3 h. ago DUP seeks to block Sinn Fein bid for European Parliament ‘observer status’

The unionist party is set to table a petition of concern against the motion in the Stormont Assembly on Monday.

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4 d. ago Vienna parliament in lockdown after chilling 'bomb threat' call

The centre of Vienna, Austria, came to a standstill around the parliament building following the bomb threat today - emergency services are at the scene

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8 d. ago Former Scots UKIP leader denies taking Russian propaganda cash – days after ally jailed over bribes

NIGEL Farage’s ex Scottish leader has denied taking money from a pro-Russia propaganda campaign after being named in a court case. David Coburn was named in WhatsApp messages involving a disgraced MEP convicted of taking bribes to boost Putin’s message. The ex-Scottish leader of UKIP and Brexit Party MEP served in the European Parliament alongside...

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9 d. ago Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’

The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked for the party. But I ended up quitting politics in disappointment. What happened?This article originally appeared in Equator, a new magazine of politics, culture and artI never expected to retire in my 30s, but I suppose politics is the art of the impossible: what it promises, what it extracts. A decade at the heart of Spain’s boldest modern political experiment aged me in ways I’ve only just begun to fathom.In May 2014, just four months after it was founded, the leftwing Spanish party Podemos (“We Can”) won five seats in the European parliament. As a recent university graduate who had been part of a local Podemos group (or círculo, as they were known) in Paris, I was hired to work for these MEPs. We arrived in Brussels as complete tyros and had to learn everything on the job. But we were motivated b...

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9 d. ago The EU wants age limits on social media. What other countries already have limits?

The European Parliament agreed on a resolution calling for a minimum age of 16 on social media

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2 w. ago Nathan Gill: Key ally of Nigel Farage jailed for more than ten years over Russia bribes 'betrayal'

Nathan Gill admitted taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements in the European Parliament

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2 w. ago Damning interviews show moment Nathan Gill did what he was bribed by pro

The former Reform UK and UKIP leader in Wales was jailed after taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements in the European parliament and on Ukrainian media.

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2 w. ago Moment police quiz Nathan Gill about cryptic 'Christmas presents' bribe messages

The former Reform UK and UKIP leader in Wales pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery in relation to making pro-Russian statements on Ukrainian television and the European Parliament

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2 w. ago Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro

Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian assetReform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP.Gill, a member of the Ukip and Brexit party blocs led by Nigel Farage in the European parliament, had pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Rome decries ‘Italian sounding’ pasta sauces on sale in EU parliament store

Agriculture minister calls for immediate investigation over carbonara sauce containing the wrong type of cured meatItaly’s agriculture minister, Francesco Lollobrigida, has called for an immediate investigation after coming across what he claimed were jars of “Italian sounding” pasta sauce on the shelves of the European parliament’s supermarket.Lollobrigida, of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, was particularly vexed by a carbonara sauce made with “Italiaanse pancetta” – the classic Roman pasta dish is made with a different cured meat, guanciale – and a tomato sauce containing “oignons de Calabria”, or onions from Calabria. Continue reading...

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