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Brussels has today begun legal action against Poland over a row about the primacy EU law and its application in the country. In October, Poland’s…

German Lockdown 2021 – The Chancellor of Germany clamps down and announced new lockdown restrictions on Tuesday that will begin after Christmas to slow the…

The European Court of Justice, the EU’s top court has ruled that same-sex parents and their children must be recognised as a family in all member states.

A massive explosion in Sicily has led to a search and rescue for missing people. The large gas leak in the underground methane network caused an explosion.

In Bulgaria news today – The leaders of four Bulgarian parties on Friday said they’ve agreed to form a centrist-led coalition that would end a…

The Guardian says Game over. The delusions of grandeur can now finally be laid to rest. The years of feast are over and the years of famine are at hand.

Finland’s Sanna Marin has apologised for visiting a nightclub after coming into contact with COVID-19. Finland’s Prime Minister was criticised for her night out over…

France24 says Olaf Scholz will become chancellor of Germany, turning the page on 16 years with Angela Merkel at the helm as a new centre-left-led coalition takes the wheel of Europe’s top economy.

The Guardian says Belgian police have fired water cannon and used teargas to disperse protesters opposed to compulsory health measures.

Around 8,000 protests in Brussels and clash with police in protests against covid rules. Belgian police fired water cannons and used tear gas.

The Daily Express says the PM insisted Gibraltar is entirely British amid negotiations between the nation’s future relationship with the EU.

Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or for the seventh time on Monday, extending his record. “I’m very happy to be here, happy to keep fighting for new trophies,” Messi said through a translator.

On Sunday an off-duty police officer stabbed and seriously wounded in Paris, after an altercation. The French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed this with a…

The Independent says The European Commission has proposed a law to prevent the import of commodities linked to deforestation, such as coffee, cocoa, soy, and beef.

Brexit LIVE: EU in new fishing wars ultimatum – Article 16 looms as bloc refuses to budge

TRT World says Belarus President and Angela Merkel have agreed they should discuss the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border.

The Guardian says Polish riot police on the country’s border with Belarus have fired water cannon and teargas at people forcibly attempting to cross into the EU.

Aljazeera says As a geopolitical conflict continues to simmer, people are dying in the forests on either side of the border between Poland and Belarus.

France24 says US tech giant Google suffered a setback on Wednesday after Europe’s second-highest court dismissed its challenge to an EU antitrust ruling and fine.

TRT World says EU and NATO accuse President Alexander Lukashenko of using migrants as a weapon to pressure the West by sending migrants onto the borders of Poland.

Al Jazeera says Poland says it has repelled an attempt by hundreds of migrants and refugees to enter the country from its eastern neighbour, Belarus.

France24 says French President Emmanuel Macron gave Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel an affectionate and stylish send-off on Wednesday, praising her for keeping Europe united through years of crisis.

A Belarusian plane has crashed while trying to land in eastern Russia, killing all seven people on board. The plane was a cargo plane and…

The Dutch government are reinstating covid-19 restrictions ahead of Christmas, as they face sharply rising coronavirus cases. The caretaker prime minister of the Netherlands announced…

A far-right politician in Bulgaria had his legal immunity waived after he was suspected of attacking an LGBT community centre in Sofia.