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Spanish police open probe into anti-Muslim chants at Egypt friendly
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (651+ words) Spanish police said on Wednesday that they were investigating "Islamophobic and xenophobic" chants heard during the Spain-Egypt international football match in Barcelona, which the government said "embarrass us as a society". Egypt's national anthem was also jeered ahead of the…...
Poland’s intervention in the fuel market meets with EC disapproval
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (697+ words) There will lots of work for employees of petrol stations in Poland with changing of prices now that the government has introduced a price cap and lowered VATO on fuel. EPA/Pawel Kula The European Commission has attacked a Polish…...
Appeals court acquits German comedian over tasteless Trump assassination ‘jokes’
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (416+ words) An appeal court in Berlin has upheld the acquittal of Sebastian Hotz, a German leftist comedian who had been charged with "condoning criminal offences" after he made a series of posts on X celebrating the attempted assassination of President Donald…...
Volkswagen recalls 100,000 electric vehicles as battery defect may pose fire hazard
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (374+ words) A VW ID.3 model being built in a Volkswagen factory in Dresden, Germany. (EPA/FILIP SINGER) German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) has to recall almost 100,000 electric vehicles worldwide due to faulty batteries. The recall concerns VW's own ID models manufactured between June…...
VW may convert car factory into Israeli Iron Dome production site
1+ week, 1+ day ago (452+ words) German automotive group Volkswagen (VW) is reportedly in talks with Israeli defence company Rafael Advanced Defence Systems over plans to convert a struggling German car factory into a missile defence production site. The potential deal would see a VW plant…...
Israel’s magic in Lebanon: Genius tricks violently reshape the Levant
1+ week, 2+ day ago (373+ words) Israel's magic in Lebanon: Genius tricks violently reshape the Levant'Brussels Signal Konstantinos Bogdanos Share Love or hate them, you have to admire them The Israelis are pulling one trick after another It's almost like magic You look the other way,…...
Volkswagen has ‘lost billions’ due to US tariffs
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (316+ words) CEO of Volkswagen Group Oliver Blume speaks to journalists during the Volkswagen Group press conference in front of an ID.Polo at the International Motor Show Germany IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich, Germany, 08 September 2025. EPA/ANNA SZILAGYI Volkswagen's chief executive Oliver Blume…...
German city of Rostock buys old town properties for €650,000 to house punks
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (463+ words) The city government of Rostock in Mecklenburg, Germany, has acquired two houses in the historic city centre to allow a group of punks to continue living there cheaply. As newspaper Welt reported, the commune bought the two houses built in…...
Volkswagen CEO may pull plans for new US plant unless tariffs cut
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (376+ words) Oliver Blume presenting VW's new electrical ID.Polo model at the IAA Motor Show in Munich in September 2025. (EPA/ANNA SZILAGYI) The chief executive of German automotive behemoth Volkswagen Group says his companies will have to scrap plans for a new…...
Citizens’ Initiative aims to block changes ‘weakening air-passenger rights’
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1028+ words) Air travelers in the EU could get worse protection. EPA/YOAN VALAT Campaigners with the European Citizens" Initiative (ECI) Save Your Right, Save Your Flight! have flagged up plans in Brussels to cut back on air-passenger compensation rights. The European…...