- 01 November 2018 (10 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'British Army could relax rules on long hair head shaved and tattoos'
@defendevropaBritish Army could relax rules on long hair and tattoos
A senior officer has confirmed the British Army is reviewing its rules on hairstyles, jewellery and tattoos so that soldiers are treated the same regardless of gender, race or religion.
🇩🇪Germany: 'German army admits most of its newly acquired military hardware is faulty & unfit for service'
@defendevropaGerman army admits most of its newly acquired military hardware is faulty & unfit for service — RT World News
The bulk of the new military equipment delivered to the German Armed Forces last year is not ready for service, the German Defense Ministry has admitted, as the force struggles to free itself from a torrent of failures.
🇫🇷France: 'EMBARRASSING! Macron’s approval rating PLUMMETS amid controversial Cabinet reshuffle'
@defendevropaEMBARRASSING! Macron’s approval rating PLUMMETS amid controversial Cabinet reshuffle
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating has plummeted another four points in the last month, with only 26 percent of French people now supporting him, amid a drastic cabinet reshuffle.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'The head of Britain’s Armed Forces fears for military's future in the hands of millennials'
@defendevropaThe head of Britain’s Armed Forces fears for military's future
The head of Britain's armed forces General Sir Nick Carter, 59, has questioned whether young people understand the importance of military service like his generation did.
'Men should start a family before they turn 35 to avoid risks'
@defendevropaMen should start a family before 35 as they have lower health risks
Researchers at Stanford University claim there's a slight increase in birth defects in children fathered by men in their thirties because sperm accumulates mutations in the DNA.
- 02 November 2018 (30 messages)
Is the US an Anglo-Saxon nation?
🇦🇹Austria: 'Austrian FPO Urges Other States to Follow Vienna Exit From UN Migration Deal'
@defendevropaAustrian FPO Expects Other States to Follow Vienna Exit From UN Migration Deal
ST PETERSBURG (Sputnik) - The Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) supports the government’s decision not to sign the UN global migration pact dealing with the rights of refugees and migrants and expects other countries to follow, Roman Haider, the FPO’s foreign policy spokesman, told Sputnik.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Cologne Coexistence: Where the AfD and a refugee agency share an office space'
@defendevropaCologne Coexistence: Where the AfD and a refugee agency share an office space
Cologne’s AfD office shares a kitchen and sanitation facilities with a refugee coordination office. Can this work out, or it is the material of the sitcom? Both parties have a very clear opinion about it.
🇫🇷France: 'Macron warns Europe of a return to 1930s'
@defendevropaMacron warns Europe of a return to 1930s
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Europe of a return to the 1930s because of the spread of a nationalist "leprosy" across the continent, in an interview published Thursday (1 November).
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Met police chief Cressida Dick backs senior officer Sara Thornton on tackling burglars and violence – not hate crimes'
@defendevropaMet chief backs call for police to focus on burglary and violent crime
The head of the Metropolitan Police has supported a call for officers to prioritise tackling burglary and violence over hate crime. Met Police chief Cressida Dick said she backs Sara Thornton’s
🇮🇹Italy: '‘Revolution has just begun!’ Conte warns EU Italy will ‘change from TOP TO BOTTOM’'
@defendevropa‘Revolution has just begun!’ Conte warns EU Italy will ‘change from TOP TO BOTTOM’
ITALY will “continue on the path” set out by its populist government despite Brussels’ demands to change the draft budget, as its prime minister defiantly announced the “revolution has just begun”.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Daesh Doctor Who Was Refused UK Entry Claims He Was Kidnapped'
@defendevropaDaesh Doctor Who Was Refused UK Entry Claims He Was Kidnapped
Earlier this week, the British government was reported to have refused to take back a 40-year-old NHS doctor, who is suspected of ties to Daesh and is currently being held in captivity by Kurdish fighters in Syria.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Police investigate 'antisemitic hate crime' within Labour Party'
@defendevropaPolice investigate 'antisemitic hate crime' within Labour Party
The Metropolitan Police is seeking advice from the CPS over a dossier of hate crime claims against Labour members.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: '4 more from Huddersfield grooming gang jailed for abusing young girls'
@defendevropa4 more from Huddersfield grooming gang jailed for abusing young girls - Westmonster
Another 4 more scumbags have been jailed in Huddersfield for abusing young girls. The men were convicted of 10 offences carried out between 2004 and 2010
🇬🇷Greece: 'Eight arrested for migrant smuggling in western Greece'
@defendevropaEight arrested for migrant smuggling in western Greece | Kathimerini
Eight people have been arrested in western Greece, accused of running a network that smuggled undocumented migrants across the Ionian Sea to Italy, the police said in an announcement on Friday.
🇫🇮Finland: 'Finnish Minister Wants More Migrant Policemen Despite Low Appeal'
What could go wrong?
@defendevropaFinnish Minister Wants More Migrant Policemen Despite Low Appeal
According to Kai Mykkänen, this step will promote fairer representation and foster trust among all population groups. However, his push for more diversity in Scandinavia's most homogeneous country didn't go sit well with all Finns. Even the immigrants themselves haven't been too keen on joining the police.
🇫🇷France: 'Seven Muslim migrants from the same family arrested after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State'
@defendevropaFrance: Seven Muslim migrants from the same family arrested after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State
Counterterrorism investigators in France arrested seven Syrians, all members of the same family, in Paris after suspecting that many of them had uploaded videos to the internet pledging allegiance to Islamic State. With open immigration, this kind of story will become increasingly routine. The...
🇭🇺Hungary: 'Hungary's Supreme Court Acquits Camerawoman Who Kicked Migrants'
@defendevropaHungary's Supreme Court Acquits Camerawoman Who Kicked Migrants
The Hungarian camerawoman who made headline news after she was filmed tripping up migrants as they ran away from police has been acquitted by the country’s top court.
🇫🇷France: 'France is threatened ‘like never before,’ should stay vigilant– ex-French spy chief'
@defendevropaFrance is threatened ‘like never before,’ should stay vigilant– ex-French spy chief — RT World News
France is facing unprecedented menace – both internal and external – as it is struggling to battle terrorism, Bernard Squarcini, former head of the French Internal Security Bureau has warned speaking to RT’s SophieCo show.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Robert Spencer video: UKIP’s Batten dares to note that Muslim rape gangs are made up of Muslims'
@defendevropaRobert Spencer video: UKIP’s Batten dares to note that Muslim rape gangs are made up of Muslims
In this new video, I discuss how UKIP leader Gerard Batten recently grasped the third rail of politics in the West, venturing where no other British or American politician has yet dared to go. According Sky News, Batten “linked Islam to the ‘industrialised sexual exploitation’ of girls across...
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'School reports boy, 15, to Home Office over fears he’s 30-YEAR-OLD asylum seeker after Snapchat picture spread by classmates'
@defendevropaSchool reports boy, 15, to Home Office over fears he’s 30-YEAR-OLD asylum seeker after Snapchat picture spread by classmates
A SCHOOL pupil is being investigated by the Home Office after parents claimed he lied about his age and is in fact a 30-year-old man. One student at Stoke High School in Ipswich took a picture of the individual wearing uniform in a year 11 lesson, adding the caption: "How's there a 30 year old man in our maths class".
'EU to Boost Border Security With AI Lie Detectors That Can Spot Illegal Migrants'
@defendevropaEU to Boost Border Security With AI Lie Detectors That Can Spot Illegal Migrants
Earlier, Hungary introduced psychological tests for migrants demanding asylum on the basis of persecution for having non-standard sexual orientations. Such tests were later ruled out by the European Court of Justice.
🇬🇷Greece: 'Minister defends efforts to improve conditions at Moria migrant camp'
@defendevropaMinister defends efforts to improve conditions at Moria migrant camp | Kathimerini
Greek Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas on Friday defended efforts to improve conditions at the notorious Moria migrant reception and processing center on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, saying that all its residents are vaccinated and have access to education and “music classes.”
🇸🇪Sweden: '19-year-old student charged with raping teacher at a school in Sweden'
@defendevropaStudent charged with raping teacher at school in Sweden
A 19-year-old student faces trial, accused of raping a teacher at a senior high school in Småland, southern Sweden.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Libyan Migrant Arrested In Rape of 10-Year-Old In Malmö, Sweden'
@defendevropaLibyan Migrant Arrested In Rape of 10-Year-Old In Malmö, Sweden
A 30-year-old Libyan migrant has been arrested following the rape of a 10-year-old girl in Malmö, Sweden, according to local media.The attack reportedly took place last Thursday near a bicycle shop in Malmö, where the suspect, identified as “Mohammed,” allegedly subjected the young girl to a “serious violent crime,
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy Launches 'Land for Children' Plan to Fight Declining Birthrate'
@defendevropaItaly Launches 'Land for Children' Plan to Fight Declining Birthrate
Government offers farm land incentives to families who have a third child
🇩🇪Germany: 'Gang Rape Suspects Increase to Ten, German Police Hunt for Last Two'
@defendevropaGang Rape Suspects Increase to Ten, German Police Hunt for Last Two
Suspects aged 19 to 29
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italians regard Salvini as country's true Leader according to latest poll'
@defendevropaItalians regard Salvini as country's true Leader according to latest poll - Westmonster
A new poll has found that anti-establishment Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini is seen as the country's true leader by the Italian public.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Foreign Aid is Throwing Money Down a Black Hole'
@defendevropaForeign Aid is Throwing Money Down a Black Hole
On Shooting from the Lip this week Jon has London Assembly Member David Kurten as his special guest and UKIP’s education spokesman does not hold back on his opinions on the state of the UK.
🇮🇹Italy: '20-year-old Egyptian man tried to rape 50-year-old Italian woman in a car park'
@defendevropaMan tries to rape woman in Grosseto - English
A 20-year-old Egyptian man tried to rape a 50-year-old Italian woman in a car park in the centre of Grosseto in southern Tuscany at dawn on Thursday, local sources said Friday. © ANSA
http://news.sky.com/story/questions-raised-over-30-year-old-secondary-school-pupil-in-ipswich-11542807Questions raised over '30-year-old' secondary school pupil in Ipswich
The man, who is thought to be an asylum seeker from Iran, reportedly lied about his age in order to gain GCSE qualifications.
- 03 November 2018 (6 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Glazov Moment: Female Genital Mutilators Flown Into UK'
@defendevropaGlazov Moment: Female Genital Mutilators Flown Into UK
In this new Jamie Glazov Moment, Jamie focuses on Female Genital Mutilators Flown Into UK, and he asks: Where is #MeToo? Where are all the leftist feminists? Don’t miss it! Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel and follow us on Twitter: @JamieGlazov. Please donate through our Pay Pal...
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Islamic fundamentalists are trying to take over the youth federations of the Social Democrats'
@defendevropaIslamismen kan påverka SSU:s statsbidrag
MUCF startar utredning. "Vi ser allvarligt på uppgifterna."
🇩🇪Germany: 'Germany: Regime Change by Refugees?'
@defendevropaGermany: Regime Change by Refugees?
Long-serving German Chancellor Angela Merkel shocked the world by announcing that she’ll retire at the end of her term in 2021, with many people suspecting that her party’s recent unpopularity is due to her controversial refugee policy that might have ultimately capsized her political career.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Farage to Blair: Stay in retirement'
@defendevropaFarage to Blair: Stay in retirement - Westmonster
Nigel Farage has urged Tony Blair to stay out of the limelight as he slammed into the former PM. Speaking to the Express, Farage said: " Anthony Lynton
🇸🇪Sweden: ''Swedish' Student Accused of Raping, Threatening to Kidnap Teacher'
@defendevropaSwedish Student Accused of Raping, Threatening to Kidnap Teacher
Sweden has faced an upsurge in rape cases over the past few years with many of them linked to immigrants. The negative trend has forced the government to adopt a strict law requiring explicit consent from both partners for sexual intercourse not to be considered rape.
- 04 November 2018 (15 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Grenfell Tower support worker ‘got grieving victim pregnant then forced her to have affair’'
@defendevropaGrenfell Tower support worker ‘got grieving victim pregnant then forced her to have affair’
The support worker was made to resign after the alleged two-month relationship came to light
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'More than 70 top business leaders call for second Brexit referendum'
@defendevropaMore than 70 top business leaders call for second Brexit referendum
More than 70 major business leaders have called for a second referendum on Brexit. Bosses from major high street companies such as Waterstones and Sainsbury’s warned Theresa May’s Brexit proposals
'4,000-strong migrant caravan splinters in Mexican state'
@defendevropa4,000-strong migrant caravan splinters in Mexican state
Some migrants are continuing towards the capital, while others are staying at the coastal state of Veracruz.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Nottingham shooting leaves woman in hospital after motorcycle gunman blasts her in arm and rides off'
@defendevropaNottingham shooting leaves woman in hospital after motorcycle gunman blasts her in arm and rides off
NOTTINGHAM city centre was brought to a standstill last night after a gunman fired numerous shots at a woman before riding off on his motorbike. Paramedics rushed the woman to hospital, where her injuries are believed to be non life-threatening. Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward with any information.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Caught in the Trap: as experts warn child poverty targets cannot be met'
@defendevropaCaught in the Trap: as experts warn child poverty targets cannot be met
THERE is no chance of Scotland meeting its targets on cutting child poverty, without a change of welfare policy at Westminster, experts have claimed.
🇪🇸Spain: 'Teen arrested in Spain for allegedly sexually assaulting six elderly women'
@defendevropaTeen arrested in Spain for allegedly sexually assaulting six elderly women * Euro Weekly News Spain
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🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'May deal 'to keep UK in EU Customs Union''
@defendevropaMay deal 'to keep UK in EU Customs Union' - Westmonster
Theresa May has apparently secured a deal with the European Union to keep the whole of the UK in an EU Customs Union in a move that is likely to infuriate
🇫🇷France: 'Le Pen ahead of Macron in EU election polling'
@defendevropaLe Pen ahead of Macron in EU election polling
Far-right parties secured a combined 30 percent of support in latest poll.
🇬🇷Greece: 'Migrant traffickers nabbed in northern Greece'
@defendevropaMigrant traffickers nabbed in northern Greece | Kathimerini
Police in the northern city of Thessaloniki have arrested a total of four traffickers, including one minor, for driving two vans carrying a total of 35 undocumented migrants.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Arron Banks: 'There was no Russian money' in Brexit referendum campaign'
@defendevropaArron Banks: 'There was no Russian money' in Brexit campaign
Arron Banks has claimed there was no Russian interference in the pro-Brexit campaign. In a staunch denial of any wrongdoing in the 2016 referendum, Leave.EU co-founder Mr Banks told the Andrew
'Aviation Expert Explains Why Investigators Didn't Find MH370 Fuselage Remains'
@defendevropaAviation Expert Explains Why Investigators Didn't Find MH370 Fuselage Remains
Four years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 aviation experts and even amateur researchers are continuing to come up with all sorts of theories explaining the mysterious fate of the missing Boeing.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'BBC sparks fury from Theresa May over ‘frankly astounding’ BIASED budget broadcast'
@defendevropaBBC sparks fury from Theresa May over ‘frankly astounding’ BIASED budget broadcast
THE BBC has sparked fury from Prime Minister Theresa May following “frankly astounding” biased coverage of her Government’s autumn budget.
- 05 November 2018 (3 messages)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6352083/amp/Elderly-woman-questioned-police-hate-criminal-beeping-horn-slow-motorist.html?__twitter_impression=trueElderly woman questioned for hate crime for beeping horn at driver
Anthony Stansfeld, the police commissioner for Thames Valley, has revealed how officers quizzed an elderly lady on suspicion of a hate crime - just because she beeped her horn at a slow driver.
🇩🇪Germany: 'German Jews demand extra integration classes for Muslim migrants to avoid anti-Semitism attacks'
@defendevropaGerman Jews demand extra integration classes for Muslim migrants to avoid anti-Semitism attacks
The country's federation of Jews has suggested tailoring extra integration classes for migrants, who may still be influenced by their home countries' anti-Jewish sentiments.
- 06 November 2018 (34 messages)
🇩🇪Germany: 'German word of the day: Bauchpinseln'
@defendevropaGerman word of the day: Bauchpinseln
When the Germans 'bauchpinseln' someone, you can be pretty sure they're being authentic about it.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Five men ARRESTED for burning effigy of Grenfell Tower in Bonfire Night event'
Arrested for a joke in poor taste.
@defendevropaFive men ARRESTED for burning effigy of Grenfell Tower at Bonfire Night party
FIVE men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence after posting a video online showing a burning effigy of Grenfell Tower, according to the Metropolitan Police.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'UK economy grinds towards halt as Brexit fears take growing toll'
@defendevropaUK economy grinds towards halt as Brexit fears take growing toll
BREXIT’S dampening effect on the UK economy was highlighted again yesterday when a survey revealed growth of the key services sector had slowed to…
🇫🇷France: 'Fragmentation of French left in European elections sharpens appetites'
@defendevropaFragmentation of French left in European elections sharpens appetites
From Ségolène Royal to Benoît Hamon and citizens’ pressure groups, the ambitions of the French left are multiplying in the run-up to the May 2019 European elections, with the risk of cancelling each other out. EURACTIV France reports.
🇪🇺European Union: 'Superbugs kill 33,000 in Europe each year, says study'
@defendevropaSuperbugs kill 33,000 in Europe each year, says study
Superbugs resistant to antibiotics cause more than 33,000 deaths in the EU each year, according to a new study. Scientists say the picture has become worse since 2007, with Italy and Greece by far the hardest hit.
🇫🇮Finland: 'From Swedish Empire to Russian Rule – Finland’s 100-Year Celebration of Independence, Explained'
@defendevropaFrom Swedish Empire to Russian Rule - Finland's 100-Year Celebration of Independence, Explained
Ever since Finland achieved independence in 1917, December 6 has been a cherished date on the Finns calendar. Finland’s history is filled with domination by neighboring empires which has created a little sibling type relationship within the Nordic region.
🇮🇹Italy: Europe trying once again to interfere in Italy's internal affairs!
@defendevropaEurozone ministers urge inflexible Italy to drop budget defiance
Eurozone finance ministers urged Italy on Monday (5 November) to reverse course on its rule-breaking budget amid fears of market turmoil and a return of the debt crisis.
🇬🇷Greece: 'Greek budget under scrutiny, Eurogroup head says'
@defendevropaGreek budget under scrutiny, Eurogroup head says | Kathimerini
The Greek budget is under scrutiny in order to estimate whether the country can achieve the budget surplus target for 2019, Eurogroup head Mario Centeno has said.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Outgoing German spy chief sacked for branding SPD as ‘radical left’'
@defendevropaOutgoing German spy chief sacked for branding SPD as 'radical left'
Germany's outgoing domestic intelligence chief was sacked on Monday (5 November) over a speech given behind closed doors condemning "naive and leftist" government policies and hinting that he was considering entering politics.
🇫🇷France: 'French President Emmanuel Macron Proposes Creation of 'Real European Army''
@defendevropaFrench President Emmanuel Macron Proposes Creation of 'Real European Army'
French President Emmanuel Macron gave a candid interview to the French radio station Europe 1, in which he spoke about school violence, European elections, and the EU's military policy.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'The final hour of World War One: The bloody end to the conflict'
@defendevropaThe final hours of World War One: The bloody end to the conflict
On Sunday, it will be one hundred years exactly since the end of the war meant to end wars. The First World War cost up to nineteen million lives and still resonates to this day. The Armistice and the treaty that followed saw Germany take the blame and agree to make reparations. The last payment was made as recently as 2010. While it’s common knowledge the war ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, what’s less well known is just how bloody the end was. When the German delegation first arrived at a railway siding forty miles north of Paris to begin peace talks on November 8, 1918, they suggested an immediate ceasefire take effect.
🇫🇮Finland: 'Flags Are Hoisted to Honor Finland-Swedish Identity'
@defendevropaFlags Are Hoisted to Honor Finland-Swedish Identity
There are about 300,000 people living in Finland whose mother tongue is Swedish.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'London stabbing: Boy stabbed to death in Tulse Hill in fifth killing in six days'
@defendevropaLondon stabbing: Boy stabbed to death in Tulse Hill in fifth killing in six days
LONDON'S crime wave continues after a 16-year-old was stabbed to death in south London on Monday night.
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'Mosques Demand 'Permanent Ban' of Dutch Anti-Islam MP Wilders From Twitter'
@defendevropaMosques Demand 'Permanent Ban' of Dutch Anti-Islam MP Wilders From Twitter
Geert Wilders, the head of the Netherlands' opposition right-wing Party for Freedom, or PVV, is known throughout Europe for his promises to ban the Koran and close down mosques. In late August, death threats from Muslims prompted him to cancel a planned Prophet Muhammad cartoon competition.
🇩🇰Denmark: 'Russian ships secretly transporting hazardous goods in Danish waters'
@defendevropaThe Copenhagen Post - Danish News in English
Vessel chartered by Russian defence failed to inform Danish maritime authorities about its dangerous cargo. Russian ships secretly transporting hazardous goods in Danish waters
🇬🇧United Kingdom: '62% reject limiting UK global trade for EU deal'
@defendevropa62% reject limiting UK global trade for EU deal - Westmonster
Last night's Channel 4 Brexit debate was a bit of a joke. Nigel Farage was the only Leave-voting panellist, there was a clearly Remain audience, and guess
🇩🇪Germany: 'Trial of former SS guard, now 94, starts in Münster'
@defendevropaTrial of former SS guard, now 94, starts in Münster
A former SS guard, aged 94, goes on trial Tuesday in Germany charged with complicity in mass murders at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, in a case bearing symbolic and moral weight.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Mystery of how pyramids were built a step closer to being unravelled'
@defendevropaMystery of how pyramids were built a step closer to being unravelled
A group of archaeologists have made a chance discovery in an Egyptian quarry which may bring historians closer to understanding how the pyramids were put together. Academics have discovered what may
'NATO Troops Bruise, Arrest Autistic Man During Massive Drills in Norway'
@defendevropaNATO Troops Bruise, Arrest Autistic Man During Massive Drills in Norway
The incident reportedly left the man, who cannot stay calm in stressful situations due to his illness, traumatized, shaking with fear and struggling with sleep problems.
🇫🇷France: 'French Expression of the Day: avoir la flemme'
@defendevropaFrench Expression of the Day: avoir la flemme
This French expression has nothing to do with having a sore throat and a sinus infection.
🇧🇬Bulgaria: 'European Parliament committee demands Bulgaria’s and Romania’s swift accession to Schengen visa zone'
@defendevropaEP committee demands Bulgaria’s and Romania’s swift accession to Schengen
Members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a call to European Union ministers to admit Bulgaria and Romania to the border check-free…
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'May Says Brexit Deal '95% Ready' Amid Reports EU Seeks Irish Backstop Compromise'
@defendevropaMay Says Brexit Deal '95% Ready' Amid Reports EU Seeks Irish Backstop Compromise
Dublin is ready to consider a "review mechanism" for the UK's backstop agreement provided that it doesn't stipulate a right to unilaterally scrap it. The Brexit talks have reached a critical point as London and Brussels have so far failed to reach a compromise on Northern Ireland's border with the Republic of Ireland.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Lawless London: 16-year-old stabbed to death in Tulse Hill'
@defendevropaLawless London: 16-year-old stabbed to death in Tulse Hill - Westmonster
Yet another teenager has sadly been stabbed to death in London, the latest victim to the current violent crime epidemic is a boy aged just 16. He was
🇷🇺Russian Federation: 'Russian youth politics official suspended for saying state ‘didn’t ask’ people to have kids'
@defendevropaRussian youth politics official suspended for saying state ‘didn’t ask’ people to have kids — RT Russia News
A youth politics chief in Russia’s Urals came under fire and was suspended for saying that young people shouldn’t feel entitled, because the state owes them nothing and “didn’t ask” their parents to have them in the first place.
🇪🇺European Union: 'Irish suicide rate for girls highest in EU, report shows'
@defendevropaIrish suicide rate for girls highest in EU, report shows
Women’s council study documents specific mental health needs of women and girls
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Ghetto Recruitment Campaign by Swedish Police Focuses on 'Little Mogadishu''
@defendevropaGhetto Recruitment Campaign by Swedish Police Focuses on 'Little Mogadishu'
In its new campaign to offset an ongoing personnel crisis, the Swedish Police emphasized the importance of having police officers with a "mixed background."
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- 07 November 2018 (20 messages)
🇫🇷France: 'France detains 6 over plot to attack Emmanuel Macron'
@defendevropaFrance detains 6 over plot to attack Emmanuel Macron
French police have arrested six people over reported plans to stage a "violent" attack against President Emmanuel Macron. Security sources say the suspects are members of the radical far right.
🇷🇺Russian Federation: 'Weber v Stubb: Will one of these men lead the EU?'
@defendevropaWill one of these men lead EU?
Europe's centre-right parties decide who they want to run the European Commission, Alexander Stubb or Manfred Weber.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'History made as two Muslim women elected to House of Representatives'
@defendevropaHistory made as two Muslim women elected to House of Representatives
The House of Representatives will have two Muslim women among its members for the first time.Massachusetts is getting its first black congresswoman while Arizona and Tennessee stand to elect their first woman senators as part of historic firsts following Tuesday’s midterm elections.The high-profile cycle that produced a record number of women contenders and candidates of colour meant several winners will take office as trailblazers, marking firsts for their race and gender.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Ageing Scots a demographic risk" to budget, MSPs warn'
@defendevropaAgeing Scots a demographic risk" to budget, MSPs warn
SCOTLAND’S ageing population poses a risk to the country’s budget, MSPs have warned.
🇭🇺Hungary: 'Prime Minister Juha Sipilä to Meet EU Leaders in Helsinki on Wednesday and Thursday – Including Orban and Merkel'
@defendevropaPrime Minister Juha Sipilä to Meet EU Leaders in Helsinki on Wednesday and Thursday - Including Orban and Merkel
Sipilä will receive a number of guests at the prime minister's official residence Kesäranta.
🇬🇷Greece: 'Greek minister: Effective health and pharma policy needs stronger EU Commission role'
@defendevropaGreek minister: Effective health and pharma policy needs stronger EU Commission role
A number of member states want the European Commission’s competences in health and pharma policy to be upgraded in order to face more effectively the rising challenges in the field, Greek health minister Andreas Ksanthos told EURACTIV.com in an interview.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: ''Gammon' is added to Collins Dictionary as word of the year'
@defendevropa'Gammon' is added to Collins Dictionary as word of the year
If the word ‘gammon’ conjures images of a delicious Sunday lunch, you need to move with the times.
'Polexit? Tusk Warns of 'Very Serious Threat' of Poland Leaving EU by 'Accident''
@defendevropaPolexit? Tusk Warns of 'Very Serious Threat' of Poland Leaving EU by 'Accident'
Late last year, the European Commission expressed its concern over the rule of law in Poland after a total of 13 controversial pieces of legislation seriously affecting the judicial system were adopted in the country.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Brexit could be REVERSED during transition period - Brussels politician makes SHOCK claim'
@defendevropaBrexit could be REVERSED during transition period - Brussels politician makes SHOCK claim
BREXIT could be reversed during any Brexit transition period according to a key member of the European Parliament’s powerful Brexit steering group in a dramatic intervention.
'Leaked document suggests government plan to sell Chequers to country'
@defendevropaLeaked document suggests government plan to sell Chequers to country - Westmonster
A leaked document has shown the alleged plans from Theresa May's government to try and sell her Chequers plans to MPs using a media blitz campaign. The
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Kitchen knife found hidden in bushes yards from where 16-year-old became 250th stabbing victim of 2018'
@defendevropaKitchen knife found hidden in bushes yards from where 16-year-old became 250th stabbing victim of 2018
Public faith is at a breaking point as it's revealed 75 per cent of cop call-outs aren't crime-related. A damning report said officers are swamped by work on prevention, missing persons and mental health incidents and warned if the Government don't release more cash to the front line public safety will face 'potentially dire consequences'.
'Girl Scouts sue Boy Scouts for becoming a little too gender-inclusive'
@defendevropaGirl Scouts sue Boy Scouts for becoming a little too gender-inclusive — RT USA News
The Girl Scouts are suing the new gender-inclusive version of the Boy Scouts, claiming the 107-year-old youth group’s rebranding is confusing potential members and cutting into its market share.
🇫🇷France: 'Paris terror attacks: €85 million compensation paid out to victims'
@defendevropaParis terror attacks: €85 million compensation paid out to victims
Victims and relatives of the 130 people killed by jihadist attackers in and around Paris in November 2015 have received 85 million euros ($97 million) in compensation to date, the fund managing the payments said Tuesday.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Midterm elections: Everything you need to know about what happened overnight and what happens next'
@defendevropaMidterm elections: Everything you need to know about what happened overnight and what happens next
Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives at the midterms on Tuesday, but gained strength in the Senate, following a night of mixed results for both sides.
🇩🇰Denmark: 'Number of overdoses in decline in Denmark … '
@defendevropaThe Copenhagen Post - Danish News in English
… but more young people dying after taking drugs . Number of overdoses in decline in Denmark …
- 08 November 2018 (46 messages)
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Sweden joins calls for stronger action to end Yemen war'
@defendevropaSweden joins calls for stronger action to end Yemen war
Sweden was one of three countries that blocked a UN Security Council statement calling for an end to the war in Yemen, instead demanding a full resolution to bring warring sides to the negotiating table.
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'Dutch Pensioner Identifies Himself as 20 Years Younger, Demands Legal Age Change'
@defendevropaDutch Pensioner Identifies Himself as 20 Years Younger, Demands Legal Age Change
A Dutch pensioner doesn't just think he's only as young as he feels; he's been inspired by the transgender rights movement to initiate a legal battle to change his legal age, insisting that he identifies himself as a much younger man.
🇮🇪Ireland: 'Graduate at maternity hospital ‘was never taught how to examine pregnant women’'
@defendevropaGraduate at maternity hospital ‘was never taught how to examine pregnant women’
Colleagues witnessed man making ‘wild’ clinical assessments, High Court is told
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Verhofstadt: Integrate European defences into EU Army'
@defendevropaVerhofstadt: Integrate European defences into EU Army - Westmonster
The European Parliament's 'Brexit Coordinator' and senior MEP, Guy Verhofstadt, has backed President Macron's call for a full EU Army. Verhofstadt has
🇬🇷Greece: 'ATM blown up in northern Athens; no injuries'
@defendevropaATM blown up in northern Athens; no injuries | Kathimerini
Unknown assailants blew up a cash machine at the entrance of a supermarket in northern Athens early Thursday morning, Greek broadcaster Skai reported.
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy coalition deal would collapse if no agreement on statute of limitations - Di Maio'
🇫🇷France: 'French ranked worst in western Europe for level of English'
@defendevropaFrench ranked worst in western Europe for level of English
A new ranking suggests the French are making very little progress when it comes to mastering English with France placed bottom of the table for western Europe. But why?
🇩🇪Germany: 'Crushing Merkel poll says two-thirds of Germans say she should QUIT as Chancellor'
@defendevropaCrushing Merkel poll says two-thirds of Germans say she should QUIT as Chancellor
A CRUSHING new poll suggests almost two-thirds of Germans want Angela Merkel to quit as chancellor as soon as she steps down as leader of her party.
🇫🇷France: 'French bishops to set up 'independent' review on sex abuse in Catholic church'
@defendevropaFrench bishops to set up 'independent' review on sex abuse in Catholic church
French bishops said Wednesday they were setting up an independent commission to shed light on the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic church since 1950.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Enfield stabbing: Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after young man knifed in latest London bloodshed'
@defendevropaEnfield stabbing: Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after
A young man has been repeatedly knifed in north London amid a spate of stabbings in the capital. Police and paramedics rushed to the Third Avenue, in Enfield, at about 11pm on Wednesday after hearing
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Reuniting the families of forgotten WW1 soldiers'
@defendevropaReuniting the families of forgotten WW1 soldiers
In a small Belgian village close to Lille, 16 British soldiers lie in a cemetery surrounded by mist and farming land.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Worried parents share picture of paedo found living next to school and kids’ park'
@defendevropaWorried parents share picture of paedo found living next to school and kids’ park
Gareth Roberts was caught with indecent images of children aged as young as four
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Former prisoner of war, 103, to be oldest veteran to march at the Cenotaph'
@defendevropaFormer prisoner of war, 103, to be oldest veteran to march at the Cenotaph
A blind 103-year-old former prisoner of war will be the oldest veteran to march at the Cenotaph as the nation marks the centenary of Armistice.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Brexit LIVE: Brexiteers' FURY at May over new deal - It’s single market 'by the BACKDOOR!''
@defendevropaBREXIT LIVE: END IN SIGHT? Exit deal could be published on TUESDAY before URGENT EU summit
A BREXIT deal could be published as early as Tuesday before an urgent EU summit takes place later this month, marking a huge breakthrough in negotiations between Britain and the European Union.
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'Dutch pensioner, 69, who 'identifies as 20 years younger' wants age legally changed to improve chances on Tinder'
@defendevropaMan, 69, begins legal battle to change age to improve Tinder chances
A Dutch pensioner who "identifies as 49" has launched a lawsuit to legally change his age so he can get more luck on Tinder.
🇮🇹Italy: 'Statute of limitations deal says Di Maio'
@defendevropaStatute of limitations deal says Di Maio - English
5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio said Thursday that ruling partner the League must do a deal on a reform to the statute of limitations or else their government contract would be annulled. © ANSA
🇬🇷Greece: 'Two injured, two arrested in clashes in central Athens'
@defendevropaTwo injured, two arrested in clashes in central Athens | Kathimerini
Two people were injured and two more were arrested during a clash between foreign nationals near Omonoia square in central Athens late Wednesday night, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported on Thursday.
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italian woman dead in Marseille'
@defendevropaItalian woman dead in Marseille - English
An Italian woman has died in a building collapse in Marseille earlier this week, her father confirmed Wednesday night. Simona Carpignano, 30, from Taranto, had been missing since Wednesday. "Sadly, the news is right," said the father. © ANSA
🇧🇪Belgium: 'Theresa May flies to Brussels to plead for more time to cut Brexit deal'
@defendevropaBrexit deal set to be done within a week, EU boss Donald Tusk claims as Theresa May flies to Brussels for talks
After a series of phonecalls earlier this week, the PM will now hold face-to-face talks with other EU leaders over a working dinner with Nato heads tonight
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Remembrance Day 2018 LIVE: Prince Harry set to visit Westminster Abbey Field of Remembrance ahead of centenary'
@defendevropaRemembrance events around world mark Armistice Day centenary
Remembrance events took place across the globe on Sunday to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. In the UK, Prince Charles led the nation's tributes to all those who have lost their
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Remembrance Day 2018 – what are the best poems and quotes for Armistice Day?'
@defendevropaRemembrance Day 2018 – what are the best quotes and poems for Armistice Day? From Siegfried Sassoon to Wilfred Owen
Remembrance Day 2018 is today, November 11, the country is preparing to remember those who gave their lives in war. Here's a selection of poems and quotes perfect for the 100-year anniversary of the First World War.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'London nightlife 'too pricey' for a third of city-dwellers, new report shows'
@defendevropaLondon nightlife ‘too pricey’ for a third of city-dwellers, new
London is a “city of night owls” but more than a third of residents say it is too expensive to go out at night, a report reveals today. Fifty-four per cent of Londoners go to bed after 11pm and 24
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Barnier: There is now a Nigel Farage in every European country'
@defendevropaBarnier: There is now a Nigel Farage in every European country - Westmonster
Michel Barnier has told a group of MEPs that there is now a Nigel Farage like figure in every European country. Speaking to the largest group of MEPs in
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Brexit SHOCK: David Davis reveals how UK can get BETTER deal from EU'
@defendevropaBrexit SHOCK: David Davis reveals how UK can get BETTER deal from EU
FORMER Brexit Secretary David Davis has said Britain will be able to get a better deal with the European Union if Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed deal is rejected by Parliament.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Anti-foreigner attitudes on the rise in Germany, study finds'
@defendevropaAnti-foreigner attitudes on the rise in Germany, study finds
Xenophobic attitudes are increasing in Germany. According to a study by the University of Leipzig, almost one in three Germans now holds prejudices or dislikes against people from other countries.
🇪🇺European Union: 'Michel Barnier warns there is ‘a Farage in every country’'
@defendevropaMichel Barnier warns there is ‘a Farage in every country’
The EU Brexit negotiator says he will fulfil his Brexit mission ‘to the end.’
🇪🇸Spain: 'Costa town marks 500 years since devastating earthquake killed 150 and destroyed the old town'
@defendevropaCosta town marks 500 years since devastating earthquake killed 150 and destroyed the old town * Euro Weekly News Spain
English News in Spain * Costa del Sol * Costa Blanca * Costa de Almeria * Axarquia * Costa Tropical * Mallorca * Gibraltar * Canary Islands * Lifestyle * Columnists * FREE printed edition 580.667 copies per month
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Killer thug who kicked stranger to death 'like a football' jailed for seven years'
@defendevropaKiller thug who kicked stranger to death ‘like a football’ jailed for
A thug who kicked a stranger to death “like a footballer” as he lay on the ground in a street brawl has been jailed for seven years. Joseph Otinkoran Ankrah, 31, slapped victim Aaron Springett across
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'British soldier reunited with dog he pulled alive from rubble in Syria'
@defendevropaFormer soldier reunited with dog he pulled alive from rubble in Syria
Sean Laidlaw from Essex was reuinted with Barrie - the puppy he pulled from the rubble of a bombed out school in Raqqa, Syria, in February. The pair met again after Sean fought to bring her to the UK.
🇪🇺European Union: 'EU predicts Italy's deficit will soar next year'
@defendevropaEU predicts Italy's deficit will soar next year
The EU on Thursday said growth in the eurozone would slow in 2019 and beyond, citing global uncertainty and heightened trade tensions.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Inmates freed from London prison will get rent help to prevent crime and rough sleeping'
@defendevropaEx-prisoners will get rent help to prevent crime and rough sleeping
Inmates freed from a London prison will have their rent deposits paid and housing benefits topped up in a new scheme to reduce the risks of homelessness and reoffending. Each of the nearly 200
🇩🇪Germany: 'German interior minister and Merkel critic plans to resign'
@defendevropaGerman interior minister and Merkel critic plans to resign
Germany's Interior Minister and the leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), Horst Seehofer, is expected to hand in his resignation after suffering a series of blows to his leadership, including a historically bad result in the recent Bavarian elections and recklessly undermining the his
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Boy, six, tries to save two brothers before all die in house fire after mum locks them in to go out'
@defendevropaBoy, six, tries to save two brothers before all die in house fire after mum locks them in to go out
The older brother’s body was found apparently shielding his young siblings as an inferno raged around them at their home in village of Stary Buyan, in Western Russia But it emerged earlier this year the family had been led to safety in another flat fire
🇮🇪Ireland: 'Baby sharks: Rare shark nursery found off west coast of Ireland'
@defendevropaBaby sharks: Rare shark nursery found off west coast of Ireland
Scientists believe they have identified area where female sharks lay eggs
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Fury as top Corbynista says it’s ‘sickening’ that so many Brits wear ‘racist’ poppies and lays into veteran charity fundraisers'
@defendevropaFury as top Corbynista says it’s ‘sickening’ that so many Brits wear ‘racist’ poppies and lays into veteran charity fundraisers
Journalist Aaron Bastani called for the Royal British Legion to be broken up and said poppies are 'racist'
🇩🇪Germany: 'Europe's centre-right choose suitor for EU top job'
@defendevropaEurope's political right picks Weber to lead election fight
Europe's main right-wing parties Thursday chose German MEP Manfred Weber to lead them into next year's European election campaign -- perhaps giving him a shot at the EU's most powerful post.
🇷🇺Russian Federation: 'Polish army to organize security for Independence Day march as police stage walkouts'
@defendevropaPolish army to organize security for Independence Day march as police stage walkouts — RT Newsline
The Polish Defense Ministry will organize security during an Independence Day march this weekend in Warsaw because police are staging mass walkouts in a pay dispute, a government official has said.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Spike in veterans seeking mental health counselling sees 100 per cent increase in six months'
@defendevropaSpike in veterans seeking mental health counselling sees 100 per cent increase in six months
The number of military veterans seeking mental health help has soared, a leading psychiatrist said today. The NHS Veterans’ Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILS) offers specialist counselling to those who have left the armed forces. It has reported a sharp spike in referrals of ex-military personnel in the capital and South East.
🇮🇪Ireland: 'Dutch man (69) starts legal fight to identify as 20 years younger'
@defendevropaDutch man (69) starts legal fight to identify as 20 years younger
Emile Ratelband tells court he does not feel ‘comfortable’ with his date of birth
🇭🇺Hungary: 'EPP warns Orbán, but Fidesz still influences the line'
@defendevropaEPP warns Orbán, but Fidesz still influences the line
The European People's Party handed an implicit reprimand to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party in a special resolution voted on Wednesday (7 November) but took no formal action.
- 09 November 2018 (28 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Mum’s fury after school ‘lunchbox police’ tell her off for putting this one item in her daughter’s bag'
@defendevropaMum’s fury after school ‘lunchbox police’ tell her off for putting this one item in her daughter’s bag
A LIVID mum has blasted the "lunchbox police" at her daughter's new school after she got a phone call complaining about a biscuit found in the youngster's bag. School staffers asked the baffled mum to come in to be quizzed about what was in her daughter's lunchbox.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Three stabbed in 'unprovoked' murder bid outside Edinburgh hotel'
@defendevropaThree stabbed in 'unprovoked' murder bid outside Edinburgh hotel
Police are treating the attack on the 60-year-old woman as attempted murder and those on the other woman and man as serious assaults.
🇫🇷France: 'WATCH French SWAT Police Beat Up, Insult Journalist Amid Paris Paramedic Strike'
@defendevropaWATCH French SWAT Police Beat Up, Insult Journalist Amid Paris Paramedic Strike
Hundreds of French paramedics have been blocking Paris's ring road and the A4 highway this week amid protests of government plans to reform medical transportation-related financing.
🇪🇺European Union: 'EU demanding 'status quo' access to UK fishing waters'
@defendevropaEU demanding 'status quo' access to UK fishing waters - Westmonster
The European Union are now demanding continuing access in British fishing waters for years to come, despite the vow to take back control of Britain's
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'London stabbings 2018 – latest knife crime statistics this year and updates on attacks in Clapham, Shepherds Bush and Tulse Hill'
@defendevropaLondon stabbings 2018 – latest knife crime statistics and attacks in Clapham, Crouch Hill, Hammersmith and Greenwich
Scores of people have been fatally stabbed in London since the beginning of this year as latest figures show knife crime has soared to seven-year high
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Seven Iranian migrants intercepted in dinghy on English Channel, Home Office confirms'
@defendevropaSeven Iranian migrants intercepted in dinghy on English Channel
Seven migrants have been intercepted in the English Channel, the Home Office has confirmed. The Dover coastguard assisted the Border Force agents with an incident in the Channel at roughly 2am this
🇩🇰Denmark: 'Denmark leading the way against deforestation in the EU'
@defendevropaThe Copenhagen Post - Danish News in English
Head of Amsterdam Declarations Partnership sends letter to the EU Commission. Denmark leading the way against deforestation in the EU
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Swedish Comedian Sparks Outrage by Calling Right-Wing Voters 'Apes''
@defendevropaSwedish Comedian Sparks Outrage by Calling Right-Wing Voters 'Apes'
A potshot by a controversial Kurdish-Swedish comedian, in which he used a monkey comparison to attack over a million Swedes who voted Sweden Democrat, has resulted in a massive backlash.
🇩🇪Germany: ''We don't just have voters, we have fans': inside the AfD 'newsroom''
@defendevropa'We don't just have voters, we have fans': inside the AfD 'newsroom'
It is not only offices of the AfD which are full of people cursing Germany's traditional political parties and speaking out against refugees; Weidel, Gauland and their colleagues also have a loyal fan base lauding them on the internet.
🇪🇺European Union: 'Trans-Europe Express – Migration still tops EU’s agenda'
@defendevropaTrans-Europe Express - Migration still tops EU's agenda
The numbers may have fallen dramatically – by October the number of migrants reaching Europe had dropped to around 80,000 so far this year, compared to 300,000 in 2016 - but European leaders are still preoccupied with migration control.
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy slams EU's deficit warning'
@defendevropaItaly slams EU's deficit warning
Italy flatly dismissed the EU's more pessimistic outlook for the Italian economy, as the IMF warned Rome should take steps to lower debt.
🇫🇷France: 'Kristallnacht anniversary: France warns of steep rise in anti-Semitism'
@defendevropaKristallnacht anniversary: France warns of steep rise in anti-Semitism
On the 80th anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht, the French PM details a 69% increase in offences.
'Poland set to be latest country to reject UN Migration pact'
@defendevropaPoland set to be latest country to reject UN Migration pact - Westmonster
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said it is unlikely Poland would support a UN Migration pact which is due to come into effect in December.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Poppy sellers say ‘society has changed’ as war veteran has door SLAMMED IN HIS FACE'
@defendevropaPoppy sellers say ‘society has changed’ as war veteran has door SLAMMED IN HIS FACE
WAR veterans have hit out at snowflakes abusing them for not selling the white poppy days before the 100th year commemoration of the end of World War One.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Malmö 'street artist' Dan Park jailed again for hate crimes'
@defendevropaMalmö 'street artist' Dan Park jailed again for hate crimes
The Malmö-based provocateur Dan Park has been sentenced to three months in jail for hate crimes, after tweets in which he used the term 'blattar' to describe immigrants, and claimed rape was normal in their cultures.
🇫🇷France: ''Relentless' Siege: Anti-Semitic Acts in France up 69 Percent During 2018'
@defendevropa'Relentless' Siege: Anti-Semitic Acts in France up 69% During 2018
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said anti-Semitic acts in France rose by 69 percent in the first nine months of 2018.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: ''Oversensitive': Sajid Javid Slams Critics of His 'Asian Paedophiles' Comment'
@defendevropa'Oversensitive': Sajid Javid Slams Critics of His 'Asian Paedophiles' Comment
Javid’s comments come amid a series of high-profile investigations into and prosecutions against gangs of men across the UK who have been found guilty of sexually exploiting underage woman. Overwhelmingly these predatory cabals have been made up of British men of Asian origin.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Seven Iranian Migrants Rescued in English Channel by UK Border Force'
@defendevropaSeven Iranian Migrants Rescued in English Channel by UK Border Force
HM Coastguard, responsible for maritime search and rescue within Britain, had to assist the Border Force with a migrant-related incident Thursday night.
🇦🇹Austria: 'Austria's Petritsch 'Not Against' Kosovo-Serbia Border Changes'
@defendevropaAustria's Petritsch 'Not Against' Kosovo-Serbia Border Changes | Balkan Insight
Austrian diplomat Wolfgang Petritsch on Thursday said he would not oppose Kosovo and Serbia changing their borders – if this formed part of a mutually agreed, non-violent comprehensive settlement.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'UK human rights activist: “The far left are terrified of Islam, even although they are working together”'
🇫🇷France: 'Doomed By History Unless…'
@defendevropaDoomed By History Unless…
It seems bitterly ironic that as world leaders gather in Paris this weekend to commemorate the centennial end of World War One, international tensions and the threat of war are once again haunting humanity.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Malmö sees four shooting incidents in 24 hours'
@defendevropaMalmö sees four shooting incidents in 24 hours
Malmö's tit-for-tat gang war looks to have flared into life again with four shootings in less than 24 hours and one young man left seriously wounded.
🇮🇹Italy: 'ITALY: Afghan Migrant Beat Baby Daughter, Tortured Wife - Because He Wanted a Son'
@defendevropaITALY: Afghan Migrant Beat Baby Daughter, Tortured Wife - Because He Wanted a Son
An Italian court has convicted an Afghan migrant of a variety of crimes stemming from extensive physical abuse inflicted upon his newborn daughter and wife, local media reports.“He wanted a boy but fate brought him a baby girl, and he decided to beat his newborn daughter and kick, punch
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'War vet, 100, urges youth to keep tradition of remembrance alive as war memories are ‘slipping from living history’'
@defendevropaWar vet, 100, urges youth to keep tradition of remembrance alive as war memories are ‘slipping from living history’
Decorated former RAF navigator John Geddes is among the last of a generation which lived through both global conflicts
🇩🇪Germany: 'Germany: Muslim migrant doctor rapes four patients at hospital, gets suspended sentence'
@defendevropaGermany: Muslim migrant doctor rapes four patients at hospital, gets suspended sentence
In Merkel's Germany, to have actually punished this man for his rapes would have been "Islamophobic." Meanwhile, why does this keep happening? One survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK said that her rapists would quote Quran to her, and believed their actions justified by Islam. The Qur’an...
🇷🇸Serbia: 'Kosovo Serbs Threaten Protests Over Import Tariffs'
@defendevropaKosovo Serbs Threaten Protests Over Import Tariffs | Balkan Insight
The main Kosovo Serb party, Srpska Lista, has warned of protests if Kosovo does not rescind the 10-per-cent tariff imposed on imports from Serbia.
'Tommy Robinson Brands Paypal Ban 'Fascism' After Tech Giant Stops Payments'
@defendevropaTommy Robinson Brands Paypal Ban 'Fascism' After It Stops Payments
Activist Tommy Robinson has branded Paypal's decision to stop processing his payments "fascism," saying thet are trying to "silence" him.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Students 'less depressed and lonely' after cutting social media use to 10 minutes, study finds'
@defendevropaStudents 'less depressed and lonely' after cutting social media use to 10 minutes, study finds
Social media use should be limited to 10 minutes per day to reduce loneliness and depression, study by the University of Pennsylvania has found.
- 10 November 2018 (11 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Kevin McKenna: Remembrance Sunday is being twisted into a poppy witch-hunt'
@defendevropaKevin McKenna: Remembrance Sunday is being twisted into a poppy witch-hunt
AT what point does our desire to sanctify the blood of the fallen in two world wars become something oppressive? When it’s deployed to accuse and…
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Armistice 100 - In their own words: Letters from the front line'
@defendevropaArmistice 100 - In their own words: Letters from the front line
SOLDIERS fighting on the western front were keen to share their experiences, and they reached out to the widest audience with letters that were…
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'School remembers the band of brothers who fell during the Great War'
@defendevropaSchool remembers the band of brothers who fell during the Great War
FOUR brothers who attended the same school in Glasgow and died in action in the Great War, were remembered by the school yesterday at its 2018 War…
🇮🇪Ireland: 'Ireland’s first World War veterans: Shunned, ostracised, murdered'
@defendevropaIreland’s first World War veterans: Shunned, ostracised, murdered
Hundreds of thousands of Irish soldiers returned home to a largely hostile country
🇫🇷France: 'EuroArmy: Macron's Master Plan'
@defendevropaEuroArmy: Macron's Master Plan
French President Macron spoke about the need to create a European Army during an interview earlier this week, suggesting that his country seeks to take the lead on this controversial initiative that he ironically brought up on the same week that everyone is commemorating the end of World War I.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Revealed: the worst National Rail stations for crime in central London'
@defendevropaRevealed: the worst National Rail stations for crime in central London
The worst National Rail station for crime in central London is revealed today as London Victoria. New figures for the capital's 22 Zone 1 train stations showed Victoria alone accounted for 18 per
🇪🇺European Union: 'Brexit cannot be stopped, says Jeremy Corbyn'
@defendevropaBrexit cannot be stopped, says Jeremy Corbyn
Labour leader said the party needs to understand why people voted to leave the EU
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'RAF hero, 95, and former spy partner, 94, told to sell home to pay for his care as ‘he’s survived TOO LONG’'
@defendevropaRAF hero, 95, and former spy partner, 94, told to sell home to pay for his care as ‘he’s survived TOO LONG’
Bob Frost, a former RAF rear gunner from Camden, North London, is shattered because his £300k Kent home is the only asset he has
'Polish Leaders, Nationalists to Walk Together on Independence Day'
@defendevropaPolish Leaders, Nationalists to Walk Together on Independence Day
The National Radical Camp traces its roots to an anti-Semitic movement from the 1930s
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Inmate serving 15 years for robbery and theft absconds from prison'
@defendevropaInmate serving 15 years for robbery and theft absconds from prison
A prisoner serving 15 years for robbery and theft has absconded from a Suffolk prison, police said. Gerry Sergeant, 61, was due back at Hollesley Bay prison at 8pm on Friday after attending a work placement but failed to return, Suffolk Constabulary said. He had been due to come back from the work placement in Bury St Edmunds by motorbike. The force has urged members of the public not to approach Sergeant. He is described as five foot 11 inches, thin, with brown eyes, white hair and tattoos on both forearms. He was riding a red Honda 125 cc motorbike, with the registration AO11 VMZ. Anyone with information should contact Suffolk Constabulary on 101.
'Macedonia extends state of emergency at borders to reduce migrants’ flows'
@defendevropaMacedonia extends state of emergency at borders to reduce migrants’ flows — RT Newsline
Macedonia has extended the state of emergency at its southern and northern borders until June 2019 to reduce illegal border crossings by migrants.
- 12 November 2018 (20 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Rare photos glimpse life at Maryhill Barracks during First World War'
@defendevropaRare photos glimpse life at Maryhill Barracks during First World War
Pictures, which are said to be among the earliest images of the conflict, have now “come home”.
🇸🇪Sweden: ''Astonishing findings' in new Swedish report on extremism and organized crime'
@defendevropa'Astonishing findings' in new Swedish report on extremism and organized crime
A new Swedish report on extremism and organized crime paints a completely new picture of what the stereotypical offender behind those types of crimes looks like. 'We've been totally astonished by the findings,' the head author of the study told The Local.
🇫🇷France: 'BREXIT WARNING: France tells Theresa May to FORGET backstop review clause – EU will DECIDE'
@defendevropaBREXIT WARNING: France tells Theresa May to FORGET backstop review clause – EU will DECIDE
FRANCE has sent shockwaves into Theresa May's hopes of concluding a Brexit deal by rejecting a so-called “independent review clause” in the Irish backstop.
🇪🇺European Union: 'European Parliament 'Shocked' at Amount of EU-Made Arms in Hands of Terrorists'
@defendevropaEuropean Parliament 'Shocked' at Amount of EU-Made Arms in Hands of Terrorists
This week, members of the European Parliament will gather in Strasbourg for the plenary session with a wide array of issues on the agenda, including arms exports.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Academics 'to explore controversial subjects under pseudonyms''
@defendevropaAcademics 'to explore controversial subjects under pseudonyms' - Westmonster
University academics are set to launch a journal that will allow individuals to air 'controversial' views anonymously, as political correctness continues
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Ready to be tracked by your boss? UK companies prepare to microchip employees to boost ‘security’'
@defendevropaReady to be tracked by your boss? UK companies prepare to microchip employees to boost ‘security’
Some of the the UK's largest companies are planning to implant their staff with microchips to “improve security” and restrict employees from accessing “sensitive documents,” sparking ethical concerns over such a move.
'51 states pledge support for global cybersecurity rules'
@defendevropa51 states pledge support for global cybersecurity rules
Fifty-one states, including all EU members, have pledged their support for a new international agreement to set standards on cyberweapons and the use of the internet, the French government said Monday.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Very mad men: We've been forced out, say white male advertising execs'
@defendevropaVery mad men: We’ve been forced out, say white male ad execs
A group of “white, male, straight, British” executives have claimed they were victims of discrimination after being made redundant by one of London’s top advertising agencies. They reportedly lost
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Couple who named baby after Adolf Hitler convicted of being neo-Nazi terrorist group members'
@defendevropaCouple who named baby after Adolf Hitler convicted of being neo-Nazi terrorist group members
Racist fanatics Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, are facing up to ten years in jail each after being convicted of being members of banned National Action
🇩🇪Germany: 'German Green chief warns of 'hordes of foreign, testosterone-driven men''
@defendevropaGerman Green chief warns of 'hordes of foreign, testosterone-driven men' - Westmonster
Germany's most successful Green Party politician has caused controversy after describing “hordes of young, testosterone-driven men” from abroad as “the
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Arnos Grove stabbing: Man fighting for life after being attacked in north London coffee shop'
@defendevropaYoung man fighting for life after being stabbed in London coffee shop
A young man is fighting for his life in hospital after being stabbed in a coffee shop in north London. The victim, aged in his 20s, suffered critical injuries after being knifed in a coffee shop in
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/microchip-uk-workers-employees-privacy-bioteq-biohax-cbi-tuc-trade-union-a8629656.htmlPlans to microchip UK workers spark privacy concerns
'Microchipping would give bosses even more power and control over their workers,' a TUC spokesperson said
In less than a decade, governments will roll out mandatory microchips for all citizens. They'll pander to right-wing sensibilities, hiding behind a facade of "law and order". They'll even claim it's to make sure illegal immigrants can be easily found.
Fight this at every turn.
🇧🇬Bulgaria: 'Six EU countries – and counting – back out from the global migration pact'
@defendevropaSix EU countries – and counting – back out from the global migration pact
Bulgaria has become the sixth EU country after Hungary, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Croatia to signal that it will not sign the global migration agreement at a ceremony in Morocco in December.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'UK crime: We need 'fresh look' at police numbers, Sajid Javid admits when pressed on rise of violence'
@defendevropaGovernment needs 'fresh look' at police numbers, says Home Secretary
Sajid Javid has admitted that “a fresh look” at police resources nationwide is needed. The Home Secretary made the comments after admitting that officer numbers is “an important part of the solution”
🇪🇸Spain: '€9 million profit gang who smuggled migrants through Spain by plane busted'
@defendevropa€9 million profit gang who smuggled migrants through Spain by plane busted * Euro Weekly News Spain
English News in Spain * Costa del Sol * Costa Blanca * Costa de Almeria * Axarquia * Costa Tropical * Mallorca * Gibraltar * Canary Islands * Lifestyle * Columnists * FREE printed edition 580.667 copies per month
'Cheers in court as remorseless killers jailed for life for raping student Hannah Cornelius, 21, before crushing her skull with rock'
@defendevropaCheers in court as remorseless killers jailed for life for raping student Hannah Cornelius, 21, before crushing her skull with rock
The convicted killers - who denied murder - were today sentenced to life in prison
- 13 November 2018 (22 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Many have concerns over firms implanting microchips in employees'
@defendevropaMany have concerns over firms implanting microchips in employees
UK's largest employer organization and largest trade union group have expressed alarm at the prospect of national companies implanting staff with microchips to improve security after a firm was revealed to have already chipped 150 Britons.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Ex-SS guard, 94, to testify at trial in Germany'
@defendevropaEx-SS guard says he is 'ashamed' but innocent
A former Nazi concentration camp guard said at his trial Tuesday that he was ashamed at having been part of the SS and that he was unaware of the systematic killings there.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Brexit LIVE: Latest as Theresa May urges talks have reached 'endgame' amid hopes exit terms will be agreed within 24 hours'
@defendevropaPM appoints new Brexit secretary and Rudd returns to Cabinet -
Theresa May has vowed to battle on to save her Brexit deal after a day of major unrest within her Cabinet and party. Amber Rudd made a dramatic return to Cabinet as the Prime Minister sought to
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'LONDON BLOODBATH: Armed police respond to DOUBLE SHOOTING in north London'
@defendevropaLONDON BLOODBATH: Armed police respond to DOUBLE SHOOTING in north London
ARMED Police responded to a double shooting in north London on Monday evening, which left a man and a woman with gunshot injuries.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: '‘Russia threat ever more real’: UK’s May berates Moscow like ‘recalcitrant child’ & offers salvation'
@defendevropa‘Russia threat ever more real’: UK’s May berates Moscow like ‘recalcitrant child’ & offers salvation — RT UK News
The UK is ready to build a “different relationship” with Russia following the diplomatic rift over the Skripal poisoning – but only if Moscow confesses all its alleged sins and plays by London’s rules, PM Theresa May has hinted.
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy to defy EU over big-spend budget'
@defendevropaItaly to defy EU over big-spend budget
Italy's populist government was set Tuesday to defy the European Commission, preferring to risk financial sanctions than revise its big-spending budget.
'‘It’s all acting’: NGO exposed teaching migrants how to trick ‘f***ing stupid’ EU border guards'
@defendevropaNGO exposed teaching migrants how to trick ‘f***ing stupid’ EU border guards — RT World News
A group that helped over 15,000 refugees and migrants to get into Europe has been caught on tape admitting to systematically training asylum seekers to exploit screening interviews by feigning trauma and persecution.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'London's homicide rate hits grim milestone after spate of bloodshed'
@defendevropaLondon's murder rate hits grim milestone after spate of bloodshed
The number of murders in London so far this year has now matched the total in the whole of 2017, a grim milestone that will fuel the debate of how to tackle rising crime.
🇧🇬Bulgaria: 'ECB to assess six Bulgarian banks as step towards Banking Union membership'
@defendevropaECB to assess six Bulgarian banks as step towards Banking Union membership
European Central Bank (ECB) will conduct a comprehensive assessment of six Bulgarian banks as part of the Balkan country's bid to join the European Union's banking union, Bulgaria's central bank said on Monday (12 November).
🇬🇷Greece: 'Bomb squad defuses device planted outside Athens home of judicial official'
@defendevropaBomb squad defuses device planted outside Athens home of judicial official, Yiannis Souliotis | Kathimerini
Bomb disposal experts defused an explosive device placed outside the Athens home of a deputy prosecutor in the early hours of Tuesday after a warning was called in.
🇬🇷Greece: 'Two injured in brawl at migrant squats near Patra port'
@defendevropaTwo injured in brawl at migrant squats near Patra port | Kathimerini
Two men were being treated for stab injuries on Tuesday after being involved in a brawl between several migrants at the western port city of Patra in the early hours.
'Remembering WWI in Belgrade'
@defendevropaRemembering World War I in Belgrade | Balkan Insight
Armistice Day 2018 marks 100 years since the end of World War I – Belgrade has several poignant memorials to those who lost their lives.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'UK Border Force 'understaffed and resourced to fail', damning new report reveals'
@defendevropaUK Border Force 'understaffed and resourced to fail', damning new report reveals - Westmonster
"Understaffed" Border Force officials believe Britain's southern border is "not secured by any stretch of the imagination", a damning new report reveals.
'“They see no shame” in Syria: Muslim who murdered his sister in honor killing is “untouchable”'
@defendevropa“They see no shame” in Syria: Muslim who murdered his sister in honor killing is “untouchable”
Footage of a young Syrian woman’s execution by her brother was greeted with widespread horror. Yet such violence is all too common – and as a member of the Free Syrian Army, with its own police and courts, the man is untouchable. This kind of honor murder is "all too common" and its perpetrator...
🇪🇸Spain: 'Man arrested in Spain for assaulting and infecting his 19-month-old baby with sexually transmitted disease'
@defendevropaMan arrested in Spain for assaulting and infecting his 19-month-old baby with sexually transmitted disease - Euro Weekly News Spain
NATIONAL POLICE in Spain have arrested a 40-year-old man for sexually assaulting and transmitting papillomavirus (HPV) to his 19-month-old son. The father
- 14 November 2018 (35 messages)
Our 22nd episode of the #RadioEuropa podcast🎙is now live!
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@defendevropaRadio Europa - Ep 22 - LIVE Questions and Answers
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🇬🇧United Kingdom: ''No deal or no Brexit!' Rees-Mogg and Campbell AGREE on May's 'humiliating' Brexit deal'
@defendevropa'No deal or no Brexit!' Rees-Mogg and Campbell AGREE on May's 'humiliating' Brexit deal
LEADING Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg and fervent Remainer Alastair Campbell joined forces during an extraordinary interview tonight to condemn Theresa May's "humiliating" Brexit compromise deal.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Säpo: 785 Islamic extremists are the biggest terrorist threat in Sweden'
@defendevropaSäpo: 785 islamistiska extremister det största terrorhotet i Sverige
Antalet islamistiska extremister i Sverige har av Säpo tidigare uppskattats till omkring 2 000 …
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Mogg: Hard to support a PM promoting this Brexit policy'
@defendevropaMogg: Hard to support a PM promoting this Brexit policy - Westmonster
Jacob Rees-Mogg has hinted that he could turn against Theresa May if she pursues the current rumoured UK-EU deal. Mogg has already spoken out on what is
🇸🇪Sweden: 'UK warns of 'increased' terror threat in Sweden'
@defendevropaUK warns of 'increased' terror threat in Sweden
The British foreign ministry has increased its level of travel warning for Sweden related to the threat of terrorism.
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'Maybe no Sinterklaas arrival if foundation wins anti-Zwarte Piet lawsuit, Zaanstad says'
@defendevropaMaybe no Sinterklaas arrival if foundation wins anti-Zwarte Piet lawsuit, Zaanstad says
The municipality of Zaanstad fears that the Sinterklaas's national arrival on Saturday will have to be canceled if the court rules in favor of the Majority Perspective foundation in summary proceedings the foundation filed. The foundation did not ask for the celebration to be banned outright, as previously reported, but demands that the Zwarte Piet characters be stripped of all stereotypical characteristics and behaviors that they consider racist, NU.nl reports.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Swedish parliament rejects centre-right PM candidate Ulf Kristersson'
@defendevropaSwedish parliament rejects centre-right PM candidate Ulf Kristersson
Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson has become Sweden's first prime ministerial candidate in modern history to be voted down by parliament – including by two of his own allies.
🇸🇪Sweden: ''Perverts': Shock as Epidemic of Cat-Maiming Rocks Sweden'
Find the connection.
@defendevropa'Perverts': Shock as Epidemic of Cat-Maiming Rocks Sweden
The peaceful and pet-loving Scandinavian country has been hit by a wave of attacks against cats; the unfortunate felines were brutally mutilated and had to be put down.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Gary Lineker demands second referendum saying almost ALL BRITONS think Brexit will be bad'
It's not happening, @GaryLineker. Just accept it and stop looking for attention.
@defendevropaGary Lineker demands second referendum saying almost ALL BRITONS think Brexit will be bad
GARY Lineker threw his weight behind a second Brexit referendum last night declaring the British public didn't know what they were voting for in 2016.
🇬🇷Greece: 'Attempted bomb attack fuels fear of new terror group'
@defendevropaAttempted bomb attack fuels fear of new terror group, Yiannis Souliotis | Kathimerini
Almost a year after the country’s last domestic terrorist strike, the Greek Police’s counterterrorism unit was Tuesday investigating an attempted bomb attack against a prosecutor in the Athens neighborhood of Vyronas.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Mentally unstable cleaver-wielding African migrant walked free in Berlin after 107 arrests'
@defendevropaMentally unstable cleaver-wielding African migrant walked free in Berlin after 107 arrests — RT World News
A migrant from Ghana, notorious for his shoplifting sprees and violent outbursts, was arrested 107 times in Berlin, but none of them stuck. He even walked free after threatening to hack a woman with a meat cleaver.
🇨🇿Czech Republic: 'Czech Republic to stay out of UN pact on ‘safe and orderly’ migration'
@defendevropaCzech Republic to stay out of UN pact on ‘safe and orderly’ migration — RT Newsline
The Czech Republic will stay out of a United Nations pact promoting an international approach to safe and orderly migration, AP said.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Swedish parliament rejects proposed government'
@defendevropaSwedish parliament rejects proposed government
Swedish lawmakers have voted to reject Moderate party leader Ulf Kristersson's bid to become prime minister. The vote means that Sweden will remain in a political deadlock for the foreseeable future.
🇫🇷France: 'Le Pen Stands 'Fundamentally Against' Macron's Pan-European Army Initiative'
@defendevropaLe Pen Stands 'Fundamentally Against' Macron's Pan-European Army Initiative
PARIS (Sputnik) - French lawmaker and head of National Rally (RN) party Marine Le Pen stressed in her interview with Sputnik that the army was an element of the sovereignty of a national state, not of an international association.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Brexit deal EXPLAINED: What is the Brexit deal? What does it mean for Britain?'
@defendevropaBrexit deal EXPLAINED: What we know about Theresa May's 500-page Brexit deal
THERESA May has completed a draft Brexit deal with the European Union and now must seek the approval of her Cabinet at a crunch meeting in Westminster this afternoon.
🇫🇷France: 'François Hollande signals a return to politics'
@defendevropaFrançois Hollande signals a return to politics
‘I miss you too,’ ex-president tells a female admirer.
🇨🇿Czech Republic: 'Czech Republic latest EU country to reject UN migration treaty'
@defendevropaCzech Republic latest EU country to reject UN migration treaty
‘Czech Republic has long favored the principle of separating legal and illegal migration,’ deputy prime minister says.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Conservative Party Worker Denies Being Brought in to Run Campaign Against Farage'
@defendevropaConservative Party Worker Denies Being Brought in to Run Campaign Against Farage
Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay is on trial for making false returns on his expenses at the 2015 General Election. A Sputnik reporter was in court when a senior Conservative Party denied she was running his campaign because he was up against UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Swedish conservative loses bid to form government'
@defendevropaSwedish conservative loses bid to form government
The leader of Sweden's conservative Moderates party failed Wednesday in a bid to form a government as parliament rejected his nomination for prime minister, after elections produced political deadlock.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Nine more migrants arrested after second Channel crossing in two days'
@defendevropaNine more migrants arrested after second Channel crossing in two days
UK officials have picked up nine migrants off Dover who crossed the Channel aboard an inflatable boat, a day after 17 others were arrested on British shores after landing in a stolen fishing boat.
🇦🇹Austria: 'Austrian Right-Wing Party Deletes Scandalous ''''Racist'''' VIDEO Amid Uproar'
@defendevropaAustrian Right-Wing Party Deletes Scandalous 'Racist' VIDEO Amid Uproar
The anti-immigrant Freedom Party of Austria is promoting a new identification card intended to stop the abuse of social services with a cartoon. The clip was immediately branded racist and hateful as it features a fez-wearing swindler character named “Ali”.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Steve Bannon to speak at Oxford Union, left-wing group announces protest'
@defendevropaSteve Bannon to speak at Oxford Union, left-wing group announces protest — RT UK News
The mastermind behind Donald Trump’s bid for presidency, Steve Bannon, is to speak at Oxford University. Left wing groups have begun to organize protests, following the announcement of the far-right strategist’s talk.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'May says cabinet will decide on next steps in the national interest on Brexit'
🇪🇺European Union: 'Italy and EU set for fresh battle over budget'
@defendevropaItaly and EU set for fresh battle over budget
The Italian government is playing a bigger political game by refusing to alter its spending plans.
🇻🇦Vatican City: 'Pope Francis denounces gossip as ‘form of terrorism’'
@defendevropaPope Francis denounces gossip as ‘form of terrorism’
‘The tongue kills like a knife,’ pontiff tells Catholic faithful at audience in the Vatican
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'UKIP Leader Urges Members to Allow Activist Tommy Robinson to Join Party'
@defendevropaUKIP Leader Urges Members to Allow Activist Tommy Robinson to Join Party
Earlier, Robinson expressed interest in joining the Eurosceptic party, but the process was always going to be far from simple due to his previous association with a proscribed group.
🇫🇷France: 'Macron wants ‘European army’ to share UN Security Council seat and nukes with Berlin – Marine Le Pen'
@defendevropaMacron wants ‘European army’ to share UN Security Council seat and nukes with Berlin – Marine Le Pen — RT World News
President Emmanuel Macron wants to create a “European army” in order to share France’s permanent seat in the UN Security Council, as well as its nukes, with Germany, the head of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen said.
🇻🇦Vatican City: 'Pope Francis, defender of Islam, to visit Morocco to “strengthen Christian-Muslim ties”'
@defendevropaPope Francis, defender of Islam, to visit Morocco to “strengthen Christian-Muslim ties”
Why is he going? To report to his superiors? Pope Francis last year met in the Vatican with Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, the secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL), a group that has been linked to the financing of jihad terror. During the meeting, al-Issa thanked the Pope for...
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Three Muslim migrants rape woman on playground'
@defendevropaSweden: Three Muslim migrants rape woman on playground
"Two are citizens of Somalia and the third in Eritrea. One of them needs interpreting in Somali and another in Arabic. Which means that they most likely are newly arrived migrants." Indeed, and likely that they are Muslims. So again: why does this keep happening? One survivor of a Muslim rape...
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'More than 500 people join vigilante group to protect town after spate of violent attacks left them with no trust in police'
@defendevropaMore than 500 join vigilante group to protect town after spate of violent attacks left them with no trust in police
MORE than 500 people have joined a vigilante group to protect their town after a spate of violent attacks left them with no trust in the police. We Stand Determined was formed on social media just …
Google offered Stasi HQ for new Berlin office
Google is searching Berlin for some trendy real estate to call home – a place that reflects the company’s unofficial, recently scrapped motto, “Don’t Be Evil.” It looks like satire, but it's obviously true: The Berlin district of #Lichtenberg is offering @Google to establish its new Google campus in the old GDR #Stasi (secret service [...]
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- 15 November 2018 (18 messages)
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Three men seized for Malmö cyber café shooting'
@defendevropaThree men seized for Malmö cyber café shooting
A Malmö prosecutor has called for three young men to be held in pre-trial detention over this summer's drive-by shooting at an internet café in the city.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Brexit latest – Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson hold emergency meeting of mutinous backbenchers as Brexiteers pull trigger on leadership contest'
@defendevropaUnder-fire Theresa May vows to fight for her job ‘with every fibre of my being’ despite open warfare with mutineers over Brexit crisis
The PM faces a showdown in the House of Commons this morning
🇪🇺European Union: ''Brexiteers are LIARS!' France warns UK it will PAY for Brexit'
@defendevropa'Brexiteers are LIARS!' France warns UK it will PAY for Brexit
BREXITEERS “lied” to the British people in the lead up to the EU referendum and will “pay” for Brexit, France’s finance minister has claimed.
🇪🇺European Union: 'BREXIT THREAT: Brussels hits out at revolting Brexiteers - May's deal 'best YOU WILL GET!''
@defendevropaBREXIT THREAT: Brussels hits out at revolting Brexiteers - May's deal 'best YOU WILL GET!'
EUROPEAN Union officials have sent a warning shot to revolting Brexiteers who have quit Theresa May’s Cabinet in protest at the draft Brexit withdrawal deal the Prime Minister has agreed with Brussels.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'What is a vote of no confidence, will Theresa May face a leadership challenge and how many MPs have demanded one?'
@defendevropaIs Theresa May staying in power, did she win the no confidence vote and and how many MPs called for it?
Theresa May has seen off a leadership challenge in yet another crunch moment in a premiership dogged by drama. But what is a vote of no confidence and what happens now Theresa May has survived it?
🇮🇹Italy: 'Rome mayor to rename streets that honour fascist supporters'
@defendevropaRome mayor to rename streets that honour fascist supporters
Rome is to rename city streets that are currently named after prominent 1930s fascists who signed the antisemitic Race Manifesto.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Germany: Muslim migrant murders the man who sponsored him'
@defendevropaGermany: Muslim migrant murders the man who sponsored him
Searchlight Germany speculates that Mohammed Omran Albakr murdered his sponsor, Michael Riecher, because he discovered that Riecher was a Jew and had sponsored the renovation and restoration of a synagogue. That may be. In any case, this is yet another manifestation of migrant gratitude, and a...
'Bitcoin and four other leading cryptocurrencies all plunge suddenly'
@defendevropaBitcoin and four other leading cryptocurrencies all plunge suddenly
Bitcoin and four other leading cryptocurrencies have all plunged dramatically today after a decline for the past three months. The price of Bitcoin plummeted by more than 10 percent on Wednesday
🇪🇺European Union: 'EU prepares Brexit war plan for weeks ahead as uncertainty grows'
@defendevropaEU prepares Brexit war plan for weeks ahead as uncertainty grows
After 17 months of negotiations, with less than 140 days before the UK is officially set to exit the EU, Brussels and London reached an agreement late Wednesday (14 November) on the terms of their divorce. However, the work is far from complete. Below is an overview of the next steps leading to the UK's withdrawal.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Evil mum put kids aged five and two in scalding 65C bath as punishment for breaking the bed leaving them with third degree burns'
@defendevropaEvil mum put kids aged five and two in scalding 65C bath as punishment for breaking the bed leaving them with third degree burns
From the neck down, her daughter's skin looks 'like a patchwork quilt' as result of the horrific abuse
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Will old Swedish parties destroy their political system just to stop anti-migrant Sweden Democrats?'
@defendevropaWill old Swedish parties destroy their political system just to stop anti-migrant Sweden Democrats? — RT World News
Sweden's establishment parties are relying on magical thinking and a game of chicken to keep power after an election brought deadlock. But whatever coalition they stitch together, they risk damaging the country – and themselves.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Only 19% back May's Brexit deal, according to new poll'
@defendevropaOnly 19% back May's Brexit deal, according to new poll - Westmonster
A YouGov poll has found that just 19% of Brits back Theresa May's Brexit deal, including only 1 in 5 Leave voters. Even among Conservative voters, just
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Border Force ups patrols on south coast after 'unprecedented' surge in migrants rescued from the Channel '
@defendevropaBorder Force ups patrols after 'unprecedented' surge in migrants crossing Channel
The UK Border Force has increased patrols along the south coast, after an "unprecedented" surge in migrants attempting to reach the UK.
🇩🇪Germany: 'German Campaign Encouraging Migrants to Go Home ‘Now’ Triggers Online Debates'
@defendevropaGerman Campaign Encouraging Migrants to Go Home ‘Now’ Triggers Online Debates
The German authorities promise to pay those who report about their plans to re-patriate by December 31 a year’s worth in housing rent. The country’s Interior Ministry has promoted the program, which is designed to stimulate migrants’ return to their home countries, with a series of billboards in several languages, including Russian and English.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Minister humiliated after he claims 80% of Brits back Theresa May’s Brexit deal – then admits he made the number up'
@defendevropaMinister humiliated after he claims 80% of Brits back Theresa May’s Brexit deal – then admits he made the number up
Rory Stewart wrongly claimed there was massive backing for the deal among voters
🇬🇷Greece: 'Greece says about 74,000 asylum-seekers now in the country'
@defendevropaGreece says about 74,000 asylum-seekers now in the country | Kathimerini
Greek authorities said Thursday that about 74,000 asylum-seekers are now living in the country, and efforts are underway to expand housing for them and improve conditions at island camps for migrants who arrive by sea.
🇷🇺Russian Federation: 'Fears Russia has secretly developed illegal nuclear missiles that can hit anywhere in Europe'
@defendevropaFears Russia has secretly developed illegal nuclear missiles that can hit anywhere in Europe
Lithuania’s foreign minister Linas Linkevicius wants greater international cooperation to tackle the nuclear threat from Russia
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'Dutch court rejects bid to ban ‘racist’ blackface Christmas character from state television'
@defendevropaDutch court rejects bid to ban ‘racist’ blackface Christmas character from state television — RT World News
A Dutch court has turned down a request by activists to ban state television channels from airing images of a controversial ‘blackface’ Christmas holiday character known traditionally as Black Pete.
- 16 November 2018 (20 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Terrifying moment knife-wielding moped thugs chase boy, 17, in broad daylight in Lawless Britain'
@defendevropaTerrifying moment knife-wielding moped thugs chase boy, 17, in broad daylight in Lawless Britain
Notts Police released the shots to locate the thugs after the broad daylight rampage in Arnold on Wednesday afternoon.
🇵🇱Poland: 'New Infantry Division on Poland's Border to Cost Warsaw Over $7Bln - Reports'
@defendevropaNew Infantry Division on Poland's Border to Cost Warsaw Over $7Bln - Reports
WARSAW (Sputnik) - More than $7 billion will be spent by the Polish government on the creation of a new mechanized infantry division near the country's eastern border, the Defence24 portal reported on Thursday.
🇭🇺Hungary: 'Orban: Hungary to be among top 5 EU countries by 2030'
@defendevropaOrban: Hungary to be among top 5 EU countries by 2030
Hungary should be among the five best and most competitive countries of the European Union by 2030, a country in which “it is best to live and work”, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a …
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Angry voters confront Theresa May demanding she QUITS in fiery radio call-in – as vote on her future is now ‘likely’'
@defendevropaDesperate Theresa May forced to appoint complete unknown Stephen Barclay Brexit Secretary after Gove turned down poison chalice of selling her deal
The PM carried out a mini Cabinet reshuffle as she faced a leadership threat from rebellious MPs
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Police hunt shooter in central Stockholm'
@defendevropaPolice hunt shooter in central Stockholm
Police are investigating reports of a shooting on Kungsholmen island in central Stockholm shortly before 9.30am on Friday.
🇬🇷Greece: 'Europe relents on pension cuts'
@defendevropaEurope relents on pension cuts, Eleni Varvitsiotis, Eirini Chrysolora | Kathimerini
Eurozone officials on Thursday essentially gave the green light for the suspension of planned pension cuts in January by not expressing any objections to the Greek government’s intention to scrap those reductions.
🇩🇰Denmark: ''Failed Experiment': New Book Denounces Denmark's Decade-Long Migration Policy'
@defendevropa'Failed Experiment': New Book Denounces Denmark's Decade-Long Migration Policy
If it hadn't been for 35 years of mass immigration, Denmark would have been better off and less exposed to crime, writers Mikkel Andersson and Niels Jespersen claim.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Berlin Needs Mechanism to Track Recipients of Financial Aid Sent to Syria – AfD'
@defendevropaBerlin Needs Mechanism to Track Recipients of Financial Aid Sent to Syria – AfD
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The German government should set up a mechanism to track the use of financial aid it sends to Syria to ensure that the money goes to people in need and does not end up in the hands of terrorists, Bundestag members from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party told Sputnik.
🇫🇷France: 'Accept EU deal or face 'economic disaster', French minister warns Britain's Brexiteers'
@defendevropaAccept EU deal or face 'economic disaster', French minister warns Britain's Brexiteers
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Friday that Brexit advocates must choose between accepting the deal negotiated by London and Brussels for leaving the EU or risk economic disaster and blasted a number of lying politicians in Britain.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Germany considers expelling convicted Syrians'
@defendevropaGermany considers expelling convicted Syrians
Germany is examining if Syrians convicted of crimes in Europe's biggest economy or who are deemed dangerous can be sent back to their conflict-torn country.
🇪🇸Spain: 'Six migrant youths on the run after absconding from Costa care centre'
@defendevropaSix migrant youths on the run after absconding from Costa care centre * Euro Weekly News Spain
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy won't accept EU penalties -Salvini'
@defendevropaItaly won't accept EU penalties -Salvini - English
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has said that the Italian people would not accept it if the European Commission imposed penalties over the government's budget plan for 2019. © ANSA
🇫🇷France: 'France calls on ‘lying’ UK politicians to drop Brexit'
@defendevropaFrance calls on ‘lying’ UK politicians to drop Brexit
‘Economically, Brexit can result in a nightmare,’ Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire says.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Moment London moped thugs blast group with SHOTGUN as they stand outside takeaway shop'
@defendevropaMoment London moped thugs blast group with SHOTGUN as they stand outside takeaway shop
THIS is the moment a man on a moped blasted a group of people with a shotgun outside a north London takeaway in a shocking drive-by shooting. Horrifying footage show the bike pull up alongside the group at a chicken shop in Harlesdon before opening fire and injuring a man and woman aged in their 20s.
🇫🇮Finland: 'More births, immigration the only remedies for Finland’s shrinking working-age cohort'
Immigration is not a solution.
@defendevropaExpert: More births, immigration the only remedies for Finland’s shrinking working-age cohort
If the birth rate continues to decline Finland will face the prospect of a continually-shrinking working age population, new data suggest.
🇫🇷France: 'Hyde Park evacuated in bomb scare: London police swoop around the Serpentine'
@defendevropaHyde Park evacuated in bomb scare: London police swoop around the Serpentine
AN unexploded World War 2 bomb was today found in Hyde Park after police sealed off the area around the Serpentine Lake.
- 17 November 2018 (23 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'London Knife Crime Epidemic: One Woman Struck with Machete, Another Stabbed to Death in Separate Incidents'
@defendevropaLondon: One Woman Struck with Machete, Another Stabbed to Death
A woman was struck over the head with a machete less than four hours after another woman was stabbed to death in south-east London.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Elderly woman, 75, is stabbed to death with man 'known to victim' arrested'
@defendevropaWoman, 75, is stabbed to death with man 'known to victim' arrested
A 75-year-old woman has been killed after being repeatedly stabbed inside a home in Peckham, south east London. Police have arrested a 55-year-old man at the scene that was known to the victim.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: '‘Patriotic’ Nigel Farage MOST POPULAR UK public figure outside Tory and Labour parties'
@defendevropa‘Patriotic’ Nigel Farage MOST POPULAR UK public figure outside Tory and Labour parties
NIGEL FARAGE is the “most popular" UK public figure not in the Conservative or Labour parties, according to recently released YouGov data which used more than a thousand British responses.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Retail giant caught selling Nazi-themed Christmas baubles emblazoned with swastikas'
@defendevropaRetail giant caught selling Nazi-themed Christmas baubles with swastikas
ONE of Europe’s biggest online shopping sites has been caught selling outrageous Christmas baubles emblazoned with swastikas and SS logos. Danish retail giant DBA has now removed all Nazi-the…
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Theresa May on the brink: Rebels just 11 letters short of forcing no confidence vote'
@defendevropaTheresa May on the brink: Rebels just 11 letters short of forcing no confidence vote
BREXITEER MPs seeking to oust Prime Minister Theresa May are still 11 letters short of the 48 needed to trigger a vote of no confidence despite several more confirming they had written to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee which represents backbench Tories.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'More Swedish men choosing vasectomy as contraception method'
@defendevropaMore Swedish men choosing vasectomy as contraception method
An increasing number of vasectomies have been recorded in Sweden in recent years.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Video: Why so many minorities and women in the UK flock to Islam'
@defendevropaVideo: Why so many minorities and women in the UK flock to Islam
I interview Vinnie Sullivan of The Reality Report on the Leftist/Islamic alliance.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Social services ignored victims of UK's largest Asian grooming gang 'for being middle class''
@defendevropaVictims of largest Asian grooming gang ignored for being middle class
Middle class victims of Britain's largest Asian child sex ring were ignored for 'not being poor enough' when social workers visited their 'nice' homes, claims charity chief.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Perv snared by vigilantes sexually assaulted two teens HOURS after being released from jail'
@defendevropaPerv snared by vigilantes sexually assaulted two teens HOURS after being released from jail
A PAEDOPHILE caught out by online vigilantes went on to sexually assault two teens hours after he was released on bail. Neil Skelton was arrested in a Lancashire park on May 1 after going to meet w…
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Could Jacob Rees-Mogg be Prime Minister? What are the latest odds on the Tory frontrunner and vocal Brexit-backer?'
@defendevropaCould Jacob Rees-Mogg become the next Prime Minister? Here are the latest odds on the Tory rebel and vocal Brexit-backer
Leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg is among a growing list of Tory MPs submitting no-confidence letters against Theresa May – so could he become Britain’s next Prime Minister?
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy nationalists mull refusing Da Vincis to Louvre'
@defendevropaItaly nationalists mull refusing Da Vincis to Louvre
Italy wants to renegotiate a deal to loan all of its Leonardo da Vinci paintings to France's Louvre to mark 500 years since his death, Italian media reported on Saturday.
🇩🇪Germany: 'German Politician: We Don't Need EU Army, We Need a 'European Home' With Russia'
@defendevropaGerman Politician: We Don't Need EU Army, We Need a 'European Home' With Russia
Following years of floating within the bloc, the idea of Europe creating joint military forces is on the agenda after the French President and German Chancellor called on their EU allies to unite. While the EU leadership backed the initiative, it got a mixed response among European politicians.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron unite amid Brexit chaos '
@defendevropaAngela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron unite amid Brexit chaos
Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron are set to meet to bolster their alliance and promote European unity as the fallout from the Brexit deal continues.
🇫🇷France: '1 dead, dozens injured as tens of thousands protest rising fuel prices across France (VIDEO)'
@defendevropaGas prices fuel rage: 1 dead, 229 injured & 100+ arrested as 280k protest across France (VIDEOS) — RT World News
At least one person has died and 229 others have been injured as around 282,000 people protested against soaring fuel prices throughout France. Police used tear gas to stop demonstrators at the Champs-Elysees.
🇧🇬Bulgaria: 'Bulgarian police arrest 22-year-old for anti-Le Pen graffiti on Soviet Army Monument'
@defendevropaBulgarian police arrest 22-year-old for anti-Le Pen graffiti on Soviet Army Monument
Police in Bulgarian capital Sofia took a 22-year-old man into 72-hour custody after he sprayed graffiti on the Soviet Army Monument opposing a visit by French far-right party National Rally leader …
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Woman in her 50s hit over the head with machete while back is turned in south east London'
@defendevropaWoman in her 50s hit over the head with machete in south east London
A woman in her 50s has been hit over the head with a machete while her back was turned in south east London, police said. Police and the London Ambulance Service raced to Rathmore Road, in Charlton,
🇮🇪Ireland: '#MeToo a vehicle for ‘professional feminists’, author claims'
@defendevropa#MeToo a vehicle for ‘professional feminists’, author claims
Dublin conference debates merits of social media-based anti-sexism movement
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Do we need an International Men’s Day?'
@defendevropaDo we need an International Men’s Day?
November 19 marks International Men’s Day but do they even want one? Well, it seems that some men demand it in retaliation to the female equivalent. The chart below shows there is a spike in people searching for it on March 8 when International Women’s Day is celebrated.
- 18 November 2018 (44 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Dominic Raab: Restart Brexit talks and say UK won’t be ‘bullied’'
@defendevropaDominic Raab: Restart Brexit talks and say UK won’t be ‘bullied’
Former Brexit secretary says without changes to the deal, Britain should walk away with a ‘clean break.’
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Phonics tests reveal white pupils already worst readers at five'
@defendevropaPhonics tests reveal white pupils already worst readers at five
Results from the latest phonics tests show 82.6 per cent of white British youngsters achieved the pass mark, compared to 83.9 per cent of black youngsters and 85.5 per cent of Asian pupils.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'DOG accused of a hate crime after pooping outside a home in one of 2,500 cases probed over two years'
@defendevropaDOG accused of a hate crime after pooping outside a home in one of 2,500 cases probed over two years
OTHER hate incidents investigated by the Metropolitan Police included a suspect’s dog barking at a victim and a resident in a block of flats who claimed a neighbour was racially abusing him by 'smoking heavily'.
🇫🇷France: 'France's President Emmanuel Macron's Popularity Falls to 25 Percent'
@defendevropaFrance's President Emmanuel Macron's Popularity Falls to 25 Percent
The popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron has dropped to just 25 per cent, according to a major tracker poll published on Sunday.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Brexit news latest: Jeremy Corbyn says second referendum 'an option for the future... but not today' as he claims he would get a better deal than Theresa May'
@defendevropaCorbyn says second referendum 'an option for the future... not today'
Jeremy Corbyn today said that backing a second referendum on Brexit "is an option for the future" but "not an option for today" - pouring cold water over calls for Labour to back such a poll. The
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Ultra-Orthodox Jews Beat Up Flight Attendant to Land Plane to Keep Shabbat Law'
@defendevropaUltra-Orthodox Jews Beat Up Flight Attendant to Land Plane to Keep Shabbat Law
According to Jewish religious law, Shabbat is observed beginning just before sunset on Friday evening, with devout Jews refraining from using electronic devices, electricity or travelling by plane on the day.
In 1983 ‘Charles Lynton’ was fined £50 for ‘soliciting’ in public toilets, an activity in which he had been constantly involved. But who was this ‘Charles Lynton?’ It was Anthony Charles Lynton Blair who was infamous at Uni as ‘Miranda’ a predatory homosexual and transvestite.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Raab: May's deal is not worth £39 billion'
@defendevropaRaab: May's deal is not worth £39 billion - Westmonster
Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has said that he doesn't think Theresa May's proposed EU deal is worth £39 billion and that the UK is being "bullied"
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Madeleine McCann’s parents send message of support to family of murdered five-year-old April Jones'
@defendevropaMadeleine McCann’s parents send message of support to family of murdered five-year-old April Jones
AMID a backlash from the parents of other missing kids following another £150,000 cash boost in the hunt for their missing daughter, Madeleine's McCann's parents sent a message of support to the family of five-year-old April Jones.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'No more Mr Nice Guy! Farage plots British politics return to stop 'half-baked' Brexit plan'
@defendevropaNo more Mr Nice Guy! Farage plots British politics return to stop 'half-baked' Brexit plan
NIGEL Farage is ready to step back into the political arena to stop Prime Minister Theresa May’s “half-baked” Brexit proposals – and has warned this time round, the gloves will be off.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Public trust in bankers has doubled in the past five years'
@defendevropaPublic trust in bankers has doubled in the past five years
Public trust in Britain’s bankers has doubled in the past five years after faith in the profession collapsed following the financial crash.
🇳🇱Netherlands: ''Picasso' stolen in Rotterdam possibly found in Romania'
@defendevropa'Picasso' stolen in Rotterdam possibly found in Romania
One of seven paintings stolen six years ago from a museum in The Netherlands as part of a spectacular art heist may have been found in Romania, the public prosector in Bucharest said Sunday.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Gang who robbed couple caught when their victims spotted their car on a photo'
@defendevropaGang who robbed couple caught when victims spotted their car on photo
An armed gang who robbed a rich couple of more than £100,000 of jewellery after following them home from a restaurant have been jailed for more than 30 years.
🇫🇷France: 'Over 400 People Injured in France in Protests Against Fuel Prices Rise (PHOTO)'
@defendevropaOver 400 People Injured in France in Protests Against Fuel Prices Rise (PHOTO)
PARIS (Sputnik) - More than 400 people have suffered injuries in France in the protests against fuel prices hikes, French Interior Minister Cristophe Castaner has stated.
'Croatia Commemorates 27th Anniversary of Vukovar’s Fall'
@defendevropaCroatia Commemorates 27th Anniversary of Vukovar’s Fall | Balkan Insight
Led by war veterans, victims’ families and politicians, Croatians gathered in the town of Vukovar to commemorate the fall of the town to Belgrade’s forces in 1991 and mourn the victims.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'ex offender who tried to rape his cousin, 8, because he was ‘drunk and horny’ is released from jail'
@defendevropaex offender who tried to rape his cousin, 8, because he was ‘drunk and horny’ is released from jail
He told cops that he 'wanted to have sex' with his eight-year-old cousin
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'Belgium Reportedly Plans to Create All-Female Special Forces Unit'
@defendevropaBelgium Reportedly Plans to Create All-Female Special Forces Unit
Since 1975, Belgian women have been serving in the army in peacetime – previously, they could only serve during mobilisation.
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'Asylum Seeker Stabbed 3 People, Sought Jews or Christians in Hague - Prosecutor'
@defendevropaAsylum Seeker Stabbed 3 People, Sought Jews or Christians in Hague - Prosecutor
The court decided on November 18 that the stabber, identified as Malek F. by Dutch media, would remain in pre-trial detention for a longer period as there were sufficient indications of a terrorist motive behind his actions.
'Trans activists attacked during Ukraine march'
@defendevropaTrans activists attacked during Ukraine march
Two activists were attacked with pepper-spray in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Sunday during a transgender rights march that was interrupted by dozens of far-right protesters.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Imam recites Muslim call to prayer during a Church of England cathedral’s Armistice concert WITHOUT PERMISSION'
@defendevropaImam recites Muslim call to prayer at cathedral's WWI day WITHOUT PERMISSION
AN imam was filmed in a Church of England cathedral the night before Remembrance Day reciting the Islamic call to prayer. Video of the imam wearing a white robe was taken last Saturday at Blackburn…
🇳🇱Netherlands: ''Soros-Backed': Public Takes Swipe at Black Pete Protestors in Netherlands'
@defendevropa'Soros-Backed': Public Takes Swipe at Black Pete Protestors in Netherlands
A servant, widely known as Black Pete, has traditionally accompanied the Dutch Santa Clause, helping him deliver Christmas presents, and is greatly anticipated by kids...
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Corbyn says second referendum is an ‘option’ and demands UK stays in EU customs union'
@defendevropaCorbyn says second referendum is an ‘option’
The Labour leader insisted he could do a better job of the Brexit talks than Theresa May and he blasted her Brexit divorce package
🇷🇺Russian Federation: 'EU Needs Army to Protect Common European Interests – German Defence Minister'
@defendevropaEU Needs Army to Protect Common European Interests – German Defence Minister
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The European Union needs its own army in order to expand the bloc’s opportunities to protect the common European interests in case of crisis situations, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Emmanuel Macron calls for unified Europe in Bundestag address'
@defendevropaEmmanuel Macron calls for unified Europe in Bundestag address
In a speech to Germany's parliament, French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a new Franco-German alliance to equip Europe for future challenges. His visit came on Germany's annual war remembrance day.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Woman raped after taking unlicensed taxi'
@defendevropaWoman raped after taking unlicensed taxi
A 25-year-old woman was the victim of a suspected rape near Västerås on Saturday night.
🇫🇷France: 'Macron says strong Europe needed to prevent global 'chaos''
@defendevropaMacron says strong Europe needed to prevent global 'chaos'
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday urged a Franco-German push to make Europe a stronger and more confident global player that could prevent
🇫🇷France: 'French MP Proposes Muslims Adopt French Names to Become Citizens, Extend Ban on Islamic Headscarves'
@defendevropaFrench MP Proposes Muslims Adopt French Names to Become Citizens
French conservative Republican MP Julien Aubert has put his name behind a series of migrant integration proposals.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Jeremy Corbyn REFUSES to say whether he is eurosceptic – 'I am a socialist''
@defendevropaJeremy Corbyn REFUSES to say whether he is eurosceptic – 'I am a socialist'
JEREMY Corbyn repeatedly refused to answer whether he would describe himself as a eurosceptic as the Labour leader appeared in a live interview with Sky journalist Sophy Ridge this morning.
'Chechnya: Muslima blows herself up near police station, succeeds in killing only herself'
@defendevropaChechnya: Muslima blows herself up near police station, succeeds in killing only herself
Since she killed herself only, she will not be able to lay claim to the Qur'anic promise of Paradise to those who "kill and are killed" for Allah (9:111). And in this game, there are no second chances. "Woman sets off suicide bomb up near police station in Grozny," Reuters, November 17, 2018:...
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Armed Forces ‘on standby to help police keep order in case of No Deal Brexit’'
@defendevropaArmed Forces ‘on standby to help police keep order in case of No Deal Brexit’
The military could help with public order, NHS supplies and traffic problems if we crash out of the EU without a deal
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Nine suspected migrants found on rocks in Folkestone'
@defendevropaNine suspected migrants found on rocks in Folkestone
Nine suspected migrants have been found clambering on rocks in Folkestone after apparently crossing the Channel in an inflatable boat. The group of Iranians called Kent Police at 6.45am on Sunday morning after getting into difficulty close to Folkestone Harbour, and were then taken to Dover by the Coastguard. The UK Border Force was alerted and said the group will "now be processed in line with the Immigration Rules" and that a "criminal investigation" has begun. A spokesperson for the Home Office - of which the Border Force is part of - said: "We are alert to the risk posed by people attempting to reach the UK illegally via small boats. "This year we have increased the number of coastal patrol vessel and, in light of recent events, have stepped up deployments along the south east coast. "We continue to work closely with law enforcement partners in the UK and overseas to tackle people smuggling at source. "Nobody should put their life at risk attempting to smuggle themselves into the UK across the Channel. "Thankfully…
🇫🇷France: 'France fuel protest: Hundreds injured as protests continue'
@defendevropaFrench fuel protests leave 400 injured
Protests against rising fuel prices spill into Sunday after almost 300,000 took to the streets.
🇬🇷Greece: '6 face felony charges over Saturday rioting'
@defendevropaSix face felony charges over Saturday rioting | Kathimerini
An Athens prosecutor has charged six of the 19 arrested individuals with setting off explosive devices, a felony.
🇪🇸Spain: 'BAD PARKING: Car smashes through pedestrian access and down stairs to underground car park in Spain'
@defendevropaBAD PARKING: Car smashes through pedestrian access and down stairs to underground car park in Spain * Euro Weekly News Spain
🇬🇧United Kingdom: '999 call handlers told to stop calling people 'Sir' and 'Madam''
More PC nonsense...
@defendevropa999 call handlers told to stop calling people 'Sir' and 'Madam'
Emergency call handlers could be told to stop referring to people as Sir and Madam in a drive to be more inclusive, it has emerged.
https://www.politicalite.com/corbyn/labour/labours-cover-up-gordon-browns-government-urged-police-not-to-investigate-muslim-grooming-gangs/LABOUR’S COVER-UP: Gordon Brown’s Government ‘Urged’ Police Not To Investigate Muslim Grooming Gangs
GORDON Brown's Labour Government allegedly urged Police Forces across the UK 'not to investigate' grooming gangs. The Former North West Chief Prosecutor alleged that the Home Office ordered police to ignore grooming gang claims in 2008. Nazir
- 19 November 2018 (16 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Gang of yobs attack two policemen in shocking London street assault'
@defendevropaPoliceman is savagely beaten by a gang of men in London
In the remarkable clip, posted on Twitter by a bystander, a group of men can be seen punching and kicking the copper as scores of people pass the scene without intervening on Sunday night.
'Geert Wilders on History of Jihad: “A fantastic book, an absolute must-read for all freedom-loving people!”'
@defendevropaGeert Wilders on History of Jihad: “A fantastic book, an absolute must-read for all freedom-loving people!”
Dutch freedom fighter Geert Wilders read my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, and had this to say: Robert Spencer is one of my heroes. One of the most knowledgeable experts on Islam in the world. A giant. He has once again produced an invaluable and much needed book, a...
🇫🇷France: 'Macron promotes EU UNITY with Merkel - France and Germany will prevent ‘GLOBAL CHAOS’'
@defendevropaMacron promotes EU UNITY with Merkel - France and Germany will prevent ‘GLOBAL CHAOS’
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has hailed the friendship between France and Germany, claiming it will prevent “global chaos” and act as a protective force against enemies beyond Europe’s borders.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Police probe whether quadruple stabbing is linked to north London shooting'
@defendevropaPolice probe whether quadruple stabbing is linked to north London shooting
Detectives are probing whether a quadruple stabbing that left four men in hospital in north London is linked to a shooting nearby.The Metropolitan Police said it was called to reports of a fight at Fraser Road, Edmonton, shortly before 6pm on Sunday.Officers and the paramedics found four men, all in their 20s, with stab wounds at the scene.
🇫🇷France: 'Macron: ‘More sovereignty’ for Europe needed to prevent global ‘chaos’'
@defendevropaMacron: 'More sovereignty' for Europe needed to prevent global 'chaos'
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday (18 December) urged a Franco-German push to make Europe a stronger and more confident global player that could prevent "chaos" on the world stage.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Stockholm police bomb squad probe 'loud bang' at Mariatorget apartments'
@defendevropaStockholm police bomb squad probe blast at Swedish Academy-owned apartments
The national police bomb squad was called out on Monday morning after a detonation in an apartment block in central Stockholm.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Gone Rogue: Merkel's Coalition Split on UN Migration Plan'
@defendevropaGone Rogue: Merkel's Coalition Split on UN Migration Plan
Opposition within Germany’s Christian Democratic Union to a UN Global Compact for Migration has grown despite Chancellor Angela Merkel's backing.
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy criticises Brussels over budget expectations'
@defendevropaItaly criticises Brussels over budget expectations
As the second and final deadline for Italy’s draft budget has passed, the Eurozone’s third largest economy is looking to go down its own populist path, which could lead to a potential break with the other members of the Eurogroup. According to Italian deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio, the bloc’s
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'Tommy Robinson Attacked During Live Stream (VIDEO)'
@defendevropaTommy Robinson Attacked During Live Stream (VIDEO)
Back in 2011, Tommy Robinson, co-founder of the right-wing street protest movement, the English Defence League, was convicted of leading a street brawl with 100 football fans in the town of Luton.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Edmonton stabbing: Police probe possible link to Enfield shooting less than a mile away'
@defendevropaPolice probe 'link' between quadruple stabbing and triple shooting
Detectives are investigating two suspected “linked” attacks in which four men were stabbed and three others were shot less than a mile apart. The four men were knifed when a fight broke out after a
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'When is International Men’s Day 2018, what is the theme this year and how is the date marked?'
@defendevropaWhen is International Men’s Day 2018, what is the theme this year and how is the date marked?
International Men's Day is celebrated on November 9 each year
https://order-order.com/2018/11/19/labour-mp-trial-says-overwhelmed-emails/amp/?__twitter_impression=trueLabour MP On Trial Says She Was 'Overwhelmed By Emails' -
Labour MP Fiona Onasanya, who is facing trial for perverting the course of justice has today told the Old Bailey that she was overwhelmed by thousands of emails when she became an MP in June last year. The qualified solicitor told the court that becoming an MP was “a bit like a freshers’ fair” and that […]
- 20 November 2018 (27 messages)
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Barnier proposes extending Brexit transition period to 2022'
@defendevropaBarnier proposes extending Brexit transition period to 2022
Europe’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier suggested during a November 19 briefing of the EU-27's European Affairs ministers that the transition period for the UK to leave the bloc could be extended to 2022. Barnier told journalists, the 27 EU affairs ministers are generally approving of the
🇫🇷France: 'Macron Can't Implement Proposed Eurozone Reforms 'by Himself' - Lecturer'
@defendevropaMacron Can't Implement Proposed Eurozone Reforms 'by Himself' - Lecturer
French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Berlin for a remembrance service to victims of war and dictatorships. He gave a speech in the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, and made a powerful plea to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the rest of Europe.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'DUP delivers warning to Theresa May as its MPs refuse to back budget and reveal anger over Brexit deal'
@defendevropaDUP delivers Brexit warning as its MPs refuse to back budget
Theresa May's DUP allies have delivered warning shots to the Prime Minister after accusing her of breaking fundamental promises on Brexit. The party joined with Labour to cut the Government's
'Croatia Criticised for Plan to Lease Ex-Yugoslavia Resorts'
@defendevropaCroatia Criticised for Plan to Lease Ex-Yugoslavia Resorts | Balkan Insight
After Croatia announced plans to rent out 15 former Yugoslav workers' resorts, Bosnia and Serbia have said they will take action to protect their property rights in the country.
🇵🇱Poland: 'Polish Deputy Prime Minister Says His Party Treated Like 'Jews by Goebbels''
@defendevropaPolish Deputy Prime Minister Says His Party Treated Like 'Jews by Goebbels'
The Deputy Prime Minister of Poland has lashed out at the opposition accusing them of using rhetoric aimed at dehumanising the ruling party.
🇪🇺European Union: 'EU’s Sefcovic: Real risk that ‘raw materials become the new oil’'
@defendevropaEU’s Sefcovic: Real risk that ‘raw materials become the new oil’
Europeans have to be “very vigilant” that today’s dependency on imported oil and gas is not replaced by dependency on lithium, cobalt, copper and other raw materials that industries need for the green transition, Maroš Šefčovič told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.
🇪🇺European Union: '10 countries demand net-zero emission goal in new EU climate strategy'
@defendevropa10 countries demand net-zero emission goal in new EU climate strategy
Ministers from ten EU countries have urged the European Commission to chart a "credible and detailed" path towards net-zero emissions in 2050, ahead of the launch of a landmark climate strategy next week.
🇷🇺Russian Federation: 'UK ATTACKS Kremlin over ‘growing military presence’ in Azov Sea in Russia-Ukraine STANDOFF'
@defendevropaUK ATTACKS Kremlin over ‘growing military presence’ in Azov Sea in Russia-Ukraine STANDOFF
THE FOREIGN Office has confronted the Kremlin, imploring it to cease denying Ukrainian and international ships access to the Sea of Azov and “destabilising” the regional economy as a result, a statement said.
🇳🇴Norway: 'Norwegian Journo Blames Frigate's 'Amateurish' Loss on Women, PC Culture'
@defendevropaNorwegian Journo Blames Frigate's 'Amateurish' Loss on Women, PC Culture
Prior to the dramatic incident, involving the 'unsinkable' frigate KNM Helge Ingstad, the Norwegian Armed Forces own magazine boasted that four out of five navigators on the warship were women.
🇬🇷Greece: 'Eurogroup poised to green-light Greek budget, though Berlin still reserved'
@defendevropaEurogroup poised to green-light Greek budget, though Berlin still reserved, Eleni Varvitsiotis | Kathimerini
The Eurogroup indicated on Monday that it will be green-lighting the Greek budget, though a final decision is not expected until early next month.
🇪🇸Spain: 'Passenger train derails near Barcelona, casualties reported (PHOTOS)'
@defendevropaPassenger train derails near Barcelona, casualties reported (PHOTOS) — RT World News
A passenger train has derailed near Barcelona, Spain, leaving at least one person dead and 44 injured, officials confirmed.
🇧🇪Belgium: 'Police officer stabbed by a knife-wielding man reportedly shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Brussels'
@defendevropaPolice officer stabbed by a knife-wielding man reportedly shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Brussels — RT World News
A man wielding a knife has stabbed an officer outside a police station in central Brussels, officials confirmed. The attacker reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.
🇬🇷Greece: 'Two injured in brawl in northern Greece migrant camp'
@defendevropaTwo injured in brawl in northern Greece migrant camp | Kathimerini
Two men were in hospital on Tuesday after being injured in a brawl at a state-run migrant center in northern Greece.
🇪🇸Spain: 'Spain May Thwart Theresa May's Brexit Plan Over Gibraltar Status'
@defendevropaSpain Threatens to Thwart Theresa May's Brexit Plan Over Gibraltar Status
Spain has long resented Britain’s claims to Gibraltar, a British overseas territory that is home to around 30,000 people, and has previously threatened to use Brexit to wrest concessions on the issue.
🇪🇺European Union: 'Germany and France GANG UP on Italy and push for common Eurozone budget'
@defendevropaGermany and France GANG UP on Italy and push for common Eurozone budget
FRANCE and Germany are hoping to tighten their grip on European economies as finance ministers from the two countries set out plans yesterday for a streamlined eurozone budget.
🇧🇪Belgium: 'Man shot after stabbing police officer in the neck in Brussels'
@defendevropaMan shot after stabbing police officer in the neck in Brussels
A police officer was stabbed in the neck in the centre of Brussels on Tuesday morning by a man who was reported as having shouted “Allahu Akbar” before launching his attack.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Third of London crimes investigated on the phone or internet, Met admits'
@defendevropaThird of London crimes investigated on phone or internet, Met admits
More than a third of all crimes reported to police in London are now only being investigated online or over the phone, Scotland Yard revealed today. The force said it was having to prioritise
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy orders seizure of migrant rescue ship Aquarius for 'illegal waste treatment''
@defendevropaItaly orders seizure of migrant rescue ship Aquarius for 'illegal waste treatment'
Italian authorities have ordered the seizure of the migrant rescue ship “Aquarius” in the French port of Marseille, alleging it has illegally disposed of infectious waste in 11 ports in the southern Italy.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Police and cabbies targeted with up to 20 rocket fireworks at 'no-go' estate in west London'
@defendevropaMoment police and cabbies attacked with fireworks at 'no-go estate'
Thugs attacked police and taxis with fireworks on a west London estate. A shocking video shows more than 20 rockets flying at a police van as it travels through the Lisson Grove Estate, with some
🇫🇷France: 'Four Men Face Charges of Plotting Attack Amid Fuel Protests in France - Reports'
@defendevropaFour Men Face Charges of Plotting Attack Amid Fuel Protests in France - Reports
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Four individuals have been indicted and placed in pre-trial detention in France's east-central city of Saint-Etienne on suspicion of plotting a terror attack during the 17 November protests against fuel price hikes, Le Parisien newspaper reported, citing sources.
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When you arrest people for jokes, prance about in gay pride gear instead of walking the beat, create whole new divisions to monitor social media while claiming that you don't have enough officers to tackle violent crime and then wonder why the public stands aside and films you as you get beaten up #BritishPolice #BritainYes
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🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy Orders Seizure of Migrant Transport Vessel Accused of Dumping Toxic Medical Waste'
@defendevropaItaly Orders Seizure of Migrant NGO Vessel Accused of Dumping Waste
Italy has ordered the seizure of the migrant transport ship Aquarius after accusing the NGO operating the vessel of dumping toxic materials.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'DUP vow to vote Theresa May’s Brexit deal down – pushing Government to the verge of collapse'
@defendevropaDUP vow to vote Theresa May’s Brexit deal down – pushing Government to the verge of collapse
And the Northern Irish party are set to abstain on key budget votes AGAIN tonight too, further plunging the confidence and supply coalition into chaos
🇪🇺European Union: 'Support for Populists in Europe Tripled in Past 20 Years – Report'
@defendevropaSupport for Populists in Europe Tripled in Past 20 Years – Report
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Populist parties have been moving from the fringes to mainstream politics in Europe, tripling their support in elections over the past two decades, a study out Tuesday has shown.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Delingpole: Theresa May's Useless Conservatives Are Screwing up Brexit'
@defendevropaDelingpole: Theresa May's Useless Conservatives Are Screwing up Brexit
The Conservatives are completely ****ing up Brexit.They may not mean to but they are.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Corbyn and Sturgeon team up to block draft Brexit deal'
@defendevropaJeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon team up in bid to block draft Brexit deal
The Labour leader and Scottish First Minister met members of smaller parties to discuss blocking a "blind" separation from the EU.
🇫🇷France: 'French leaders mobilize against motorist protesters'
@defendevropaFrench leaders mobilize against motorist protesters
Ministers launch media offensive in bid to change public opinion on activist movement.
🇫🇷France: 'Paris Prosecutors Probe Campaign Donations to Macron’s Party – Reports'
@defendevropaParis Prosecutors Probe Campaign Donations to Macron’s Party – Reports
PARIS (Sputnik) - Paris prosecutors on Tuesday opened a preliminary inquiry into the campaign financing of French President Emmanuel Macron's La Republique En Marche! (LREM) party, Europe 1 reported.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Brexiteer ex-minister Esther McVey posts string of furious messages attacking ‘crumbling’ Cabinet for ‘treachery’'
@defendevropaBrexiteer ex-minister Esther McVey posts string of furious messages attacking ‘crumbling’ Cabinet for ‘treachery’
The former Work and Pensions Secretary has shared aggressive tweets from supporters of hers
'Next For BDS? Human Rights Watch Pressures Booking.com to Follow Airbnb'
@defendevropaNext For BDS? Human Rights Watch Pressures Booking.com to Follow Airbnb
The nonprofit Human Rights Watch urged Booking.com on Tuesday to follow in the footsteps of the home-renting service Airbnb, which on Monday banned listings for apartment rentals in the illegally occupied West Bank.
🇫🇮Finland: 'Finnish Nationalists Spark Firestorm With Bid to 'Reclaim' Russian Karelia'
@defendevropaFinnish Nationalists Spark Firestorm With Bid to 'Reclaim' Russian Karelia
The youth wing of the nationalist party formerly known as True Finns announced that the Nordic country should return to its pre-WWII borders from 1939, posting a map of the desired lands, which are currently part of Russia.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Woman followed into basement and raped in Whitechapel, police say'
@defendevropaWoman followed into basement and raped in east London, police say
Police have launched a manhunt after a woman was followed into a basement in east London and raped. The Met released an image of a suspect on Tuesday, following the attack in Whitechapel on November
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Nigel Farage reveals THIS reason for why Theresa May wasn't OUSTED yesterday'
@defendevropaNigel Farage reveals the REAL reason Theresa May hasn't been ousted yet
NIGEL Farage let slip a small detail that could be the critical factor behind Jacob Rees-Mogg’s failure to bring about a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister.
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'A tenth of Dutch kids unhappy with their lives, Children's Ombudsman says'
@defendevropaA tenth of Dutch kids unhappy with their lives, Children's Ombudsman says
A tenth of Dutch children are dissatisfied with their own lives and give their lives a failing score of 3.8, according to a study by Children's Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer. The difference between happy children and unhappy children in the Netherlands is also growing, she said on Tuesday - the International Day for the Rights of the Child, NU.nl reports.
🇫🇮Finland: 'Finnish Women Convert to Islam in Search of Spirituality, Logic - Researcher'
@defendevropaFinnish Women Convert to Islam in Search of Spirituality, Logic - Researcher
Finnish women converting to Islam don't see the veil as a symbol of oppression, but as a sign of liberation from superficial beauty, a researcher specialising in...
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Terror attack victims let down by NHS mental health services'
@defendevropaTerror attack victims let down by NHS mental health services
Victims of terror attacks are waiting up to 14 months for their trauma to be treated by NHS mental health services, the biggest study of its kind reveals today.
🇮🇹Italy: 'Italy D-DAY: Salvini REFUSES to change budget - sending SHOCKWAVES through Brussels'
@defendevropaItaly WAGES WAR: EU launches disciplinary action after Salvini REFUSES to buckle on budget
ITALY has had its budget rejected by the European Union, with the bloc poised to start the ball rolling on a process which would see the imposition of sanctions against Rome – with the country's interior minister Matteo Salvini saying he was not prepared to compromise.
🇩🇪Germany: 'German Region Mulls a Ban on Religious Symbols in Local Courts'
@defendevropaGerman Region Mulls a Ban on Religious Symbols in Local Courts
The issue of religious symbols worn in public spaces has been dealt with by German courts many times over.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Merkel defends UN migration pact amid party split on issue'
@defendevropaMerkel defends UN migration pact amid party split on issue
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended the controversial UN migration pact in the Bundestag, as the issue continued to split her party.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Boy, 10, savaged by pit bull while playing rugby and grandad, 59, breaks his wrists fighting it off'
@defendevropaBoy, 10, savaged by dog while playing rugby and grandad, 59, breaks his wrists fighting it off
Oliver Williams, 10, from Rhymney, South Wales, was enjoying a match of rugby with his six-year-old brother and his grandad on Sunday afternoon when the attack took place
🇨🇾Cyprus: 'Syrian refugees dropped off in Cyprus'
@defendevropaSyrian refugees dropped off in Cyprus | Kathimerini
A new boatload of Syrian refugees arrived in the Republic of Cyprus Wednesday, with 47 people dropped off at Tylliria in the early hours.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Remainers claim giving migrants ID cards will convince Brexiteers to STAY in EU'
@defendevropaRemainers claim giving migrants ID cards will convince Brexiteers to STAY in EU
REMAINERS pushing for a second referendum are trying to soothe Brexit backers by suggesting migrants are given ID cards proving their right to live, work, use use public services and claim benefits.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Swedish Left-Wingers Try Blocking 'Biggest in Years' Deportation of Afghans'
@defendevropaSwedish Left-Wingers Try Blocking 'Biggest in Years' Deportation of Afghans
Pro-refugee protesters forming a human chain and chanting humanitarian slogans failed to stop the biggest deportation from Sweden in recent years.
🇫🇷France: 'France urged to return looted African art treasures'
@defendevropaFrance urged to return looted African art treasures
Experts appointed by President Emmanuel Macron will advise him on Friday to allow the return of thousands of African artworks held in French museums, a radical shift in policy which could put pressure on other former colonial powers.
🇮🇹Italy: 'What being in EU gets you - How EU will PUNISH Italy as Italians REFUSE to buckle'
@defendevropaItaly: What being in EU gets you - How EU will PUNISH Italy for DISOBEDIENCE
THE European Commission is likely to take the first step in EU disciplinary proceedings against Rome, a process which could lead to fines, a freeze of EU funds and EU monitoring of Italy's issuance of new sovereign bonds.
🇳🇱Netherlands: 'MPs clash with Dutch PM over limiting demonstration right around Sinterklaas arrival'
@defendevropaMPs clash with Dutch PM over limiting demonstration right around Sinterklaas arrival
Several parties in the lower house of Dutch parliament voiced strong criticism on Prime Minister Mark Rutte's response to disturbances around various Sinterklaas celebrations in the Netherlands over the weekend. The Prime Minister's call for no demonstrations in the three weeks that Sinterklaas is in the Netherlands in particular led to bewilderment from the D66, GroenLinks, SP, PvdA, ChristenUnie, PvdD and DENK, among others, NU.nl reports.
🇮🇹Italy: ''DISRESPECTFUL!' Italy furious at Brussels' budget rejection - EU facing CIVIL WAR'
@defendevropa'DISRESPECTFUL!' Italy furious at Brussels' budget rejection - EU facing CIVIL WAR
EUROPEAN Union officials have rejected the Italian budget paving the way for possible sanctions in an unprecedented backlash at a member state - a move met with fury by Rome.
🇦🇹Austria: 'EU top court rules against Austrian curbs on refugee rights'
@defendevropaEU top court rules against Austrian curbs on refugee rights
The European Court of Justice ruled against a 2015 regulation that saw Austria give minimal social assistance to refugees. Austria's conservative government has introduced a number of strict immigration cuts recently.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Muslim migrant murders father of refugee worker who got him a job to help her dad at home'
@defendevropaGermany: Muslim migrant murders father of refugee worker who got him a job to help her dad at home
A 20-year-old Muslim man was arrested for the murder of an 85-year-old man in Germany. The victim was “found dead with his throat slit in his home.” Quran 8:12 says: "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip." The...
🇪🇺European Union: ''Come what May' PM confirms UK will leave EU on 29th March 2019'
@defendevropa'Come what May' PM confirms UK will leave EU on 29th March 2019 - Westmonster
A question from Brexiteer and former Minister Esther McVey has undermined May's threat of 'no Brexit' if her EU deal is voted down. McVey asked the PM to
🇩🇪Germany: '‘Women dare not walk the streets’: Migrant spat in Bundestag, as AfD leader lashes out at Merkel'
@defendevropa‘Women dare not walk the streets’: Migrant spat in Bundestag, as AfD leader lashes out at Merkel — RT World News
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary leader has taken a swipe at Angela Merkel’s ‘migrants welcome’ policies, saying that women and girls are now afraid to walk the streets alone for fear of being attacked.
🇫🇷France: 'France advised to change heritage law to allow return of African art to former colonies'
@defendevropaFrance advised to change heritage law to allow return of African art to former colonies
France should change heritage law to facilitate the return of thousands of African artworks pillaged or bought during the colonial era, a government-appointed report is to advise President Emmanuel Macron.
🇸🇪Sweden: 'Sweden to stop recognition of child marriages carried out overseas'
@defendevropaSweden to stop recognition of child marriages carried out overseas
Marriages involving a minor and carried out overseas will no longer be recognized in Sweden under any circumstances after parliament approved a change in the law on Wednesday afternoon.
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🇪🇸Spain: 'Spain threatens to veto Brexit agreement over Gibraltar issue'
@defendevropaSpain threatens to vote against Brexit agreement over Gibraltar issue
Spain says it will object if there are no changes made concerning disputed territory
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Tommy Robinson gets new job advising Ukip on rape gangs and prison reform'
@defendevropaTommy Robinson gets new job advising Ukip on rape gangs and prison reform
The activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was welcomed into the party's fold to adviser on gangs and prison reform
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Nigel Farage launches coup to remove Gerard Batten as Ukip leader over Tommy Robinson appointment'
@defendevropaFarage launches coup against Ukip leader over Tommy Robinson hire
Nigel Farage has vowed to launch a coup against Ukip leader Gerard Batten after he appointed far-right activist Tommy Robinson as an advisor. Mr Farage said on Friday that he would be submitting a letter of no confidence in Mr Batten, promising to “get rid of him”.
🇩🇰Denmark: 'Danish parliament passes contentious 'ghetto plan''
@defendevropaDanish parliament passes contentious 'ghetto plan'
A majority in the Danish parliament on Thursday voted through a bill that could see sweeping physical changes made to underprivileged areas defined by the state as ‘ghettos’.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'First picture of ‘adult asylum seeker who posed as a 15-year-old schoolboy to sit GCSEs’'
@defendevropaFirst picture of ‘adult asylum seeker who posed as a 15-year-old schoolboy to sit GCSEs’
The alleged asylum seeker from the Middle East who claimed to be a 15-year-old boy spent six weeks as a Year 11 pupil at Stoke High School in Ipswich, Suffolk
🇧🇬Bulgaria: 'Bulgarian government signs co-operation memorandum with World Jewish Congress, ‘Shalom’'
@defendevropaBulgarian government signs co-operation memorandum with World Jewish Congress, ‘Shalom’
Bulgaria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, who is the country’s National Co-ordinator for Combating Antisemitism, has signed on behalf of the government a memorandum of co-opera…
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Theresa May's withdrawal deal 'worse than staying in the EU' says Dominic Raab'
@defendevropaTheresa May's withdrawal deal 'worse than staying in the EU' says Dominic Raab
Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has said Prime Minister Theresa May's EU withdrawal proposals are worse than staying in the EU.
🇩🇪Germany: 'Germany to Prolong Ban on Deportation of Syrians, Criminals Included – Minister'
@defendevropaGermany to Prolong Ban on Deportation of Syrians, Criminals Included – Minister
The country’s authorities have extended the moratorium on sending rejected Syrian asylum seekers home to their war-torn country, which was implemented in 2012 and renewed several times since then. However, more and more voices have been heard calling for an end to the ban, which is due to expire on December 31.
🇵🇱Poland: 'Poland urges world to plant more forests'
@defendevropaPoland urges world to plant more forests
Poland called on Wednesday (21 November) for more forests to be planted worldwide to capture carbon emissions and so curb global warming, speaking ahead of annual UN climate talks to be held in Warsaw next month.
🇩🇪Germany: 'German Interior Minister rules out deportations to Syria'
@defendevropaGerman Interior Minister rules out deportations to Syria
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has ruled out the notion that Germany could start deporting criminal refugees to Syria. The idea had been proposed within the conservative CDU party.
🇷🇺Russian Federation: ''To the Rescue': Russian Activist Travels to South Africa to Help Boer Minority'
@defendevropa'To the Rescue': Russian Activist Travels to South Africa to Help Boer Minority
The outcry from South Africa's white Boer and Afrikaner minorities over government land expropriation and farm murders has met with silence in the mainstream media...
'Jewish groups demand the Bible and Koran use ‘trigger warnings’ to highlight anti-Semitic passages in bid to combat attacks against Jews'
@defendevropaJewish group demands the Bible and Koran use ‘trigger warnings’ to highlight anti-Semitic passages in bid to combat attacks against Jews
The European Jewish Congress has called for new versions of the New Testament and the Islamic holy book to have annotations in the margins highlighting anti-Jewish sentiments
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Met Police cancels 330,000 officer rest days as it tackles surge in knife crime and police cuts'
@defendevropaMet Police cancels 330,000 officer rest days as it tackles surge in knife crime and police cuts
Scotland Yard has cancelled nearly 330,000 officer rest days in nine months as it battles a surge in violent crime and falling police numbers, figures show. The total cancellations for 2018 is set to exceed last year’s 375,012, despite major events in 2017 such as terror attacks and the Grenfell Tower blaze. By September, 328,010 days of holiday had been cancelled since the start of January, according to the figures obtained from the Mayor.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Stunning Anglo-Saxon helmet worn by Brit military general 1,300 years ago goes on display after experts reconstruct it from 4,000 pieces'
@defendevropaStunning Anglo-Saxon helmet worn by Brit military general 1,300 years ago goes on display after experts reconstruct it from 4,000 pieces
HISTORIANS have constructed an ancient helmet made from Anglo-Saxon gold that was discovered by a man with a metal detector. It was made fragments likely to have been worn by a military general
🇩🇪Germany: 'Survey: Kramp-Karrenbauer top choice to replace Merkel as CDU leader'
@defendevropaSurvey: Kramp-Karrenbauer top choice to replace Merkel as CDU leader
Christian Democratic (CDU) supporters are increasingly backing Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to take over as head of the CDU, according to a survey released Friday by the ZDF Politbarometer.
'UK 'could share sovereignty of Gibraltar with Spain''
@defendevropaUK could share sovereignty of Gibraltar with Spain to resolve Brexit row, Lord Hain says
Lord Hain believes he was "right" about an early 2000s plan to share The Rock, as Spain issues a threat over the UK's EU exit.
🇫🇮Finland: "In some areas half of foreigners are jobless, even though demographic projections show Finland needs more immigrants to shore up the dwindling labour force."
@defendevropaForeign workers untapped resource in Finland’s growing demographic crisis
In some areas half of foreigners are jobless, even though demographic projections show Finland needs more immigrants to shore up the dwindling labour force.
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Migrants being told to make dangerous crossing to Britain NOW – before Brexit deadline'
@defendevropaHappy smiles of a boat load of migrants rescued in the Channel – as total of 101 cross to UK in three weeks in ‘race before Brexit’
People traffickers are telling migrants they have to make the dash across before Britain leaves the EU in March, and are whacking even higher prices on the perilous journeys
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 'Parliament to investigate Sadiq Khan's oversight of crisis-hit Crossrail scheme'
@defendevropaParliament to investigate mayor's oversight of Crossrail scheme
Sadiq Khan's oversight of the crisis-hit Crossrail scheme as it soared £1 billion over budget is to be investigated by Parliament’s public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office has agreed to
🇬🇧United Kingdom: '‘The ECJ will be a totally FOREIGN court but it will rule over Britain under Brexit deal’'
@defendevropa‘The ECJ will be a totally FOREIGN court but it will rule over Britain under Brexit deal’
PRIME Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal will mean the UK will STILL be subject to rulings from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) – while a supposedly independent arbitration panel would be little more than a nodding dog to Brussels, a top British barrister has said.
🇪🇸Spain: 'Spanish EU official SHOUTS at German counterpart in furious Gibraltar row as tensions soar'
@defendevropaSpanish EU official SHOUTS at German counterpart in furious Gibraltar row as tensions soar
EU OFFICIALS shouted at each other in a furious fall out over Gibraltar as final Brexit talks boiled over, it has emerged.
🇮🇹Italy: 'Albanian man skips house arrest to persecute ex'
@defendevropaMan skips house arrest to persecute ex - English
A 36-year-old Albanian man was arrested in Turin Friday for allegedly skipping house arrest to persecute his ex-wife. © ANSA