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In Hungary there are more vaccines than people wanting them

Published: May 8, 2021, 9:43 am

BudapestAt the end of April, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that there were now more vaccines available than people wanting them. Hungary is the only such state in Europe.

Another jihadist deemed ‘criminally irresponsible’ for professor’s murder

Published: May 7, 2021, 1:25 pm

ParisA former student, of Pakistani origin, had fatally stabbed this teacher in front of the Leonardo da Vinci university in the suburbs of the city of Paris in December 2018.

Tightening of asylum law in Japan unleashes vitriol

Published: May 7, 2021, 9:09 am

TokyoRefugee and migrant organizations in Japan have responded with outrage to a bill by the government in Tokyo. With the amendment to the immigration law, the liberal democratic government around Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga wants to enable deportations and reduce the long-term imprisonment of foreigners in migration facilities.

Largest US exercise in Europe in 25 years kicks off in Estonia

Published: May 6, 2021, 10:32 am

TallinnThe active phase of the Swift Response exercise, which started this week in Estonia, will begin when the MLRS multi-missile launchers are fired at the Defence Forces' central polygon.

Video clip shows how South African hero fights off armed attack

Published: May 6, 2021, 9:53 am

PretoriaA film clip from South Africa shows how a former task force member heroically fights his way through an armed robbery on a motorway in the South African capital Pretoria. Despite the fact that the vehicle is hit by bullets a large number of times, the man, Leo Prinsloo, 48, does not lose his cool but rams the robbers' cars several times before he, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, chases them on foot.

Swiss town finds new solution against beggars

Published: May 5, 2021, 9:33 am

BaselThe city of Basel offers a travel voucher to beggars who, in exchange, undertake not to return to the city for at least a certain period of time under penalty of permanent expulsion from the country.

Le Pen cleared of hate speech charges for ‘posting ISIS images’

Published: May 5, 2021, 8:49 am

ParisThe president of the National Rally (RN) Marine Le Pen has been cleared of violating hate speech laws by the Nanterre court after being prosecuted for having shared photographs of ISIS abuses in 2015.

First in the EU: Vienna to vaccinate pregnant women from mid-May

Published: May 5, 2021, 8:25 am

ViennaThe city of Vienna wants to be the first city in the EU to have pregnant women vaccinated from mid-May. This was announced by the office of the Vienna City Councilor for Health. Experts are alarmed.

CIA ridiculed for woke promotional video

Published: May 4, 2021, 11:45 am

LangleyA promotional video by the US foreign intelligence service CIA has resulted in ridicule on social media. In the short commercial, the service shows a Latin American woman who introduces herself as a “cisgender millennial with anxiety disorder”.

New warning issued by generals: ‘Hybrid war has begun against France’

Published: May 4, 2021, 11:32 am

ParisSeveral days after French generals published an open letter, a second group of high-ranking officers warned of the risk of a "hybrid war" in France. Noting the state of disintegration of the country, they propose "a global strategy" in which they point to the threat of "Islamism and [of] the break-up of France".