He’s received countless death threats and has been under police protection for almost two decades. He’s been convicted for inciting hate speech and his opinions once even got him banned from entering the UK. Known as the Dutch Donald Trump, far-right politician Geert Wilders and his PVV Freedom Party have now won a major victory in the country’s general elections.

Israel accused Spain and Belgium of “supporting terrorism” after they called on the EU to recognise the Palestinian state and stop its bombardment of Gaza.

Ukraine’s capital experienced the brunt of what the military said was the largest Russian drone attack on the country since Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

In the late 1960s, Denmark implemented a brutal contraceptive policy to limit births in its former colony of Greenland, forcing thousands of teenage girls to have IDUs inserted without their consent. After decades of repressing their trauma, the women are now speaking out and demanding reparation.

Pope Francis has cancelled his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s square due to illness

Talking Europe hosts one of the EU Commission’s vice-presidents, Margaritis Schinas, who is in charge of overseeing the promotion of the European Way of Life. That includes fighting anti-Semitism, racism and discrimination in various forms. Schinas also coordinates the Commission’s work on the Migration and Asylum Pact, which is entering a critical period in negotiations between the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament. Schinas tells Armen Georgian he is optimistic that the Pact will be completed before the EU elections next June, and that this will be a key part of the legacy of Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission.