Violent crime in Sweden is soaring. When will politicians act?... January was a particularly violent month in Sweden. A 63-year-old man was killed in Stockholm by a hand grenade lying in the street. A Dutch exchange student was hit by a stray bullet during an execution-style killing at a pizza restaurant in Uppsala. In Gothenburg, a hand grenade was thrown into a
More than 10,000 stage anti-corruption protest in Romania... BUCHAREST, Romania — More than 10,000 Romanians on Saturday protested against legislation passed by Parliament which critics say will make it harder to prosecute crime and high-level corruption. Protesters briefly scuffled with riot police as they m
Refugee row threatens Merkel's coalition hopes... Social Democrat leaders yesterday vowed to improve their blueprint for a new coalition with Angela Merkel amid ominous signs of opposition within party ranks. A furious battle is raging within the...
Trump cancels plans to open US embassy in London... RTE | 2018-01-12 07:03 UTC [quote="Donald Trump"]Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!
Populist billionaire's party wins landslide in Czech Republic... The centrist ANO movement led by populist Andrej Babis decisively won the Czech Republic's parliamentary election Saturday in a vote that shifted the country to the right and paved the way for the euroskeptic billionaire to become its next prime minis
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