Hungary’s Orbán launches EU election campaign with pledge to ‘occupy Brussels’

Hungary's prime minister has portrayed Europe as a continent teetering on the edge of armed conflict in a speech opening his party’s campaign for European Union elections ... Read More

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Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high ... of wartime defiance and a symbol of closer ties to the rest of Europe. To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices ... Read More

EU Parliamentary Group Offers Help and Invitations to Ukraine

The group also offered to provide Servant of the People with expert help to prepare ... size of Ukraine, the EU also requires internal reforms, making the process even more complex. Read More

DeSantis says he may send Haitian migrants landing in Florida to Massachusetts

Ron DeSantis says he may send more migrants to Massachusetts ... But as of this week, U.S. officials told CBS News they haven't seen a spike in migrants trying to reach U.S. shores. Read More

Blinken Says Israeli Offers to Increase Flow of Aid to Gaza Are Welcome but May Not Be Sufficient

Blinken Says Israeli Offers ... may not be enough to meet the Biden administration’s demands for dramatic improvements in humanitarian conditions in the territory. Blinken said that opening more ... Read More

Menace to society: Criminal gangs in Europe are infiltrating the legal world, Europol says

That’s the bleak picture emerging from a report published Friday by the EU crime agency. Europol has identified 821 particularly threatening criminal networks with more than 25,000 members in ... Read More

EU says subsidies may be letting Chinese firms compete unfairly for solar panel contract

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said Wednesday that it would assess whether foreign subsidies enabled the two consortia to submit “unduly” competitive offers when bidding ... Read More

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The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world ... every news event are the values that drive people and nations. See how they offer a deeper ... Read More

Investigation into EU funding fraud leads to 22 arrests

World News // 19 hours ago Authorities arrest nine in Canada gold heist at Toronto airport April 17 (UPI) -- Authorities in Canada say ... ago EU questions TikTok over app that offers rewards ... Read More

EU commissioner says ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’

which makes the EU chief’s joke particularly ill-judged given the sensitivities over the issue. “I can more comfortably say ‘Gibraltar español’ after Brexit,” said Mr Schinas ... Read More

This vaccine may help protect against dementia — and it’s already available

and a staggering 55 million around the world. And still nobody knows what causes it. But scientists at drugs giant GSK think they may have a drug that helps protect against it—and it’s ... Read More