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StockholmDuring the NATO accession process, the Swedish Left Party was the only party in the Riksdag that had clearly taken a stand against Swedish NATO membership. Now, however, party leader Nooshi Dadgostar announced that the party was abandoning its opposition to the defense alliance, contrary to what was promised in its election programme.

SkellefteåA 9-year-old Swedish girl was raped and left for dead on a playground by an Ethiopian migrant, who had just obtained a permanent residence permit. The little girl is still in a coma.

More and more emerging countries are considering joining the BRICS group, which is seen as the major emerging countries' counterweight to the US-led West and the G7. Especially in times like these, this is also a clear signal to Washington.

BudapestThe EU keeps trying to challenge the democratic legitimacy of the Hungarian government. But there is little reason for that: not only was the Orban government in Budapest able to clinch a convincing victory in the most recent parliamentary elections, but the Hungarian population is also happier with their conservative government than voters in other EU countries.

BerlinAt Humboldt University in Berlin, police officers sat in squad cars in front of the large entrance on Dorotheenstraße. Invitees waited patiently to have their bags checked by university staff inside the building. A doctoral student who is actually researching fish, got entangled in the gender debate.

ParisFormer Polish electrician, trade union leader and ex-president Lech Walesa has an idiosyncratic idea of ​​peace – he would like to permanently damage Russia to keep it small. The 78-year-old announced this in an interview with the French broadcaster LCI.

RomeAre these the kind of conditions that we will soon see more often in Europe? In an Italian city, angry citizens stormed the city hall because they had no more money to afford groceries. The mayor refused to receive the angry crowd.

KievNew NATO hopeful Ukraine, may be legalising same-sex marriage after enough signatures were gained for the president to consider the proposal. Kiev's Pride parade in 2019 incidentally was the largest event of the kind that the country had seen. 

BerlinSo far, German owners of electric cars have come through the energy crisis relatively unscathed. But that could change. Wholesale prices on the Leipzig electricity exchange EEX reached a new record of 319 euros per megawatt hour at the end of last week. This means that they have more than tripled since the beginning of the year.

There is no sign of intelligence anywhere in the Western world