Category: EU

Categories EU

Tens of thousands gather in Madrid to protest plans to pardon jailed Catalan independence leaders (VIDEOS)

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

A huge crowd of protesters has assembled in Madrid, decrying government plans to pardon jailed Catalan leaders behind the failed 2017 independence bid, and demanding the resignation of the country’s PM over the move. … Read More >Tens of thousands gather in Madrid to protest plans to pardon jailed Catalan independence leaders (VIDEOS)

Categories EU

French far-left leader has flour thrown in his face during rally against far right just days after President Macron slap (VIDEO)

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

The leader of a French far-left party was showered with flour while talking to reporters ahead of a march against the extreme right. The incident took place days after President Emmanuel Macron was attacked at a public event. … Read More >French far-left leader has flour thrown in his face during rally against far right just days after President Macron slap (VIDEO)

Categories EU

4 Afghan nationals jailed for 10 years over arson that destroyed Greece’s Moria migrant camp amid Covid-19 quarantine protests

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

A Greek court has sentenced four asylum seekers from Afghanistan to 10 years behind bars for their role in the fire that ripped through Europe’s largest migrant camp, Moria, on the Mediterranean island of Lesbos last year. … Read More >4 Afghan nationals jailed for 10 years over arson that destroyed Greece’s Moria migrant camp amid Covid-19 quarantine protests

Categories EU

EU batches of J&J Covid-19 vaccine withheld as ‘precaution’ after contamination at US factory – EMA

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said it is aware of a contaminated batch of the active substance used to make Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine and that they’re taking precautionary action to prevent possible harm. … Read More >EU batches of J&J Covid-19 vaccine withheld as ‘precaution’ after contamination at US factory – EMA

Categories EU

Surrounding protesters is ‘illegal’, top French court says in ruling against controversial government law enforcement plan

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

France’s highest administrative court has ruled against a contentious government plan for law enforcement measures, which critics have branded an attempt to crack down on demonstrators and freedom of the press. … Read More >Surrounding protesters is ‘illegal’, top French court says in ruling against controversial government law enforcement plan

Categories EU

2 arrested after incident that has seen French President Emmanuel Macron SLAPPED IN FACE (VIDEO)

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

France’s President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face as he approached the crowd during his visit to a town in southeastern France. The incident was broadly condemned by French politicians and has led to two arrests. … Read More >2 arrested after incident that has seen French President Emmanuel Macron SLAPPED IN FACE (VIDEO)

Categories EU

No passports for ‘anti-Semites’? German MP suggests barring those questioning ‘Israel’s existence’ from getting German citizenship

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Those who committed ‘anti-Semitic’ acts should be barred from acquiring German citizenship, an interior policy spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party in the Bundestag said ahead of the voting on the issue. … Read More >No passports for ‘anti-Semites’? German MP suggests barring those questioning ‘Israel’s existence’ from getting German citizenship