German far-right AfD party files lawsuit over 'right-wing extremist' designation
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has filed a lawsuit against the country's agency tasked with protecting the constitution after it designated the party as "right-wing extremist" last Friday.
Daniel Tapp, a spokesperson for the AfD's co-leader Alice Weidel, told dpa news agency that a letter outlining this was sent to the responsible administrative court in Cologne.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) on Friday designated the AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation.
Germany’s Merz fails to be elected chancellor in shock first-round parliamentary vote
Friedrich Merz failed to be elected German chancellor Tuesday, after he fell short of securing a majority in a shock first-round parliamentary vote.
Merz needed at least 316 votes to become chancellor and only 310 members of parliament voted in his favor. Germany’s Bundestag has a total of 630 members.
Germany designates rising far-right AfD party as ‘extremist’ group
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday designated the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, as an “extremist endeavor,” a move that lowers hurdles for the spy agency in conducting certain kinds of surveillance on the party, the second-largest in Germany’s parliament.
Intelligence agency classifies country's popular Alternative for Germany party as 'extremist'
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution or BfV, on Friday classified the country’s popular Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as "extremist." "Central to our assessment is the ethnically and ancestrally defined concept of the people that shapes the AfD, which devalues entire segments of the population in Germany and violates their human dignity," the BfV said, explaining its decision.
India Soon To Surpass UK As Largest Migrant Community In Australia: ABS
Authored by Daniel Y. Teng and Naziya Alvi Rahman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Australia’s population is now more multicultural than ever, with over 8.6 million residents born overseas—about 31.5 percent of the total population. The biggest surge came from India, which is expected to surpass the UK as the top country of birth for migrants later this year. The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that in 2025, there were 963,560 migrants from the UK, 916,330 from India, 700,120 from China (excluding Hong Kong...
Power restored in Spain and Portugal but reason for blackout remains a mystery
The reason behind the massive blackout that had hit Spain and Portugal on Monday remained unclear, with some isolated disruptions persisting on the following day after the majority of power was restored.
One of the biggest power outages in Europe grounded flights, paralysed train services, disrupted mobile communications and caused ATMs to shut down across the Iberian Peninsula.
Large parts of Spain, Portugal struck by massive power outage
A massive power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, knocking out traffic lights and forcing the evacuation of subway systems in both countries, among other disruptions. It is being blamed on a "rare atmospheric phenomenon," reports said.
Spain and Portugal scramble to restore power as officials chase cause of outage
A sweeping power outage left millions of people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France without electricity on Monday, leading to chaotic scenes and widespread disruption.
A problem with the power connection between France and Spain was a contributing factor to the outage, the head of a trade body that represents Europe's power industry said.
Kristian Ruby, of Eurelectric, told the BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight a "specific incident with an interconnector between France and Spain" occurred on Monday...
Massive power outage hits Spain, Portugal and parts of France
A massive power outage paralyzed Spain and Portugal on Monday in an incident with no immediate explanation.
Power outages sweep across Portugal, Spain, other parts of Europe
Power and cell phone outages struck across the Iberian Peninsula and other portions of Europe Monday, with disruptions reported in Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Andorra and France.
As of around 9 a.m. EDT, issues with the European electric grid had been reported, and millions of people through the affected nations were without electricity.