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Sweden to close door on generous asylum policy

SWEDEN will reverse its open refugee regime and only allow in the 'EU minimum' according to Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, who said his country needed 'respite' in the face of a dramatic rise in the numbers...Read More

UK Chancellor to detail cuts in policing and social care

UK Chancellor George Osborne is going to announce significant cuts in spending today in areas including social care, policing, further education and renewable energy.
The Autumn Statement and Spending...Read More

Antonio Costa elected new Portuguese Prime Minister

Portugal's political stalemate has come to a tentative conclusion after Socialist leader Antonio Costa was named Prime Minister, in a move that will certainly raise eyebrows in Brussels.
Costa and his...Read More

Podemos plan to enable voting for foreign residents

Anti-austerity party Podemos has detailed plans to allow immigrants to Spain to vote in regional elections and referendums.
Presenting its manifesto on Monday the left-wing party, which rose to international...Read More

Beach improvements in Gibraltar

JUST two days before the election in Gibraltar, caretaker minister for tourism Samantha Sacramento has issued a government press release detailing the work that the government has done to improve the...Read More

Metro and schools reopen in Brussels

MANY Metro stations and schools have been reopened in Brussels on Wednesday, four days after the city went on lockdown following a security alert linked to suspects in the Paris attacks.
The highest...Read More

Explosion hits bus in Tunisia

UPDATE The Tunisian government has announced that the explosion on the bus in Tunis was caused by a suicide bomber, who detonated a backpack full of explosives as he boarded the bus.
“According...Read More

David Haye hopes to make triumphant return to boxing

FORMER heavyweight world champion David Haye will make his return to boxing against Australian Mark de Mori at London's O2 Arena on January 16 and hopes that this, his first fight since 2012 will propel...Read More

New anti-war movement launched in Spain

FOUR leftist mayors of Barcelona (Ada Colau), Zaragoza (Pedro Santiesteve), Cádiz (Jose María Gonzalez, Kichi) and La Coruña (Xulio Ferreiro) signed a document launching an anti-war movement in Spain...Read More

Muslim teenager offers hugs for unity

UPDATE: The concept of Muslims inviting strangers to hug them as a sign of peace and solidarity is spreading rapidly and in addition to those already mentioned in Paris and Nottingham, reports are now...Read More