LONDON, UK (AA) – UK employees from ethnic minority backgrounds face high levels of racial discrimination in the workplace, forcing many to quit, a new survey has found. The survey, conducted by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), found that over 120,000 Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) workers across the UK left their jobs due to […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union will cancel its visa facilitation agreement with Russia but there will not be a “general visa ban,” Hungary’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. “There is no unanimity among the members of the (EU) Council on imposing a blanket ban against Russia,” Peter Szijjarto said after an informal meeting of [&he...
PARIS (AA) – Several French Muslim personalities have been tracked and listed by French intelligence for their political opinions, be they supposed or real. This was revealed in an article published on Tuesday by Europe 1 radio channel, reporting that it had obtained a “confidential note from French territorial intelligence.”...
LONDON (AA) – A populist party in Sweden has launched a plan on Wednesday to bring immigration to Europe to the lowest level. Sweden Democrats put forward 30 proposals to tighten the immigration law and asylum policy. “There is no single factor that has affected Sweden as much and as negatively as the large, uncontrolled […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, died on Tuesday. He was 92. “This evening, after a serious and prolonged illness, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev passed away,” the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital, where he was being treated, said in a statement. Gorbachev was born in 1931 in a p...
LONDON (AA) – A Swedish-Somali politician has left the ruling Social Democrats party in protest over recent remarks by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, saying the party has become too xenophobic. Saida Hussein Moge criticized Andersson over comments she made last week where she said Sweden should not have any “Somalitowns.” The Social...
LONDON (AA) – Norway has announced plans to deport lawbreaking refugees who no longer require protection. Courts in the Scandinavian country have dealt with several cases related to the “expulsion of refugees who are punished for criminal matters,” according to a statement by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, which...
PARIS (AA) – France’s top court has green-lighted the expulsion of prominent imam Hassan Iquioussen, the country’s interior minister has announced. “The Council of State validates the expulsion of Mr. Iquioussen who holds and propagates in particular anti-Semitic remarks and contrary to equality between women and men,” Gerald...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnians gathered Sunday to commemorate the 27th anniversary of a massacre that claimed 43 lives and injured nearly 84 in Sarajevo. The 1995 Markale marketplace shelling was one of the biggest massacres committed during the siege of Sarajevo from April 1992 to December 1995. It was the second mortar attack that [&hellip...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia and Kosovo have agreed on a new border policy under an EU-facilitated dialogue process, said the bloc’s foreign policy chief. “We have a deal. Under the EU-facilitated Dialogue, Serbia agreed to abolish entry/exit documents for Kosovo ID holders and Kosovo agreed to not introduce them for Serbian ID holders,” Jos...
