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A participant in a European election meeting of the Alternative for Germany party, AfD, wears a cap with the party's logo in the Saxony-Arena in Riesa, Germany, January 13, 2019. (Monika Skolimowska/dpa via AP, file)
February 14, 2019, 10:16 pm
German spy agency said examining far-right’s ties to Russia
Report says intelligence officials are concerned that Moscow sees extreme nationalist groups as potential allies in destabilizing West
By Stuart Winer
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog speaking at the Jewish Federation's annual General Assembly in Tel Aviv, on October 23, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 23, 2019, 6:49 pm
Jewish Agency head to Euro Parliament: Jews no longer safe on streets of Europe
‘Anti-Semitism in Europe is now a raging crisis,’ says Isaac Herzog, warning continent is facing one of the ‘darkest periods’ of recent Jewish history
By TOI staff and JTA
Paintings looted by Nazis during World War II are on display at the Louvre museum in Paris, Tuesday, January 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
January 17, 2019, 6:52 pm
Help recover Nazi-looted art, European Parliament urges EU states
Of some 650,000 works looted during World War II, about 110,000 once owned by Jewish families are still missing
By Marcy Oster
Steve Bannon, US President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, August 19, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
From the WebNovember 17, 2018, 9:52 am
Steve Bannon says he’ll work with Hungary’s Orban on EU parliament elections
The former top Trump aide is working to form a pan-European right-wing movement, Reuters reports
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a joint press conference following a meeting on July 5, 2018 in Berlin. (AFP PHOTO / Omer MESSINGER)
November 4, 2018, 9:34 am
Europe’s center-right seeks champion to rise above Orban row
Largest group in EU parliament gathers to select its next leader, against backdrop of Brexit, Merkel’s imminent departure and divisions regarding Hungary’s leader
By Céline LE PRIOUX
Illustrative: Pupils gather in front of a school run by the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City on August 29, 2018, on the first day of classes after the summer holidays. (AFP PHOTO / Mahmud Hams)
September 28, 2018, 12:13 am
EU committee votes to freeze $17m in Palestinian aid over school book incitement
Cultural Tolerance monitoring forum finds text books glorify martyrdom and violent resistance, contain hate speech against Israel
By JTA
Leader of France's Rassemblement National (RN) far-right political party Marine Le Pen gestures during a party event in Mantes-la-Ville, outside Paris, on September 23, 2018. (Lucas BARIOULET/AFP)
September 26, 2018, 2:40 pm
France far-rightists win back 1 million euros, in boost for Le Pen
Paris court of appeals rules that a further 1 million was rightfully seized during investigation into suspicions National Rally had defrauded European Union
By AFP
Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid addresses the European Parliament on September 5, 2018. (screen capture: YouTube)
September 15, 2018, 8:18 pm
Palestinian activist: EU should defund BDS like Trump slashed aid for UNRWA
Bassem Eid claims boycott campaigns ‘would cease to exist within 6 months’ if funding drastically cut; EU maintains it does not support BDS efforts
By TOI staff
German politician Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, delivers a press statement at the European Parliament in Brussels on September 5, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Emmanuel DUNAND)
September 13, 2018, 11:11 pm
EU’s right torn between desire to shun Hungary and fear of boosting Euroskeptics
European Parliament’s vote to censure Viktor Orban’s government presents the assembly’s dominant center-right bloc with a dilemma ahead of election season
By AFP
Israeli security forces seen during the demolition of protest trailers near the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank on September 13, 2018. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
September 13, 2018, 5:24 pm
EU slams Israel over expected demolition of Bedouin village
European Parliament warns destruction of Khan al-Ahmar would threaten viability of two-state solution and demands compensation for EU-funded infrastructure
By TOI staff and Agencies
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, September 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
September 12, 2018, 4:32 pm
EU lawmakers move against Hungary over rule of law
Parliament initiates rare procedure that could lead to sanctions against Orban’s government for posing threat to bloc’s democratic values
By LORNE COOK and Pablo Gorondi
French President Emmanuel Macron (C, top) attends a tribute ceremony for French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris, France, on July 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD)
July 1, 2018, 6:10 am
French icon Simone Veil to be buried in Pantheon on Sunday in rare honor
Hundreds expected to pay respects as remains of Jewish Holocaust survivor, activist and politician who died last year moved to storied Paris monument
By AFP
Convicted Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled speaks at an event in Beirut in January 2009. (CC BY 2.0, Sebastian Baryli, Wikipedia)
May 31, 2018, 11:44 pm
Israel urges Ireland to cancel speech by Palestinian terrorist
Minister Gilad Erdan sends Irish education minister protest letter, calls planned video address at Dublin club by plane hijacker Leila Khaled a ‘theater of the absurd’
By Michael Bachner
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives at the European Parliament, prior to his interview on the data privacy scandal on May 22, 2018 at the European Union headquarters in Brussels. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
May 22, 2018, 11:00 pm
‘I’m sorry’, Facebook boss tells European lawmakers
Mark Zuckerberg admits executives ‘haven’t done enough’ to protect users’ privacy, pledges to continue investing in Europe
By Lachlan CARMICHAEL
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, theFacebook's developer conference, May 1, 2018, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
May 16, 2018, 9:11 pm
Facebook’s Zuckerberg agrees closed-door talks with European lawmakers
Some paliamentarians angry that hearing over Cambridge Analytica data scandal will not be held in public forum
By Alex Pigman
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