movement has also injected a major foreign policy question into coalition negotiations. Stevanović said last month that Resni.ca would press ahead with a referendum on Slovenia’s membership of NATO.

    “We promised the people a referendum on leaving NATO and that we will also hold this referendum,” he said. It is unclear whether such a policy was contingent on his party’s support for the incoming administration.

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    The March 22 election left Slovenia without a clear route to stable government. Golob’s Freedom Movement took 28.6 percent of the vote, while Janša’s SDS finished close behind on 27.95 percent. The result left only a few thousand votes between the two leading parties.

    Several smaller parties entered parliament, including the NSi-SLS-Fokus list, the Social Democrats, the Democrats, Resni.ca, and the Levica-Vesna alliance. None of the two main blocs could reach the 46 seats needed for a majority without support from smaller parties.

    Golob declared victory on election night but acknowledged the difficulty of forming a government.

    “We all placed our trust in one party, regardless of what we believe. We all deserve a future, and I am here right now to say that with this mandate, we will do everything to make that future better for all our citizens,” he said, before failing to reach a coalition agreement with allies.

  • Fraudsters posing as SBU officers steal nearly $180,000 from former Ukrainian PM Pustovoitenko

    Fraudsters posing as SBU officers steal nearly $180,000 from former Ukrainian PM Pustovoitenko

    Two fraudsters posing as employees of Ukraine’s Security Service allegedly stole almost 7 million hryvnias (€136,000) from former Ukrainian Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko after falsely claiming he was under investigation for helping buy Shahed drones for the Russian army.

    The case was reported by the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office and Kyiv police, according to Ukrainian Pravda. A law enforcement source told the outlet that the victim was Pustovoitenko, who served as Ukraine’s prime minister from 1997 to 1999.

    As reported by Focus.ua, authorities said the 79-year-old received a call from an unknown man who introduced himself as an SBU employee and accused him of financing Russia. The suspects then allegedly posed as SBU officers and police investigators, sending fake summonses and telling him criminal proceedings had been opened against him over the supposed purchase of Shahed drones.

    “According to the fraudsters, it was possible to prove their innocence by ‘verifying’ and ‘declaring’ the funds in a special structure,” police said. “Under psychological pressure and threats, the man agreed to comply with the demands and, during a personal meeting, handed over cash in various currencies totaling 6.7 million hryvnias to one of the group members.”

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    The former politician allegedly handed over $110,710 and €10,200, as well as savings in Israeli shekels, British pounds, and Czech crowns.

    Investigators say the fraudsters transferred the euros and U.S. dollars to a cryptocurrency account controlled by the organizer of the scheme.

    Police later detained both suspects and said they are investigating whether they have been involved in similar scams previously. During a search of one suspect’s car, officers seized banknotes that had been kept and not handed over to his superiors.

    The men have been arrested on suspicion of large-scale fraud. A court ordered both suspects to be held in custody, while setting bail at 4.9 million hryvnias (€95,000) and 3.3 million hryvnias (€64,000), respectively.

    Law enforcement officers are still working to identify other people who may have been involved in the alleged scheme.

  • ‘You Christian bastards. You and your Jesus, I’ll burn him’ – Italy car ram attacker Salim El Koudri threatened university staff with violent emails 5 years ago

    ‘You Christian bastards. You and your Jesus, I’ll burn him’ – Italy car ram attacker Salim El Koudri threatened university staff with violent emails 5 years ago

    The second-generation Moroccan migrant Salim El Koudri, who reportedly rammed multiple people in Modena, Italy, on Sunday, wrote a sent a series of violent emails to the University of Modena in 2021. The emails contained hostile messages such as “You Christian bastards… You and your Jesus Christ, I’ll burn him.”

    The extra threat layer will only increase pressure on Italian authorities, who failed to prevent the attack. Koudri was arrested after allegedly driving a Citroen C3 through the city center, where he hit seven people and left two victims with such catastrophic injuries that they required amputations of their lower limbs. One of the victims remains in a life-threatening condition.

    Rinaldo Frignani reports that the Modena attacker, who is currently in prison, had reached out to the top administration of the university where he previously completed his degree in business administration to request employment.

    The investigation has focused heavily on these shocking messages, including one where he wrote, “You Christian bastards… you and your Jesus Christ (written in lowercase) on the cross, I’ll burn him.”

    This email was sent on April 27, five years ago, as part of a series of emails directed at the university, according to Italian news outlet Corriere.

    Investigators are analyzing four of these messages to reconstruct his psychological profile. They are trying to establish if the recent attack in the center of the Emilian city was an act of emulation, mimicking similar European massacres carried out by individuals. In some cases, these were individuals with mental health problems, but many of the attacks have involved Islamist extremists.

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    The email was reportedly sent over the man’s desire to work at the university. On that same evening, he clearly stated, “I want to work.”

    He demanded a position that matched his qualifications, writing, “You have to hire me as an office clerk, not as a warehouse worker—got it? And right here in Modena, not out in the middle of nowhere where you’re left with €500 a month in your pocket if you’re lucky,” before repeating, “I want to work.”

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    Despite the hate-filled threats, he later followed up his emails with apologies to the administration.

    “I apologize for my rudeness,” he wrote in one follow-up email.

    His final message appeared to take a more civil tone, writing: “I can’t find a job consistent with my studies, and I don’t know what to do. I’m all alone; I’m 27 years old and living with my immigrant parents. What do you advise me to do? Thanks.”

    Authorities are currently examining this aspect of his personality alongside the data recovered from his mobile phone. They are investigating various factors like his chronic unemployment, while also waiting for a response from Meta regarding social media posts that the platform had removed over the previous months for policy violations. The digital communication giant subsequently chose to permanently deactivate his account on Saturday evening.

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    According to Il Giornale, El Koudri told investigators, “I’m bullied, marginalized, and I live in a racist country.”

    El Koudri was born in Seriate, near Bergamo, to Moroccan parents and lived alone in Ravarino, in the province of Modena. He is unemployed, has a degree in economics, and has no criminal record. He had previously received psychiatric treatment in 2022 for schizoid personality disorder.

  • Nearly half of French voters may support National Rally, and immigration is a major concern

    Nearly half of French voters may support National Rally, and immigration is a major concern

    Last Friday, an Ipsos poll conducted for the Jean-Jaurès Foundation, Le Monde, and Cevipof indicated that 45 percent of French voters are now considering voting for the National Rally (RN) in the 2027 elections, meaning the anti-migration party’s candidate is favored to win the presidency.

    According to Antoine Bristielle, director of the Foundation’s Opinion Observatory, the poll shows that RN “has managed to unite very different electorates around a common foundation, but that its cohesion remains fragile as soon as one moves away from this foundation.”

    The Jean-Jaurès Foundation identifies four main profiles of RN voters, which can be grouped into two categories. The “identity-based liberals” include older, politically engaged voters firmly rooted in the right, as well as the “forgotten France,” which represents “a working-class bloc, more economically vulnerable, marked by a strong sense of abandonment and combining demands for social protection with identity radicalism.”

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    However, the other two groups are more recent profiles, demonstrating the RN’s expansion to new voters. The “shifting France,” representing those “less politically engaged and still uncertain,” and the “opportunistic radical right.” This latter group of voters, seen as “more affluent, more educated, and highly politically engaged,” is, according to the report, “already largely aligned with the RN’s positions” but may have voted for other right-wing parties in the past.

    Immigration, as expected, is a paramount topic for at least three of the four groups. “There are too many immigrants in France” is confirmed by 97 percent of “forgotten France,” 99 percent of “identity-based liberals,” 43 percent of “shifting France,” and 96 percent of “opportunistic radical right.” As to the statement, “Now, I no longer feel as at home as before,” the percentages of support were 96, 98, 72, and 94, respectively.

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    The full study is available here.

  • Starmer hit with legal threat after barring conservative speakers from entering UK for national rally

    Starmer hit with legal threat after barring conservative speakers from entering UK for national rally

    U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been issued with a formal letter of claim after several foreign politicians, commentators, and activists were blocked from entering the United Kingdom ahead of a major rally in London last weekend.

    The legal threat was announced on Saturday by Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek, who said she and others had instructed a lawyer to act on their behalf over potentially defamatory remarks made by the prime minister last week.

    “Today, Dominik Tarczyński, Don Keith, Ada Lluch, Joey Mannarino, and I have formally instructed our lawyer, Francesco Gargallo di Castel Lentini, to issue a Letter of Claim to Keir Starmer,” Vlaardingerbroek wrote on X. The lawyer mentioned is Vlaardingerbroek’s Italian husband.

    “The letter demands that he immediately retract his defamatory statements in which he labelled us ‘far-right agitators’ who wish to incite violence.

    “Should he fail to comply, we reserve all our legal rights to pursue further action against him.”

    The dispute follows a speech delivered by Starmer last Monday in which he said his government had barred what he described as “far-right agitators” from entering Britain to attend the Unite the Kingdom march organized by Tommy Robinson.

    The demonstration took place in London on Saturday. Ahead of the event, those named in the letter received notices from the Home Office informing them that their U.K. Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) had been cancelled. The message stated that their presence in Britain was not considered “conducive to the public good.”

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    Among those affected was Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński, a conservative politician and outspoken opponent of mass migration.

    “This is what communism looks like in the 21st Century. I have just been denied entry to the U.K. in order to speak at the largest patriotic event in Europe,” Tarczyński wrote on social media after being refused entry.

    In total, 11 people were reportedly banned from entering the U.K. to attend the rally. They included American nationals, Don Keith and Joey Mannarino, and Spanish conservative influencer Ada Lluch.

    Mannarino wrote in response, “None of us want to incite violence. None of us are agitators. We are simply people who want to see Europe remain Europe, the U.K. remain the U.K., America remain America, and so on.”

    The letter of claim, dated May 13, was addressed to Starmer at 10 Downing Street and described the prime minister’s remarks as “potentially defamatory, untrue and denigratory.” It said the statements had been made against private citizens, parliamentarians, and lawyers, and demanded a formal retraction.

    The row also comes amid broader warnings issued ahead of those attending the London protest. The Metropolitan Police cautioned that certain placards and chants could amount to hate crimes and lead to prosecution.

    Those warnings followed new guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service on acts that may be treated as stirring up hatred.

    Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson defended the guidance, saying, “This is not about restricting free speech. It is about preventing hate crime and protecting the public, particularly at a time of heightened tensions.”

  • ‘Closely monitoring the situation’ – Germany fears next migration wave after Spanish PM Sánchez hands permits to hundreds of thousands of illegals

    ‘Closely monitoring the situation’ – Germany fears next migration wave after Spanish PM Sánchez hands permits to hundreds of thousands of illegals

    With Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez legalizing what could amount to as many as 1.6 million migrants, other EU member states are getting worried, and not just neighboring France.

    While the Socialist prime minister’s announcement originally aimed to naturalize some 500,000 migrants by handing them residency permits and work permits, German authorities estimate that there could be as many as 850,000 applicants in Spain, writes Bild. Leaked internal Spanish police documents have already put this estimated number even higher, at 1.6 million.

    Since the announcement in mid-April, hordes of undocumented migrants have been overwhelming local offices across the country, with nearly 130,000 applications in the first week alone. Remix News posted videos of these crowds.

    French conservatives sounded the alarm early on, with National Rally leader Jordan Bardella slamming the ability for residence permits to freely move around the EU.

    “I believe that free movement within the Schengen Area should be reserved exclusively for nationals of European countries. Obtaining a residence permit in Spain, for example, should not allow free movement throughout all European Union countries,” he wrote.

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    Now, Germany’s Foreign Office in Berlin has stated: “We are closely monitoring the situation and are in contact with Spain.”

    A spokesperson for the Interior Ministry also sought to clarify that a Schengen residence permit does not, in principle, authorize employment in Germany. Having one allows you to enter Germany and stay for a maximum of three months at a time.

    The domestic policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Alexander Throm (CDU), also expressed his concerns, according to Bild: “Such mass legalization sends a devastating signal to the world and creates an incalculable pull effect.”

    Police union representative Manuel Ostermann has also warned of potential consequences given that many entering Europe are attracted to German jobs and benefits.

    “If the Spanish minority government fails, and a future government reduces payments or terminates residency permits, many of the migrants will continue their journey to Germany and remain here. Whether permitted or not,” he warned.

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    Of course, jobs in Germany are already becoming scarce, including over 120,000 industrial jobs being shed last year, and after years of mass immigration, the German economy continues to go from weakness ot weakness.

    Germany has already had problems with secondary migration from Greece for years. Last April, the country’s Federal Administrative Court authorized migrant deportations to Greece for the first time in years.

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    Ostermann is now warning: “The migration crisis is not over. Germany must therefore consistently eliminate the remaining pull factors,” he says, adding that Germany should abolish “excessive financial incentives” and replace them with the principle of “bread and butter.”

  • Moroccan man accused of stalking 9-year-old girl for days in Spain released with restraining order

    Moroccan man accused of stalking 9-year-old girl for days in Spain released with restraining order

    Spanish police have arrested a 52-year-old Moroccan man in Mallorca on suspicion of attempted sexual assault after he allegedly stalked a 9-year-old girl for several days, monitored her routines, and waited for her outside school and tutoring sessions.

    The suspect had reportedly traveled by bus to the Balearic capital to follow the child in the Pere Garau area of Palma. According to Ultima Hora, he knew where she lived, where she went to school, and where she attended tutoring classes.

    After appearing before a judge, the man was released with a restraining order banning him from contacting the girl.

    Last Wednesday, the child spotted the man in the neighborhood and alerted a friend of her mother, whom she encountered on the street. The girl said he was the same man who had been following her for days, including outside her school, near her tutoring classes, and close to the entrance of her building.

    Her parents immediately went to the area where she had seen him and reportedly saw the suspect fleeing.

    Several witnesses chased the man and caught up with him, holding him on the ground until police arrived and arrested him on suspicion of harassment.

    At the police station, the girl told investigators that on one occasion, the man had tried to grab her arm inside the entrance to her building while touching his private parts. She said she had seen him on several consecutive days in locations linked to her daily routine.

    The Moroccan national is reportedly well known to law enforcement on the island. He has multiple previous convictions for sexual assault, indecent exposure, and theft. It is unclear why he remains living in Spain.

    The Palma case comes amid a series of violent and sexual crime allegations in Spain involving Moroccan suspects.

    Moroccan suspect freed with 200-meter restraining order after Spanish police found him on top of unconscious woman in street with her pants down

    Last week, a Moroccan migrant accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on a street in Lleida was released by a Spanish court and ordered to stay 200 meters away from the alleged victim. Police reportedly found the suspect lying on top of the woman, whose pants had been pulled down, while touching her genitals.

    The woman told the court she was afraid of the suspect and was suffering physical discomfort after the alleged attack, but the court still ordered his release under precautionary measures rather than placing him in pre-trial detention.

    Spain: Illegal Moroccan knifeman arrested after attacking three victims in one night in Almería, leaving teenage girl in the hospital

    Last month, a Spanish court ordered the immediate pre-trial detention of a Moroccan national after a string of alleged attacks with a knife in Almería.

    The suspect was charged with three counts of attempted robbery with violence and one count of assault after allegedly targeting several victims within minutes of one another. Investigators said he first approached two couples at knifepoint near Avenida Cabo de Gata before later attacking a 17-year-old student walking home.

    The teenager was allegedly chased, grabbed, thrown to the ground, kicked repeatedly, pulled by the hair, and stabbed in the thigh after the suspect demanded her phone. Her screams alerted nearby residents, forcing the attacker to flee.

    Police said another woman was later targeted near a gym when the suspect allegedly kicked her off her motorcycle at a traffic light and threatened her with a knife before she escaped into a nearby building. Officers later arrested the suspect after finding him hiding in bushes in a vacant lot.

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    Also last month, a Moroccan man was arrested for a violent axe attack in Montefrío, southern Spain, leaving two women in critical condition and another person injured.

    The suspect allegedly attacked three people in broad daylight, including elderly victims who suffered severe head injuries. He was arrested after a manhunt.

    The case triggered a political backlash after Vox leader Santiago Abascal accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Spain’s state broadcaster of suppressing details about the attack. Spanish outlet La Bandera later reported that the suspect had claimed while in custody that he had “heard the call of Allah” and that “all Christians must die.”

  • ‘Poland has transformed into an immigration state’ – Polish government moves to shorten approval time for foreign workers as over 500,000 migrants apply for residency

    ‘Poland has transformed into an immigration state’ – Polish government moves to shorten approval time for foreign workers as over 500,000 migrants apply for residency

    Poland has long been one of the most homogenous European nations, featuring a nation that identifies as between 95 and 97 percent ethnically Polish. However, the groundwork is being laid for more and more transformative immigration, including with a new proposal that could rapidly boost the number of residency permits approved.

    The Polish Prime Minister’s Office of Donald Tusk has presented a draft of the so-called “silent consent,” meaning the presumption of legalizing residence for a foreigner if authorities do not respond to a foreigner’s application within 60 days.

    Hundreds of thousands of immigrants per year could benefit from this new development.

    “Poland has transformed into an immigration state,” writes Polish news outlet Forsal.pl, regarding the new changes.

    ‘Intruders not welcome’ banner is seen during an anti-immigration protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on July 19th, 2025. Demonstrations under the slogan ‘Stop Immigration’ took place in more than 80 Polish cities. Demonstrators demanded the closure of the borders with Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus and Slovakia. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

    According to the outlet, 509,237 foreigners applied for a temporary residence permit in Poland. Negative decisions accounted for only 26,000 cases, positive ones for 328,000 people, and the remaining proceedings were discontinued or left unexamined. Given the current numbers, this new “slient consent” system promoted by Poland’s left-wing Tusk government would mean around 150,000 more presumed permits per year.

    According to the Polish Ministry of Interior and Administration, demand for foreign workers in the Polish labor market continues to drive increasing numbers of migrants into the country, but authorities believe there is a problem that many foreigners are now having to wait months for their residence permits to be approved by the voivodes.

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    The length of proceedings impacts those arriving in the country for seasonal or manual labor, as well as citizens of developed third countries who come to Poland to invest, work in IT, or run their businesses. For example, the share of Indian immigrants is rapidly growing in Poland.

    Poland’s government says there are now long wait times for foreigners which are holding up the process of foreigners received their permits, which the government claims is hindering investment in Poland.

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    To address this concern, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister has presented draft amendments (UD408) to shorten this wait time via the use of so-called tacit consent, writes Forsal.pl.

    With a planned adoption date of the second quarter of 2026, the amendments aim to shorten the real waiting time for consideration of applications submitted by citizens of selected third countries who do not pose an increased migration risk.

    Given the uncertainty surrounding the deadline for completing the procedure, some foreigners choose to forgo submitting appropriate residence applications. Instead, they opt for visas or visa-free travel, which, however, only allows for a stay of 90 days within the last six months. An additional problem is the inability to freely leave Poland while awaiting a residence permit decision. In practice, this also applies to individuals performing work duties abroad.

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    The new regulations will apply only to citizens of the most “developed third countries,” whose security situation is stable. However, this could, for example, allow Indians to expedite their immigration to Poland, which has delivered significant negative consequences for a number of Western countries.

    According to the draft, silent consent will occur 60 days after submitting a complete application. In the case of formal deficiencies, the deadline will be counted from the moment they are completed.

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    The bill also assumes that the solution will apply only to proceedings conducted by voivodes, i.e., the first administrative instance. It will not cover appeal proceedings conducted before the Head of the Office for Foreigners.

    This shortened process will not be possible for foreigners listed in the Schengen Information System (SIS) or on the list of persons whose stay in Poland is undesirable. The new regulations will also not apply if, during the exchange of information, there are indications of a threat to national security or public order.

    The bill also calls for possible security checks even after the proceedings have been tacitly concluded. Until these checks are completed, the foreigner will not receive a residence card. If it is later determined that the individual poses a threat, the voivode will be able to revoke the permit immediately.

    Data from the Office for Foreigners for 2025 shows that 509,237 third-country nationals applied for temporary residence permits in Poland. Among them were 187,676 women and 321,561 men.

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    In total, over 328,000 people received positive decisions. Negative decisions concerned approximately 26,000 cases. The remaining proceedings were dismissed or left without review. For comparison, Poland issued 337,874 first residence permits to non-EU citizens, the highest number in the European Union, back in 2022 after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. In 2023, this number hit a peak of 642,789 first residence permits.

    By the end of 2025, nearly 1.3 million foreigners were working legally in Poland, a record high.

    Citizens of Ukraine submitted the largest number of applications in 2025, with 288,537, followed by citizens of Belarus, with 45,387 applications. Next came citizens of Colombia, with over 22,000, Georgia, with over 20,000, and India, with over 18,000 applications.

    High numbers were also recorded for citizens of Moldova, Turkey, the Philippines, and Nepal, each with over 8,000 applications. Some 4,501 Russian citizens also applied for temporary residence in Poland, with more than 3,000 of their applications approved.

  • ‘The political shift is inevitable’ – AfD leader Weidel heralds new polling high for her party

    ‘The political shift is inevitable’ – AfD leader Weidel heralds new polling high for her party

    The latest Insa Sunday poll has given the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party a new record high for voter support. At 29 percent, up 1 point, the AfD has an even greater lead over the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), which fell 1 point to 22 percent.

    A YouGov poll just last week showed AfD at 28 percent and the CDU/CSU at 22 percent.

    AfD co-leader Alice Weidel took to X to celebrate the news, pointing out that Germany’s current ruling coalition stands now at just 34 percent.

    “The political shift is inevitable—we will put the interests of our country and our citizens back at the forefront!” she wrote.

    This continues the downward trend for the CDU/CSU alliance, currently governing Germany in coalition with the SPD. Back in February 2025, the CDU/CSU and SPD together received almost 45 percent of the second-round votes. In mid-April, points out Junge Freiheit, they were still polling at 25 percent according to Insa, while the AfD reached 26 percent. Just a month earlier, the CDU and CSU were slightly ahead of the AfD.

    Meanwhile, the Social Democrats (SPD) continue to weaken, dropping one point to 12 percent, behind the Greens, who gained 1.5 points to reach 14 percent. The Left Party now stands at 10 percent, down 1 point, and the FDP and BSW, at 3 percent each, would not even enter parliament. 

    Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has been under increasing pressure due to the ongoing economic stagnation, layoffs, bankruptcies, and energy crisis. There have even been calls for new elections, particularly from its coalition partner, the SPD.

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    As Remix News reported earlier this month, the SPD is upset over proposed cuts to social programs, backed by the CDU, to address Germany’s increasing budget deficit.

    The SPD, however, is not Merz’s only problem, as a significant right-leaning faction of the CDU is increasingly unhappy with his performance and what they feel is the CDU’s inability to pass laws and reforms with the far-left SPD as its partner.

    CDU MP Christian von Stetten, for example, reportedly told a business event recently that the coalition would “definitely not” last the full four years of its term.

  • Italy: Suspect Salim El Koudri justified Modena car-ramming attack by telling investigators he was ‘bullied’ and ‘lived in a racist country’

    Italy: Suspect Salim El Koudri justified Modena car-ramming attack by telling investigators he was ‘bullied’ and ‘lived in a racist country’

    The second-generation Moroccan migrant accused of ploughing into pedestrians in the Italian city of Modena on Saturday reportedly sought to justify his actions by telling investigators he had been bullied, marginalized, and was living in a racist country.

    Salim El Koudri, 31, was arrested after allegedly driving a Citroen C3 through the city center, hitting seven people and leaving two victims with such catastrophic injuries that they required amputations of their lower limbs. One of the victims remains in a life-threatening condition.

    According to Il Giornale, El Koudri told investigators, “I’m bullied, marginalized, and I live in a racist country.”

    El Koudri was born in Seriate, near Bergamo, to Moroccan parents and lived alone in Ravarino, in the province of Modena. He is unemployed, has a degree in economics, and has no criminal record. He had previously received psychiatric treatment in 2022 for schizoid personality disorder.

    Witnesses said the car deliberately targeted pedestrians, as seen in footage posted by Remix News, which X has prevented from being embedded.

    One account cited by the Italian newspaper said it looked as though the vehicle was trying to “mow down as many people as possible.”

    The suspect reportedly exited the vehicle and attempted to stab witnesses who chased after him as he sought to flee.

    The attack has drawn comparisons to previous vehicle-ramming attacks in Nice, Berlin, and Barcelona, though the motive in Modena has not been confirmed as religious or ideological. Il Giornale suggested investigators are focusing instead on possible personal resentment, isolation, and hatred toward the society in which El Koudri lived.

    The suspect was eventually stopped by members of the public, including Luca Signorelli, who was injured while helping to restrain him. Signorelli later met Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

    “It was a necessary gesture to show the world that humanity is still here. I showed that Italy is not dead. I would probably do it again,” Signorelli said.

    Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has called for Signorelli and the other citizens who intervened to receive official recognition. He said the state should reward people who defend the rule of law and suggested a medal for civil valor could be considered.

    “Despite being wounded, he sacrificed himself to save the lives of those who were there. I thank him for this courageous act of altruism, an example for all,” Tajani said.

    Meloni also thanked the civilians who intervened. “What happened today in Modena, where a man ran over several pedestrians before stabbing a passerby, is extremely serious. I express my condolences to the injured and their families. I also thank the citizens who had the courage to intervene and arrest the perpetrator, and the police for their intervention. I have spoken with the mayor and remain in constant contact with the authorities to monitor developments in the case. I am confident that the perpetrator will be held fully accountable for his actions,” she said.

    Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini also named El Koudri in a statement and rejected any attempt to excuse the attack.

    “Salim El Koudri. This is the name of the ‘second-generation’ criminal who today in Modena mowed down passersby with his car at reckless speed. Stopped by courageous citizens despite having a knife, he was arrested. I read that he acted out of resentment because ‘he felt bullied’… Madness. There can be no justification for such an infamous act,” Salvini wrote.

    The suspect was found not to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the attack, according to Il Messaggero.

    A police investigation into a possible manslaughter charge, with the Modena prosecutor’s office telling the Italian newspaper that the conditions for the charge have been met as it was an “act capable of endangering public safety and carried out with the specific intent to kill.”

    Anti-terror police continue to be involved in the investigation while a motive is confirmed.

  • Drones are even replacing snipers because they are ‘more efficient and cheaper,’ says famed Ukrainian sniper

    Drones are even replacing snipers because they are ‘more efficient and cheaper,’ says famed Ukrainian sniper

    The battle between Ukraine and Russia has long come down to drone warfare, but now, drone warfare is even replacing highly-trained snipers on the battlefield, as proven by Ukrainian special forces soldier Vyacheslav Kovalsky.

    “I used to be the sniper and everyone danced around me. Now everyone dances around the drone pilot, including me,” Kovalsky told the Wall Street Journal, as cited by Mandiner:

    Kovalsky is known for his world-record shot back in 2023, when he shot a Russian officer from a distance of almost four kilometers. However, nowadays, he mainly assists drone operators.

    “Drones are simply more efficient and cheaper,” he said.

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    Unmanned devices carrying explosives are small and maneuverable. They see further and react faster. And when destroyed, they cost thousands of dollars in equipment, not human lives.

    Drones have also replaced snipers as scouts, as they can easily obtain and pass along the required coordinates for artillery targets. Yet another issue for snipers is the fact that enemy drones are outfitted with thermal imaging, nearly eliminating their previous advantage of stealth.

    “In contrast, a young pilot sits in a bunker, takes out his drone, and is ready to take off,” one source told the journal. Kowalski also revealed that during his five tours in the firing line in 2024, he did not score a single sure hit.

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    The rise of unmanned warfare does not stop at drones either, with Ukraine leading the way in robotic warfare as well. “Robots don’t bleed,” noted one Ukrainian commander.

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    The U.S. military does still train snipers, but has now added training to address current challenges posed by drones. The Pentagon says the human sniper is still “an unobtrusive and critical tool on the modern battlefield,” reports WSJ, especially when bad weather hits or in urban warfare scenarios.

    The dominant role of drones was made clear back during NATO’s Hedgehog 2025 exercises, with British and Estonian units outmaneuvered and destroyed by Ukrainian drone specialists.

    “In 2025, 85 percent of Russian targets at the front were reportedly neutralized by drones and roughly 70 to 80 percent of all Russian dead and wounded are estimated to have come from drone strikes,” wrote Rob de Wijk this week for GIS Report. Wijk is the founder of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and Professor of International Relations and Security at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University. 

    “Drones, combined with border fortifications and minefields, make it possible to force Russia into a static war,” he says. While that is a win for Europe, the rise of drone warfare may portend an increasingly dystopian future ruled by autonomous killer drones.

    In the meantime, drones and missiles also continued be be lobbed between Russia and Ukraine. Early on Thursday, Moscow launched 675 attack drones and 56 missiles, primarily at Kyiv, resulting in nearly 20 dead and dozens injured.

    President Zelensky stated that approximately 1,560 drones had been unleashed on Ukraine since the start of Wednesday, amounting to the longest continuous drone attack ever. The country’s air force reported that it had downed 652 of the drones and 41 missiles. In fact, Ukraine has become the top player in counter-drone tech, with even the previously hesitant United States recently “turning to Ukraine” for its drone expertise to help it in its war in Iran.

    Last June, Zelensky even boasted how 117 of its attack drones had taken out more than 40 Russian strategic military aircraft. The covert drone op, dubbed “Operation Spiderweb,” attacked five Russian air bases.

  • Ukrainian faces charges after attacking Polish nun, tearing off her cross and throwing it in the street

    Ukrainian faces charges after attacking Polish nun, tearing off her cross and throwing it in the street

    Early this month, a nun was attacked at a bus stop by a 26-year-old Ukrainian citizen in Bielsk Podlaski, eastern Poland. The perpetrator was arrested by police and has already been charged.

    The incident occurred on Tuesday, May 5, around 1:30 p.m. at a bus stop on Mickiewicza Street, reports Do Rzeczy. Sister Krystyna was waiting for a bus when a young man suddenly ran up to her. According to police reports quoted by Fakt.pl, the attacker “began insulting her, tugging at the cross around her neck, ripping it off and throwing it onto the road.”

    According to local media reports, the attacker later attempted to flee on a city bus. However, a nun allegedly prevented him from boarding the vehicle, after which he tried to flee on foot.

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    “At one point, I bent down to grab my phone from my bag. Suddenly, I felt a strong tug. I was in shock. At first, I didn’t realize what had happened. When I looked up, I saw a man standing a few meters away from me. He was holding the cross I had been wearing around my neck until recently,” Sister Krystyna told the Bielsk.eu website.

    The perpetrator also threw the cross into the street.

    According to the nun, the man was behaving strangely and only gave a “crooked smile” when she asked him why he did it. After she told him she was calling the police, her attacker simply continued to prowl the bus stop.

    Officers from the Bielsk Podlaski County Police Headquarters quickly arrived at the scene, obtained a description of the perpetrator, and began a search. Later that same day, a 26-year-old Ukrainian citizen was arrested in a residential area.

    “The 26-year-old Ukrainian citizen was charged with insulting a Catholic nun because of her religious affiliation by calling her offensive words and violating her bodily integrity,” Chief Inspector Agnieszka Dąbrowska from the Bielsk Podlaski County Police Headquarters told Fakt.pl.

    Investigators say the accused was sober and classified his behavior as hooliganism, which could result in aggravated criminal liability. He faces up to three years in prison for his actions.

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    Several years ago, Remix News reported on the rise of physical aggression towards priests, the destruction of places of religious worship, and encouraging hatred based on differences in faith. Just last year, IKEA lost a major case, with a Supreme Court ruling that backed “the right of Christians to defend their values, especially in Poland, where they make up a significant part of society,” as noted by Ordo Iuris Center’s Paweł Szafraniec.

    An Open Doors’ study from 2023 detailed how of the 760 million Christians residing in 50 countries, a total of 360 million are suffering serious and continuous persecution. In one year, a total of 5,621 Christians were killed just for practicing their faith in those same countries.

  • Spain: Syrian migrant arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap a child and threatening woman with sexual assault in Malaga

    Spain: Syrian migrant arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap a child and threatening woman with sexual assault in Malaga

    Authorities in the Miraflores de los Ángeles neighborhood of Málaga have taken a man of Syrian origin into custody after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman and attempted to kidnap a child.

    Two mothers, Coraima and Jasmine, were sitting in Malaga park yesterday with their children when the Syrian, in a drunken state, approached them and tried to grab one of the children. Initial news reports indicated that man was Moroccan, but Cuatro news outlet, which interviewed the mothers, indicates the man is a Syrian with a long criminal record.

    Both mothers said they were sitting calmly with their children when the man approached.

    “He looks at me, laughs and I was very scared and told the girls to take the boys because the man made a gesture like he wanted to pick up the children… This man, he went to grab Coraima’s child, but she got in the way and the man backed up. He didn’t open his mouth, he looked at us with a crazy face and laughing, laughing… He was carrying a carton of white wine and a backpack.”

    “When I saw this man, I got up to protect the children. He rushed to grab the children. At that moment, he began to corner us, we stayed cornered until he decided to leave… He didn’t speak to me,” said Jasmine.

    The man fled from there, and the arrest took place on a public street after a crowd of bystanders intercepted the suspect. Witnesses reportedly began to “reproach the suspect,” accusing him of having “restrained a minor with the apparent intention of taking him away.”

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    Police units, who were already in the area following a prior alert, arrived on the scene during this confrontation and successfully “managed to locate him at that moment and proceeded to arrest him.”

    However, this was not the only crime the man allegedly committed that day. The suspect allegedly tried to sexually assault a woman earlier, where he “cornered her inside a doorway.”

    The situation was interrupted by the “arrival of a neighbor,” which forced the man to flee. He also harassed a number of other women, according to the media report.

    The Syrian has numerous convictions on his record for theft and assault.

  • Germany: While escaping alleged gang rape, a woman left with traumatic brain injury after she falls from balcony

    Germany: While escaping alleged gang rape, a woman left with traumatic brain injury after she falls from balcony

    A young woman was allegedly raped by several men in a Berlin apartment earlier this week, seriously injuring herself when she fell from a second-floor balcony attempting to escape. 

    Witnesses told police that five men helped the woman back into the apartment. After being alerted, the fire department arrived at Senftenberger Street at around 3:15 a.m., writes Bild. 

    The fire brigade ultimately transported the woman to the hospital, but her injuries must have been critical, as an emergency doctor had arrived to treat her on-site.

    Germany: 10 Syrians convicted for revenge attack that led to Iraqi teen’s fatal fall from balcony, just 2 will go to prison

    Sources report that she is receiving treatment in the hospital for a traumatic brain injury.

    Police were also on the scene with several officers, but no arrests have been reported. A state criminal investigation is ongoing on suspicion of sexual assault. 

    Special investigators were also at the apartment on Wednesday to further investigate, with reports of concerns that criminal evidence had been tampered with or disposed of.

    Germany: After girl gang raped, Berlin youth center accused of cover-up because they did not want suspects to be labeled as ‘typical Muslims’

    A police spokesman did not provide Bild with any further details on the alleged perpetrators in view of the ongoing investigation.

    Last year, 19-year-old Hamsa M., a Lebanese migrant, was convicted in the regional court in Hamburg on Thursday. After luring an 18-year-old to his high-rise building, her forced her to perform sexual acts under physical threat. The girl then fled from him, climbed a balcony in a panic, and fell from the sixth floor the building. She suffering serious injuries that nearly killed her.

    On that same exact day, Hamsa M., lured a 14-year-old girl to his building as well, where he threatened her with a gas-powered gun. He took her cell phone and raped her. She managed to escape and tell police what happened.

    Rapes in Germany soar to nearly 14,000 cases in 2025, migrants vastly overrepresented

    In March of this year, ten Syrian nationals were convicted in Germany after a revenge-driven apartment raid in Hamburg ended in the death of a 15-year-old Iraqi boy who fell from an eighth-floor balcony while fleeing the attackers.

    The Hamburg Regional Court ruled that seven of the defendants were guilty of aggravated robbery and manslaughter, while three others were convicted of aiding and abetting. An eleventh member of the gang fled to Syria. The verdict is not yet legally binding.

    The fatal fall unfolded during a coordinated nighttime attack in the Wilstorf district on April 14, 2025. According to the court, eight men forced their way into an eighth-floor apartment, while three accomplices remained outside acting as lookouts.

  • Polish conservatives balk at ‘overpriced’ satellite contract using SAFE funds going to France

    Polish conservatives balk at ‘overpriced’ satellite contract using SAFE funds going to France

    The government plans to use SAFE funds for French military equipment, instead of choosing a Polish satellite manufacturer, warns Confederation MPs. This comes in the wake of the recent signing of a €43.7 billion loan agreement under the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program to fund 139 defense projects.

    At a press conference on Thursday, MPs Witold Tumanowicz and Krzysztof Szymański revealed disturbing information regarding a planned contract for a satellite system for the Polish military from a French company, with the contract worth more than €2 billion.

    The loan agreement under the EU’s SAFE program was previously signed by Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański.

    Tumanowicz says there are also serious questions regarding the price, suggesting that Poland may be seriously overpaying, reports Do Rzeczy. He also asserts that a Polish company is available that could undertake the project at a much lower cost.

    “Experts say we’ll pay €600 million for the satellite alone, but the market price is apparently around €300 million, so we’re already overpaying,” MP Tumanowicz pointed out.

    “However, when it comes to leasing a satellite position, an orbital position, from the French, we will be paying €1.5 billion, while the French side will probably pay €150 million, a tenfold increase,” he added. The politician added that he had not yet received a clear answer from the defense minister.

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    MP Szymański also took the floor, emphasizing that Poland has its own manufacturer and doesn’t have to spend the money in France. He also noted the enormous costs and noted that the Polish offer is much more advantageous than the French one.

    “Polish industry is paramount in this type of project,” Szymański emphasized. “It must be stated clearly that the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Interior and Administration, and the Polish Space Agency have had a Polish alternative for two years—a cheaper and better one.”

    “The planned contract with the French side only concerns leasing space in orbit, while the Polish offer involves owning this geostationary position, along with an operational satellite, along with legal regulations from the ITU, the International Union for Telecommunications,” said the parliamentarian.

    Noting the drastic difference in price, Szymański asked: “And does the government, or anyone from the government, look at whether they’re interested, whether they even opened this offer? Because they differ so much in favor of the Polish offer that either someone isn’t doing their job, or someone is stupid.”

    Pointing out that the French company in question is also heavily burdened with debt, he added: “It is simply the height of irresponsibility to bind Poland with a multi-billion contract, such an obligation with an entity that is simply financially weakened.”

    In April 2026, Poland signed an industrial agreement with Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space, and Polish partner Radmor to develop a geostationary defense telecommunications satellite for the Polish Ministry of Defence. It is unclear what company the MP was pointing to when mentioning debt levels.

    ‘A dangerous tool for EU centralization’ – Foreign policy expert warns Poland against €44 billion SAFE loan

    SAFE is a Brussels-backed loan program that seeks to help member states boost their military capabilities while procuring equipment from EU providers. However, this can lead to purchases by member states ending up with other countries, i.e., not with domestic, in this case, Polish, companies.

    Polish conservatives, including President Karol Nawrocki, have been firmly opposed to SAFE, deeming it a tool for EU centralization.

    The European Union is looking to boost militaries across the bloc as it deals with the ongoing war in Ukraine, uncertain U.S. support for NATO, turmoil in the Middle East, and fears by some member states of an emboldened Putin.

  • Moroccan suspect freed with 200-meter restraining order after Spanish police found him on top of unconscious woman in street with her pants down

    Moroccan suspect freed with 200-meter restraining order after Spanish police found him on top of unconscious woman in street with her pants down

    A Moroccan migrant accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on a street in Spain has been released and told to stay 200 meters away from the victim. Police allegedly found him lying on top of the victim with her pants down, touching her genitals.

    The Lleida Court of First Instance ordered the suspect’s release while imposing precautionary measures, including a protection order for the victim. The accused has been banned from approaching within 200 meters of the woman or communicating with her by any means.

    According to Segre, the victim told the court that she was afraid of the suspect and was also suffering from physical discomfort following the alleged attack, yet the court still ordered his initial release rather than keeping him in pre-trial detention.

    The incident took place at around 4:30 a.m. on Ramon Llull Street in the Catalan city of Lleida. As reported by La Bandera, a local resident spotted a woman around 40 years old lying on the sidewalk with a man on top of her and alerted police, initially suspecting that she may have been the victim of a robbery.

    When officers arrived, they found the man on top of the woman, who was unconscious. Upon closer inspection, they saw that the woman’s pants had been pulled down.

    The suspect was arrested at the scene on suspicion of sexual assault.

    Emergency medical workers treated the woman at the scene after she partially regained consciousness. She was then transferred to Arnau de Vilanova Hospital for a medical examination.

    The Moroccan national claimed that the encounter was consensual. Investigators are now examining the exact circumstances of the alleged assault, including the woman’s condition at the time and whether she was capable of giving consent.

    The investigation is ongoing.

    Spain has recorded a sharp rise in reported sexual crimes over the past decade. Eurostat data published last month showed that Spain registered 5,222 reported rapes in 2024, compared with 1,239 in 2014. That represents a 322 percent increase over the decade, far above the EU-wide average increase of 150 percent.

    EU crime report: Rape reports in Spain surge by 322% over the last decade, EU sees 150% increase

    The rise has also been visible in more recent figures. Penetrative rape cases in Spain increased by 143 percent in just five years, rising from 2,143 in 2019 to 5,206 in 2024

    Eurostat does not break down the data by the nationality or background of offenders. However, separate research points to the overrepresentation of foreigners in Spain’s prison population and in several serious crime categories. A CEU-CEFAS Demographic Observatory report titled “Demography of Crime in Spain” found that foreigners make up 31 percent of Spain’s prison population, more than double their share of the general population among those aged 20 to 69.

    Spain: 91% of convicted rapists in Catalonia are foreigners

    In Catalonia alone, 91 percent of those convicted of rape are foreigners, while immigrants make up just 17 percent of the total population of that region.

    Spain: 64% of those arrested for crimes in Basque region are foreigners, including 68% of sexual assaults and robberies

    The Eurostat report also found significant overrepresentation among North Africans and Latin Americans, including in serious offenses such as rape and homicide. Previous regional data has shown similar patterns in parts of Spain, including the Basque region, where foreigners have been heavily overrepresented in sexual assault statistics.

  • Austria: 41% of Muslim youth in Vienna believe their religious laws take precedence over Austrian laws

    Austria: 41% of Muslim youth in Vienna believe their religious laws take precedence over Austrian laws

    A recent study conducted on behalf of the city of Vienna highlights a concerning trend among young Muslims regarding their religious and political views. This follows the recent announcement that Muslim children now comprise nearly 41 percent of the population in Vienna’s compulsory schools, making them the largest religious group.

    The study, published on May 12, 2026, was led by Kenan Güngör. He classifies the results as “very worrying,” noting that religion occupies a much larger space in the lives of Muslim youth compared to their peers.

    France: Young Muslims are becoming increasingly radical, 57% prioritize the rules of Islam over French laws and 21% support Sharia law ‘fully applied’

    One of the most significant findings involves the hierarchy of legal and religious authority. Forty-one percent of Muslim youth agree with the statement that their religious laws take precedence over the laws in Austria, compared to 21 percent of Christian youth, as reported in Austrian news outlet Der Standard.

    Furthermore, 46 percent of Muslim respondents believe that one must be prepared to “fight and die in defense of one’s faith,” a view shared by 24 percent of Christians.

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    Specifically, 73 percent of Shiite and 68 percent of Sunni Muslims identify as religious, while only 41 percent of Catholic and 38 percent of Orthodox Christian youth say the same.

    The study also delves into social and everyday religious expectations, showing that 36 percent of Muslim youth believe that all people should follow the rules of their religion, and more than half believe Muslim women should wear headscarves in public.

    ‘This is no longer immigration, this is displacement’ – For the first time, Muslim students outnumber Christians in Vienna’s schools

    Additionally, 65 percent say Islamic regulations apply to all areas of everyday life and must be strictly observed. Regarding these figures, Güngör speaks of social pressure within these communities.

    Views on governance and social equality also show a distinct divide. While 82 percent of Austrians view democracy as the best form of government, support drops to 47 percent for Syrians, 50 percent for Chechens, and 61 percent for Afghans.

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    Conservative gender roles are also prevalent among these groups, where almost half think men should make important decisions and a quarter do not want a woman as a boss. Only around a third consider homosexuality to be okay.

    The research, which surveyed 1,200 individuals between the ages of 14 and 21 across 10 different ethnic backgrounds, indicates that a third of Muslim youth have become more religious recently. Their identity is shaped much more by religion than for Christians, manifesting in higher rates of praying, fasting, and mosque attendance.

    However, the study authors state that religion alone was not the only factor. They suggest that lower education levels, authoritarian upbringing, social isolation, and the influence of radical content on the internet also play a role in shaping these perspectives.

    Austria is not the only European country dealing with the troubling views seen within a worrying number of Muslims. In Germany and France, a majority of young Muslims also put their religion above the laws of the state, as two recent studies illustrate (here and here).

    The contrasting belief systems have also led to tension. For example, a majority of Germans now believe that the country should generally stop taking in more Muslim immigrants.

    Majority of Germans reject Muslim immigration, express fear of becoming a ‘minority in Germany’
  • Berlin bus passenger in critical condition after Syrian suspect stabbed him in the neck for refusing cigarette

    Berlin bus passenger in critical condition after Syrian suspect stabbed him in the neck for refusing cigarette

    A Syrian migrant accused of stabbing a bus passenger in the neck from behind after being refused a cigarette is set to appear before a judge in Berlin as police investigate whether he was also responsible for a later knife threat against a woman on another bus.

    The first attack took place at around 5:50 a.m. on Thursday at the Hermannstraße/Sonnenallee bus stop in Berlin’s Neukölln district. According to police, a 33-year-old man was preparing to board the M41 bus when a 36-year-old man suddenly attacked him from behind with a knife, stabbing him in the neck.

    The suspect initially fled the scene, while the victim collapsed with serious injuries. The bus driver alerted the emergency services, and paramedics treated the injured man before taking him to hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.

    Police initially said the victim’s condition was critical. According to an update reported by Tagesspiegel on Friday, he remains seriously injured but is now conscious and able to communicate.

    Investigators said the suspect had approached the 33-year-old shortly before the attack and asked him for a cigarette. The victim refused. A short time later, as he boarded the bus, the attacker allegedly stabbed him from behind.

    Police are also examining whether the same man was involved in a second incident later that morning. At around 9:35 a.m., a 36-year-old woman was threatened with a knife on the M29 bus on Pannierstraße and forced to hand over money.

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    Authorities are still trying to verify the suspect’s identity, but several media outlets, including Bild, reported that he had claimed to be Syrian and born in Damascus.

    The suspect is expected to be brought before a judge on Friday as prosecutors seek an arrest warrant.

    A police investigation into aggravated assault is ongoing.

    The attack comes amid growing concern over violent crime on Germany’s public transport network, with several serious assaults reported on buses, trains, and at stations in recent months.

    Germany: 13-year-old Iraqi repeat offender beats elderly bus driver into a coma after the driver asked his group to be quiet

    Last month, a 13-year-old Iraqi-born repeat offender was arrested after a 62-year-old bus driver was beaten into a coma in Leipzig.

    The confrontation reportedly began after the driver told a group of disruptive youths to be quiet on bus route 90 near the Sophienstraße stop. Police initially described the incident only as a physical altercation in which the driver was injured and required inpatient hospital treatment, but later reports said the teenager had struck him with at least three headbutts.

    Because of his age, the 13-year-old cannot be held criminally responsible under German law.

    Germany: 18-year-old woman seriously injured in knife attack on regional train, suspect arrested

    In March, an 18-year-old woman was seriously wounded in a knife attack on a regional train near Sulzbach in Saarland. Police said the alleged attacker, a 21-year-old man, was arrested at the scene and that the two knew each other before the incident. The woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, although officials said she was not in critical condition.

    That case followed another fatal attack in Saarland in February, when a train conductor was beaten to death on the route between Landstuhl and Homburg. The Greek national responsible struck the conductor repeatedly in the head with such force that the victim died several days later.

    Germany: 3 foreigners beat man at Rosenheim train station simply because he asked them to be quieter

    Also in February, three foreign nationals from Yemen, Eritrea, and Sierra Leone were accused of beating a 38-year-old man at Rosenheim station after he asked them to be quieter. The three suspects were charged with grievous bodily harm, according to the Federal Police Directorate Munich.

    ‘Increasingly becoming no-go areas’ – Violent crime explodes at German train stations due to mass immigration

    Official figures and media reports have pointed to a wider rise in violence across Germany’s transport system. Welt reported that violent crimes at Berlin Central Station tripled in 2024 compared with 2019, while Cologne saw a 70 percent increase over the same period.

    Jens Spahn, the CDU parliamentary group leader, linked the conditions at major train stations to wider problems in German cities, saying in a Bild interview, “Look at a main train station, in Duisburg, in Hamburg, in Frankfurt. Neglect, drug dealers, young men, mostly with a migrant background, mostly from Eastern Europe or Arab-Muslim cultural areas. This also has to do with irregular migration, as it looks in our inner cities, in the marketplaces.”

  • ‘Student immigration has become the leading source of immigration in France’ – Zemmour slams abuse of student visas as record 118,000 foreign students arrive in 2025

    ‘Student immigration has become the leading source of immigration in France’ – Zemmour slams abuse of student visas as record 118,000 foreign students arrive in 2025

    The mantra in the liberal West has been one calling for more foreign doctors and students, but this formula is also proving contentious in Western countries, including France, where student immigration is the top driver of new immigrants and taxpayers have to foot the bill for their studies.

    The Reconquête leader also points out that these students are using the system to migrate to France permanently. “It’s worth knowing that student immigration has become the leading channel of immigration in France. Under Emmanuel Macron, we went from 80,000 entries per year to 118,000 (+60%), with an absolute record in 2025 under Bruno Retailleau,” wrote Éric Zemmour, head of France’s right-wing Reconquête party, in a lengthy post on X,

    Meanwhile, out of these foreign students, the vast majority, 82 percent, come from outside Europe. “What interest do we have in training, almost for free, hundreds of thousands of foreign students?” he asks.

    Zemmour, author of “The Suicide of France: The Quiet Revolution That Destroyed a Nation,” spelled out exactly how French taxpayers are being forced to pay for the education for hundreds of thousands of foreigners.

    “The government is backtracking and has just extended free higher education to foreigners,” he wrote.

    “In theory, a non-EU foreign student is supposed to pay €2,895 per year of a bachelor’s degree, while a year of higher education costs the French taxpayer more than €13,000 per year. The difference is paid by all of us: the taxpayers.”

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    The real issue, he continued, is that only 9.9 percent of foreign students paid the full discounted tuition for the 2024-2025 year. Some 76.9 percent received a partial exemption, and 13.2 percent attended school for free.

    “These exemptions cost between 3 and 4 billion euros in 2025. The government will now allow universities to fully exempt 20% of their foreign students. Who will pay for this false generosity?” Zemmour asks, answering that the French taxpayers will foot the bill.

    Macron raises eyebrows with his language choice

    Zemmour also recently criticized Macron’s comments last month in Ariège for another reason: his choice of language, specifically the Arab word “magouls,” which means “lunatics.”

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    “The President is adopting the language of a certain youth submerged by Arab-Muslim immigration. Language has always been a marker of domination and colonization,” he told Public Sénat.

    Macron’s choice of words has to do with another, much smaller, source of immigration:: doctors.

    French President Emmanuel Macron used the Arabic word, “mabouls,” to denounce a requirement for non-EU doctors to retake exams to prove their credentials.

    “Go tell all the mabouls (crazy ones) who tell us we should be angry with Algeria!” Macron said during a visit to a hospital in Ariège in April.

    The French head of state was bemoaning the requirement that foreign (non-EU) doctors retake exams, in this case, singling out those doctors from Algeria, who make up the largest share of foreign, non-EU medical practitioners in France. There have been calls to enforce the same general immigration requirements on people coming from the former French colony as those imposed on migrants from other countries, given the massive benefits allocated to Algerians by the French state.

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    Macron called the current system for doctors, while France faces a shortage of medical professionals, a “mess,” adding: “It drives me crazy! It’s the madness of the French system.”

    As of early 2025, more than 19,000 doctors in France were trained outside the EU, according to the French Medical Council. Of these, 38.8 percent studied in Algeria, 15.1 percent in Tunisia, 8.6 percent in Syria, 7.4 percent in Morocco, and 4 percent in Lebanon.

    At the time of Macron’s comments, National Rally MEP Marine Le Pen clapped back: “I find Emmanuel Macron’s indignation over foreign doctors to be utterly unworthy,” she said. “It is entirely natural that in our country, we require foreign doctors to take an exam, just like French doctors, in order to ensure that the care provided is of the highest possible quality.”

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    Back in 2022, Zemmour ended up facing charges of incitement to hatred over his comments linking crime to immigration. When asked whether he believed only immigrants were responsible for crime, he replied, “Yes. In any case, immigrants or children of immigrants.”

    A Parisian court, however, ruled that Zemmour’s remarks did not meet the legal standard for incitement to hatred. The judges noted that, “as excessive or provocative as these remarks may seem,” they were directed not at all immigrants, but at “the delinquent fraction.”

    Macron says half the crimes in Paris are committed by foreigners

    That same year, Macron, who is now pushing for more foreigners to be allowed to treat French citizens without passing the French exam requirements, addressed the same issue of delinquency, stating: “Yes, when we look at delinquency in Paris, we can see that half of the delinquent acts come from foreigners in an irregular situation or awaiting asylum approval.”

  • ‘The girls say that they are approached by young men of Arab descent’ – Foreign sex gangs targeting girls across Austria, 5 victims dead in only 2 months

    ‘The girls say that they are approached by young men of Arab descent’ – Foreign sex gangs targeting girls across Austria, 5 victims dead in only 2 months

    Britain’s grooming gangs, where authorities turned a blind eye to thousands of girls abused by drugs and sexual exploitation, have come to Austria, and the impact has been fatal.

    In Innsbruck, young girls are being driven into drug addiction and prostitution, with three teens, aged 13, 14, and 16, dying due to suspected overdoses since just this last February. In the case of the youngest, the autopsy revealed that she had died after consuming several hard drugs, including cocaine, opiates, and psychotropic medications.

    Klaus Kapelari, the medical director of the Violence Protection Competence Center, told the Tiroler Tageszeitung newspaper, quoted by Freilich Magazin: “All three girls knew each other. They were in the same group of friends,” a circle reportedly known for being made up of vulnerable girls who get hooked on drugs and are then forced to perform sexual acts to obtain more drugs they cannot afford.

    “First, the victims receive cheap drugs, then they are asked to send explicit photos in return,” Klaus told the paper. Some end up falling unconscious from their drug use. Others end up dead. Either way, they are caught up in a vicious circle that grooming gangs in Innsbruck exploit.

    There have been five deaths in total since the end of February, including the three minors.

    Innsbruck’s main train station acts as a central hub where girls from difficult backgrounds or under state care services are targeted. The mother of the 13-year-old also placed blame on the authorities for failing to protect her daughter, according to the Heute newspaper.

    ‘My daughter had become the white doll of the blacks’ – Teen French girls turned into prostitutes by grooming gangs

    A similar crisis is found in Salzburg, where one 14-year-old described one-room apartments strewn with mattresses, where girls in the “train station clique” are given drugs in exchange for sex. But the reality is, these girls are preyed on, targeted, given drugs, including heroin, until addiction sets in, then forced to perform sex when they inevitably need more. “I was aware of three men doing things to me,” she reported. “I want people to understand that all of this is real.”

    Out of fear, many victims don’t report the crimes, while the perpetrators often know where the girls live and sometimes even confiscate their identification.

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    Vienna has fallen victim, too, with girls often targeted by Arab men in Salzburg. According to media reports cited by Freilich, seven people under the age of 18, who were in the care of the Child and Youth Welfare Office (MA 11), died as a result of drug abuse in 2025. Belinda Plattner, head of child and adolescent psychiatry in Salzburg, warned: “The girls say that they are approached at Salzburg’s main train station by young men of Arab descent who offer them drugs and promise them more drugs in Vienna.”

    “The girls are often persuaded to stay for several days. They serve the men tea and live with them. Initially, the men show them respect, but often this leads to sexual abuse and very demeaning behavior towards the girls,” Plattner said.

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    In response to the recent deaths, the Tyrolean state government is now creating three new 24/7 care places for drug-addicted minors under 14 years of age and allocating a budget of €800,000.

    According to preliminary 2026 reports from the Austrian Federal Criminal Police, over 60 percent of overdose deaths among young women in trafficking contexts now involve “designer” synthetic opioids, called nitazenes.

    However, Austria and the U.K. are far from the only European countries facing an epidemic of minors being abused by foreign gangs.

    There are an estimated 20,000 minor prostitutes in France.

    An incredible 75 percent come from the child welfare system (ASE). In other words, children are being directly recruited from state-run child welfare shelters.

    Child prostitution in France has risen by 43 percent over the past four years, with police identifying “younger and younger girls” being trafficked. Chinese, North African, Balkan nationals, and Nigerian networks are some of the biggest traffickers of young girls in the country.


  • ‘A serious and persistent competitiveness crisis’ – German auto sector now set to lose 225,000 jobs by 2035, warns industry association

    ‘A serious and persistent competitiveness crisis’ – German auto sector now set to lose 225,000 jobs by 2035, warns industry association

    The German Automotive Industry Association (VDA) forecasts that the industry will lose 225,000 jobs in Germany by 2035, 35,000 more than previously predicted.

    ‘Unfortunately, based on current calculations, we must assume that 225,000 jobs will disappear by 2035,” said VDA President Hildegard Mueller. “The development is concerning and shows that Germany is facing a serious and persistent competitiveness crisis,” she was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

    Previously, the VDA predicted that 190,000 jobs would be lost in the industry between 2019 and 2035.

    German industry in freefall as automotive sector hits record lows

    Mueller also reported that around 100,000 jobs have already been lost in the German automotive industry between 2019 and 2025. Meanwhile, new jobs linked to the transition to climate-neutral and digital mobility are increasingly being created abroad.

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    Mueller cited the “serious and persistent competitiveness crisis” in Germany and Europe as the main reason for the cuts. Among the industry’s problems, she cited high taxes and fees, expensive energy, and bloated bureaucracy, reports wPolityce. Of course, the ongoing tariff war with the U.S. is another major concern.

    In light of the VDA’s new job loss estimates, Mueller has called on the European Commission to adjust their expectations from the auto sector, namely, the conditions laid out in its Automotive Package launched last December.

    Regarding plans to only allow battery electric and fuel cell vehicles starting in 2035, the VDA has suggested more leniency for plug-in hybrids, range extenders and combustion engines using renewable fuel to avoid the loss of an estimated 50,000 jobs.

    As of May 2026, German auto workers, led by IG Metall at Volkswagen’s IAV, and Ford, are staging strikes and protests against significant job cuts and proposed wage reductions, squarely blaming the sector’s shift to electrification.

  • Crisis in Berlin: The city has a serious shortage of burial sites for Muslims

    Crisis in Berlin: The city has a serious shortage of burial sites for Muslims

    Berlin is suffering from a shortage of proper burial sites for Muslims, according to media reports. 

    Back in 2010, the Berlin-Brandenburg Office for Statistics reported that as many as 420,000 Muslims lived in Berlin, which would have equated to 11 percent of the population. And that was before the 2015 migration wave and subsequent years of mass migration. 

    Now, with residents dying and Islam calling for Muslims to be buried as soon as possible, the city is finding it difficult to accommodate demand. And these burials have multiple requirements. 

    According to their religion, graves must be oriented towards Mecca, cremation is prohibited, and the body is to be buried without a coffin and as quickly as possible, per a report from rbb​​24. The portal says that demand for such burial plots in Berlin is around 2,000 per year.

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    A man interviewed by rbb24 says in one case, the deceased’s home country of Turkey was too far away. Plus, his family would not be able to visit his grave. 

    “It’s a big challenge for us, of course, to provide areas as needed,” he says, adding that especially in a city like Berlin, “cemetery areas are not always available.”

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    There are also time constraints on the part of cemeteries, which create issues.

    “That can be very burdensome for the community if they have to wait a week to be buried with their loved ones or relatives,” another person states in the video. 

    In 2024, a report out of Migazin reported on the same concerns, writing that only a few of the city’s more than 200 cemeteries had designated burial plots for Muslims. 

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    By 2023, for example, approximately 9,000 Muslims had been buried at the Gatow Landscape Cemetery; however, due to a lack of space, the cemetery faces repeated suspensions of burials. The article also highlighted issues due to the strict requirements of Islamic burials, which often require interment in fresh earth (without a coffin), exacerbating space issues at existing cemeteries. 

    Due to the ongoing shortage, relatives are sometimes transferred to cemeteries outside Berlin or to their countries of origin, a situation many Muslims are seeking to address. 

    Last summer, Remix News ran a report on an interview by Thilo Sarrazin, the former Bundesbank board member who wrote “Deutschland schafft sich ab” (“Germany Is Abolishing Itself”). He predicts that by 2070, roughly 80 percent of all births will be to non-German mothers, with the majority being Muslim. 

  • Germany: Turkish national sentenced for killing elderly neighbor in laundry room with fatal punch

    Germany: Turkish national sentenced for killing elderly neighbor in laundry room with fatal punch

    The 29-year-old Turkish national Mert K. has been sentenced to six years for grievous bodily harm resulting in death, after attacking elderly German man Friedrich K. over dirt under a washing machine in the laundry room of their apartment building. 

    The accused and his family were reportedly set to move from the building, where they had lived for over a year and where there had been frequent arguments with Friedrich K.

    According to prosecutor Sven Reiss, “the defendant suddenly struck the victim with full force – presumably with his fist – in the right jaw area” after an argument broke out over a layer of dirt under one of the machines.  

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    Although an article in Bild from March mentions no nationality of the accused, one social media account has reported that he is a Turkish citizen. Furthermore, Mert is a popular name for males in Turkey.

    The incident took place last September, when Mert K. punched his 78-year-old neighbor while doing laundry in their building in Stuttgart. Apparently, an argument had broken out over dirt under one of the machines. Friedrich K. fell to the ground with severe head injuries. The retiree died 12 days later in the hospital.  

    The Turkish man is reported to have had 11 prior convictions on his record, including four assault charges. When he attacked Friedrich K., he was reportedly on probation and had failed to attend his court-ordered anti-aggression course and educational counseling sessions. 

    Mert K. defended his actions, telling the court that he was only acting in self-defense, a story that the judge rejected.

    Friedrich K. was found on the ground with a severe head injury by witnesses, after which Mert K. allegedly fled. Emergency services were called and took the elderly neighbor to the hospital where he succumbed to his injury less than two weeks later. 

  • Afghan migrant, 20, arrested after 11-year-old girl sexually assaulted in German school restroom

    Afghan migrant, 20, arrested after 11-year-old girl sexually assaulted in German school restroom

    A 20-year-old Afghan national has been remanded in custody in Germany after an 11-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted inside a school restroom in Koblenz.

    According to prosecutors, the man is suspected of committing sexual acts against the child on school grounds on April 28. A second young man, aged 19, is also under investigation as a suspected accomplice.

    Authorities have not yet clarified how the two men allegedly gained access to the school.

    According to Focus Online, the 19-year-old suspect is accused of holding the child down while the 20-year-old allegedly carried out the assault.

    The child victim told her older sister about the attack two days later, which led to her parents contacting the police. The family reportedly tracked the Afghan suspect to a house and alerted the authorities.

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    The 20-year-old was arrested on May 4 and has been held in pre-trial detention.

    The Koblenz public prosecutor’s office confirmed to SWR that the detained suspect is an Afghan national. Prosecutors also said he is being investigated over another alleged sexual offense and had previously been fined for possessing a blank-firing pistol without the required firearms license.

    Koblenz police said they made the case public after false photos and rumors about an alleged perpetrator began spreading on social media.

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    The school involved is in contact with police and has established a crisis team to communicate with students and parents.

  • ‘My son no longer dares to go to school’ – 14-year-old boy is beaten on video outside his school because he is homosexual

    ‘My son no longer dares to go to school’ – 14-year-old boy is beaten on video outside his school because he is homosexual

    A 14-year-old Belgian boy was violently assaulted due to his sexual orientation after school in Turnhout, Antwerp, on Friday. In the disturbing footage, he is surrounded, forced to kneel on the ground, and then is kneed and punched in the face.

    The mother told Belgian media that her son was targeted because he is bisexual.

    “Twenty children were waiting for Maro,” the victim’s mother stated. “A boy forced my son to get down on his knees. He had to say sorry because he is bisexual. Then, the images speak for themselves.”

    In the footage, the perpetrator clearly knew he was being filmed and even laughed at the camera.

    Maro, the 14-year-old victim, walked out of the school gate of the Holy Sepulchre in Apostoliekenstraat in Turnhout on Friday afternoon. There, he was met by a group of children around his age who had previously targeted him online.

    “My son was first targeted online in a group chat. Apparently, it was agreed in that chat to tackle him. When my son walked outside the school gate on Friday, he was met by about 20 children from different schools,” his mother stated.

    “He has a bruised jaw, his nose was cut open, and he also complains of a headache. But the mental consequences are especially great. My son no longer dares to go to school. He has been home from school for at least 14 days,” the mom of the victim explains.

    According to the statements made to the police, Maro was forced by the group to go to another location. The violence then occurred in a street near the Sint-Jozefcollege in Turnhout.

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    The mother wants to tell her story to address the senseless violence, but in the interest of the investigation, she asks that the people involved be made unrecognizable on screen.

    According to the victim’s mother, the minor aggressor was a student at the Talent School in Turnhout, but was said to have already been suspended there for other misconduct at the time of the incident.

    “On Monday, we were able to contact the police to file a complaint. An investigation has been started, but we have to wait and see what that will yield. We fear that the perpetrator will get away without punishment,” she says. “There had been talk about his orientation before, but it never got out of hand as it has now happened. Maro has always remained himself. He’s not ashamed of it either.”

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    The prosecutor’s office confirms that an investigation is underway, but does not wish to comment for the time being.

    Although the background of the perpetrators has not been released, the crowd targeting the bisexual youth appears to be non-White, with a Black teen youth also spotted in the background.

    Other incidents involving violence from foreigners have been filmed in the same neighborhood, including this large-scale brawl from last year.

    Migrant gangs have also targeted foreigners in Belgium before.

    In 2020, a migrant gang called “Criminal Justice” beat numerous LGBT victims in Leuven, Belgium.

    In the video, they forced a White teenage boy to apologize and lick their shoes. In the video, the word ‘Zemmel’ is heard, which is a slur that Moroccans commonly use for gay people. 

    An investigation by Het Laatste Nieuws found that the video was connected to a gang of youths called “Criminal Justice“ or “Criminal System,” which the paper says is hunting young LGBT people in Belgium.

    Incredibly, the news network also found one of the victims, who was also targeted in Antwerp, just like in this latest case. He was also forced to get on his knees under threat of a beating.

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    There is remarkably little willingness to speak out among the young victims, yet HLN recorded testimony from one young man from Antwerp. The victim said that he was chased and threatened together with a friend at Groenplaats in Antwerp.

    “A little further down the road from us, two men were playing loud music. When we left, they suddenly started to chase us. And a little later, I was threatened via Instagram. I agreed to talk to them, which I shouldn’t have done. They threatened me badly. I had to get on my knees and apologize. What if I hadn’t? Then I would have been beaten badly.”

    Criminal Justice also reportedly had an Instagram page, but the Telegram group had the most members. About 400 videos and photos were shared among 600 members, and explicit violence was central to all of them.

    The group was mostly made up of Chechens, and they explicitly glorified violence against gay people and called for their slaughter.