The defeat in the state election in Saxony-Anhalt is the CDU’s worst in several decades, according to Friedrich Merz. It must have consequences, says the German Chancellor, but he does not elaborate on what kind – other than discussing with the SPD how the government’s reforms already under way should continue. They need to be explained better, he believes.
Continue reading »Salwa Jwad and Kais Kassem fraudulently obtained benefits from two separate countries for at least 16 years. ‘I didn’t know it was illegal,’ the woman says.
Continue reading »According to human rights organisations, 13-year-old Christian girl Amber Nadeem was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and forcibly married to a Muslim man. A Pakistani district judge granted the man bail and handed Amber over to him.
Continue reading »An exit poll from the state election in Saxony-Anhalt suggests that the AfD has become by far the largest party, with 44 per cent of the vote. That may be enough to win an outright majority in the state parliament, but only the vote count will show. In any event, the election is a triumph for Ulrich Siegmund and the party.
Continue reading »Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR and Antifa will be designated as terrorist organisations. In addition, 90 foreign organisations will be designated as terrorist organisations ‘to combat radical ideology’.
Continue reading »The taxi industry has been hit by fraud before, as we remember from the taxi scandal in Oslo many years ago. Now a network of companies is being linked to systematic fraud. Those involved are using the taxi industry as a tool for criminal activity. And the same pattern is recurring in several regions.
Continue reading »A dolphin calf approached the shore at El Trampolín beach in Ceuta on Wednesday. Minutes later, it lay dead at the water’s edge with blood beneath one eye.
Continue reading »On Saturday, hundreds of masked and black-clad demonstrators caused disruption in Dover, where the port is the point of arrival for the vast majority of illegal migrants reaching British soil in small boats across the Channel. The demonstrators shouted ‘Stop the boats!’ NTB concluded that it ‘appears’ they were demonstrating against the migrants.
Continue reading »A 42-year-old man with a Middle Eastern background is charged with striking a boy born in 2019 in the face inside a municipal nursery in Oslo’s East End. Two months later, according to the indictment, he threatened to kill the same child.
Continue reading »Russia claims that Norway has placed Russians on Svalbard under blockade. It is a serious accusation. Will the Russians do anything to break it? Meanwhile, the Norwegian authorities insist that they are not a party to the case. That does not suggest that the Russians share that view.
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