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After the foiled kidnapping of Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne, the threat to the politician continued on Monday after a suspicious package was discovered near his home, the Belga news agency reported, citing police. The service for t…

Giorgia Meloni, who is set to become Italy’s first far-right leader since World War II, said she wants to “enhance what unites” people in the country, rather than what divides them, after her alliance won parliamentary elections at the weekend. “The It…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced a referendum on the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU due to the war in Ukraine. “The sanctions were not decided democratically, but were decided by Brussels bureaucrats and European elites,” he s…

Driver Mick Schumacher is an important factor for the future of Formula One in Germany along with the planned entry of the nation’s carmakers Audi, F1 sports director Ross Brawn has told broadcasters Sport1. Schumacher’s fate is unclear as his contract…

Upmarket German car maker BMW is aiming to increase unit sales next year following a fall this year resulting from supply chain problems with computer chips and the effects of the war in Ukraine, chief financial officer Nicolas Peter said on Monday. Sp…

Germany is looking into making another Olympic bid in the future but this attempt will not be “at any price,” the nation’s Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) president Thomas Weikert said on Monday. Weikert told a hearing of the parliamentary sports c…

The leader of the Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni, said she wants to “enhance what unites” the people in the country, rather than what divides them, after her right-wing alliance won the parliamentary elections. “The Italians have entrusted us …

Giorgia Meloni of the Brothers of Italy looked set to lead a right-wing coalition into power as her party took an estimated 26% of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. She is set to become the first female prime minister in Italian history if …

Italy’s right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni and her nationalist Brothers of Italy has won the election in Italy, according to projections. The alliance, which also includes the right-wing populist Lega and the conservative Forza Italia, is expect…

Voter numbers are on track to hit a record low in Italy on Sunday, with barely half of voters showing up at polling stations by 7pm (1700 GMT). Four hours before polls closed, only 51% had cast their ballots in the country’s parliamentary elections, th…