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Chairman of the Dutch Freedom Party Geert Wilders speaks at the third Hungarian edition of the Conservative Political Action Conference
Dutch government veers sharply right after four-party coalition deal
AMSTERDAM — The Dutch government has veered sharply to the right after four right-wing parties agreed to form a coalition.Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders, who topped the polls in last year's election, struck a deal with three other party leaders on Thursday, capping months of tumultuous negotiations that left it unclear who would become prime minister.The new agreement, framed with the slogan "Hope, courage and pride", includes plans to impose strict measures on asylum seekers, scrap family reunification for refugees and reduce the number of international students studying in the country.At one point, the 26-page document says the government will seek to "Deport people without a valid residence permit as much as possible, even forcibly".“The sun will shine...
May 16, 2024

Dutch government veers sharply right after four-party coalition deal

Robert Fico was visiting the town of Handlova when he was attacked
Slovak PM Robert Fico fights for life after assassination attempt
BRATISLAVA — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in a small town northeast of Bratislava.On Wednesday evening Defense Minister Robert Kalinak said Fico had been in surgery for over three hours and that the situation was "bad".Slovak politicians including the president have called the shooting an "attack on democracy".The alleged assailant was detained at the scene but has not yet been formally identified by the authorities.The attack happened at about 14:30 (12:30 GMT) in Handlova, about 180km (112 miles) from the capital Bratislava, as Fico greeted people in front of a cultural community center where a government meeting had been held.Footage showed a man raising a gun and firing five times at the prime minister...
May 16, 2024

Slovak PM Robert Fico fights for life after assassination attempt

Police are evacuating villages and Kviv has sent reinforcements to the Kharkiv region following Russia's incursion
Ukraine troops pull back in Kharkiv after Russia offensive
KYIV — Ukraine has pulled back its troops from several villages in the border region of Kharkiv following continued pressure from Russian forces.Soldiers had come under heavy fire and moved to "more advantageous positions" in two areas of the northeastern region, a military spokesman said.Throughout the course of the two-year war, Ukraine has typically used this type of language to signify a retreat.President Volodymyr Zelensky has canceled all upcoming foreign trips as troops struggle to contain the new cross-border incursion, with several towns and villages coming under heavy fire.His press secretary, Sergiy Nykyforov, said the president had "instructed that all international events scheduled for the coming days be postponed and new dates coordinated".Moscow has...
May 15, 2024

Ukraine troops pull back in Kharkiv after Russia offensive

This is the worst unrest New Caledonia has seen since the 1980s
Two killed in New Caledonia as riots escalate after Paris vote
PARIS — At least two people have been killed and hundreds injured in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia as riots continue in response to the French parliament giving French residents there more voting rights.Protests over the issue first erupted into violence on Monday night with people reportedly torching cars, setting buildings alight and attacking police stations.The island, located between Australia and Fiji, has been a French territory since the 19th century. This is the worst unrest it has seen since the 1980s.It prompted France's President Emmanuel Macron to cancel a trip to chair an emergency defense and national security meeting on Wednesday, his office said.The president’s office said he had earlier planned to travel to Normandy in north-western France early on...
May 15, 2024

Two killed in New Caledonia as riots escalate after Paris vote

Mohamed Amra is known as The Fly
Prison van ambush: 'Unprecedented' manhunt in France for escaped prisoner
PARIS — An "unprecedented" manhunt is taking place in northern France for a prisoner who escaped during a deadly ambush.Mohamed Amra, known as "The Fly", was being taken back to jail from a court in Normandy on Tuesday when a car rammed his prison van at a toll booth.Armed men then opened fire on the vehicle, killing two officers and seriously injuring three others."All means are being used to find these criminals," French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.Darmanin told French media on Wednesday that the attack was an act of "cold-blooded barbarity" and that around 450 gendarmes and police officers had been mobilized in the Eure department of Normandy in an "unprecedented" search.President Emmanuel Macron has told France that...
May 15, 2024

Prison van ambush: 'Unprecedented' manhunt in France for escaped prisoner

Bjoern Hoecke, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, at the regional court in Halle, Germany, Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Co-leader of Germany's far-right AfD party fined for using Nazi slogan
BONN — Björn Höcke, who is one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party, has been fined for using a Nazi slogan in a speech.The verdict on Tuesday in his trial comes months before a regional election in the eastern state of Thuringia in which he plans to run for the governor’s job.The state court in the eastern city of Halle convicted Höcke of using symbols of an unconstitutional organization, the German news agency DPA reported. It imposed a fine of 13,000 euros.The charge can carry a maximum sentence of three years in prison. Prosecutors had sought a six-month suspended sentence, whilst his defense lawyers argued for acquittal.The case centered on a speech in Merseburg in May 2021 in which Höcke used the phrase “Everything for Germany!”...
May 15, 2024

Co-leader of Germany's far-right AfD party fined for using Nazi slogan

Antony Blinken
Blinken reiterates US arms will help Ukraine as it reels from latest Russian attack
KYIV — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that American military aid on its way to Ukraine would make a “real difference” on the battlefield. The comments came as the top diplomat made an unannounced visit to Kyiv to reassure its ally facing a fierce new Russian offensive.Moscow’s troops have captured around 100 to 125 square kilometers in the Kharkiv region in recent days. This includes at least seven villages, according to open-source monitoring analysts, with thousands of civilians fleeing the fighting.Kremlin forces have also been making a concerted push in the east seeking to drive deeper into partly-occupied Donetsk, a region just inside the Ukrainian border in Donetsk. Ukrainian general staff said in a report Russia launched 24 assaults on Pokrovsk.Analysts...
May 15, 2024

Blinken reiterates US arms will help Ukraine as it reels from latest Russian attack

Francois-Xavier Bellamy
French right-wing party launches its EU election campaign
PARIS — Lagging in the polls for the upcoming EU elections, the French right-wing candidate Francois-Xavier Bellamy is desperate to boost his campaign.Announcing the French Republican party’s (Les Républicains) program on Tuesday in Paris, the MEP has decided to focus his campaign on two themes: immigration and European sovereignty.The candidate says he is favorable for the construction of physical walls at the borders of the EU – an idea reminiscent of former US President Donald Trump’s signature promise back in 2016.The right is also considering maintaining a “safeguard clause” in which each member country could reestablish control of its own borders in the event of an emergency.When it comes to European sovereignty, the program is a vast one. According to Bellamy, to become...
May 15, 2024

French right-wing party launches its EU election campaign

Georgia's prime minister says 'Russian law' necessary for peace as protests continue
TBLISI — Georgia's Prime Minister has said the passage of a controversial foreign influence bill, which has sparked mass protests around the country, "creates strong guarantees of long-term peace and tranquility" in the country.Irakli Kobakhidze said the law will help to overcome political polarisation, which he called "a necessary condition for Georgia’s integration into the European Union.""When the political opposition convinces its supporters of something and then they go out on the streets, this is an absolutely normal and healthy event, but the political minority cannot in any case force the political majority to accept or not accept a decision that serves to strengthen the state interests of Georgia," he said.The law requires media and...
May 15, 2024

Georgia's prime minister says 'Russian law' necessary for peace as protests continue

Socialist candidate Salvador Illa waves to supporters
Socialist victory in Catalan elections ends pro-independence dominance
MADRID — Pedro Sanchez's Socialist Party won Catalonia's elections but will still need the votes of the leftist Catalan party ERC to form a progressive government. Yet, former president Carles Puigdemont, who came second, is asking the socialists to allow him to return to office. In exchange, he would give his support to Sanchez' minority government in Madrid.The Socialist Party is celebrating a decisive victory in the recent Catalan elections. It is widely seen as society's validation of Pedro Sánchez's approach towards Catalonia and his proposal to grant amnesty to political leaders involved in the 2017 independence movement, including the exiled former president Carles Puigdemont.According to Jaime Coulbois, a political science expert from the Autonomous...
May 15, 2024

Socialist victory in Catalan elections ends pro-independence dominance

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