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Kalina, who seldom appears in public, was photographed with her husband, Antonio José “Kitín” Muñoz, and son, Simeon Hassan Munoz, in Sofia, the capital of the southeastern European country. After the photos became public, people began commenting on the princess’ incredibly muscular arms. The 52-year-old has devoted herself to training these past years, but her arm muscles were not always so pronounced, as per the Sloboden Pečat. The photos were reportedly taken at the funeral ceremony of Tsar Ferdinand I on May 29. The remains of the first tsar of Bulgaria after five centuries of Ottoman rule were repatriated to...

Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has closed down the Islamic Centre Hamburg, along with its "Blue Mosque", accusing it of propagating extremism and being "a front" for the Iranian government. On Wednesday morning, hundreds of armed state policemen stormed Hamburg's Imam-Ali-Mosque, commonly referred to as "Blue Mosque" due to its turquoise facade, which is run by the Islamic Centre Hamburg (IZH). Fifty-three institutions and mosques in five different states across Germany with alleged ties to the centre were also subject to raids. In addition to the centre in Hamburg, authorities banned nationwide subsidiaries in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin. In a...

The horrifying attack on an Australian tourist in Paris last weekend is just the latest alleged gang rape on the streets of the French capital. In the wake of the shocking news, Parisian women have revealed their safety fears, while police have voiced concerns in the run up to the Olympics. Following the brutal attack which has sent shockwaves through the city, MailOnline spoke to several women in Pigalle. The recurring response was one of disbelief and horror - and concern about the safety of being out on the city's streets after dark. Aurelia Desnot, a 21-year-old student, said: 'The...

A professional soccer game was suspended in Norway when fans threw fish cakes and other objects onto the field to protest the use of a Video Assistant Referee, or VAR. The Norwegian Eliteserien game between Rosenborg BK and Lillestrom was initially stopped mere minutes after kickoff due to the fish cakes raining down on the field. Players returned to the field from the locker room, but the game was stopped a second time when fans from both sides continued to throw fish cakes, and started adding tennis balls and smoke bombs into the mix. The game was officially suspended after...

Hollywood star Sharon Stone has revealed that she is considering moving to Europe if former President Donald Trump wins in November. In a red carpet interview at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, where she was being honored with a lifetime achievement award, Sharon Stone didn’t mention Trump by name but made her political opinion abundantly clear. “Well I’m certainly considering a house here, and I think that’s an intelligent construct at this time,” the Basic Instinct star told Deadline.

On Tuesday President Emmanuel Macron accepting the resignation of his Prime Minister Gabriel Attal but asking Attal to stay on in a caretaker role. On the Left the ranks of the "New Popular Front" frayed and divided with debate and discussion about unity in general and the need to unify around a particular candidate for Prime Minister. On Thursday the forces of President Macron won the vote to select a President of the National Assembly... On Friday leading Leftist politician Jean-Luc Melenchon said the Socialist Party is standing in the way of him being nominated as the next Prime Minister......

undreds of flights were cancelled at British airports yesterday due to the fault ... Travel disruption is continuing today as trains are hit in Crowdstrike outage with ticket machines and scanners going down at London stations. The meltdown chaos comes after the world's biggest IT disaster struck, with thousands of Brits stranded abroad. It happened on one of year's busiest travel days, with families now desperately queuing at Dover Port in an attempt to get home. After another 45 flights were cancelled today, 28,000 Brits are fighting to get a seat on a plane. Some passengers stuck overseas have been...

In a shocking display of political manipulation, the left-wing establishment, terrified of the rising right, has trampled on democratic principles by enforcing a cordon sanitaire to block Orban’s Patriots for Europe from their rightful positions, betraying the will of millions of voters.A disgraceful spectacle is unfolding in the European Parliament. The left-wing establishment has united to exclude Viktor Orbán’s new “Patriots for Europe” group from offices that are rightfully theirs. This coordinated effort, known as a cordon sanitaire, is a blatant attack on democracy, showing the left’s desperation as they face the growing power and influence of right-wing voices in...

Political violence against the right is raging, but the left appears to tacitly — and sometimes openly — endorse it... On Wednesday, the Patriots for Europe Group in the European Parliament initiated a plenary debate and a resolution condemning political violence, including the attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump, the current presidential candidate, but the majority of MEPs voted against it, Kinga Gál, the group’s first vice-president, said in Strasbourg. At her press conference, Kinga Gál criticized the EU parliament for doing virtually nothing to combat the political violence that has already been rife in Europe. She cited...

An explosion at a high rise building in Tel Aviv early Friday morning. One killed, eight wounded...drone attack... Disturbances in the Harehills section of Leeds, England... Comedian Bob Newhart dead at the age of 94... Longtime business news anchor Lou Dobbs dead... A police officer attacked with a knife in Paris this evening... French politics the election of a President of the National Assembly... An Air India Boeing 777 airliner...making an emergency landing...Krasnoyarsk in Russia...a technical issue... US politics the latest release of polls all done in various key states showing leads for Donald Trump... "Senior Democrats believe that Joe...

LONDON -- The U.K. government was ill-prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic and serious errors in planning failed its citizens, an inquiry found Thursday. Retired judge Heather Hallett, who is leading the ongoing inquiry, said the government wrongly believed in 2019 that it was one of the best-prepared countries in the world for an outbreak and it anticipated the wrong pandemic — influenza. “This belief was dangerously mistaken," Hallett said in releasing her first report. “In reality, the U.K. was ill-prepared for dealing with the whole-system civil emergency of a pandemic, let alone the coronavirus pandemic that actually struck.” The COVID-19...

The UK has become the first European country to approve lab-grown meat to be sold to the public, with the synthetically developed protein expected to appear on the shelves as early as this year. British regulators have given the approval to UK-based firm Meatly to begin selling its lab-grown meat as dog food to the public. The approval paves the way for taste-test trials with dogs to begin for its new pet food, which will include proteins derived from cultivated chicken cells. The co-founder and CEO of the startup, Owen Ensor told The Telegraph on Wednesday: “The European Union has...

The Welsh Labour government is set to scrap its blanket 20mph speed limits just a year after they were introduced. Ken Skates, the Welsh transport minister, admitted 'errors have been made' with the scheme, which is set to be reverted in September this year with the introduction of new guidance across the country. This will allow local authorities to raise the speed limit to be back to 30mph on certain roads 'outside urban centres and rural residential roads with no nearby facilities'. They will also be increased on major routes, such as bus corridors, with minimal cyclist and pedestrian traffic...

In reaction to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, leading left-wing political figures in Europe pointed the finger at gun rights in America, with the former head of the UK Labour Party in the European Parliament saying that Republicans “reap what they sow” for defending the Second Amendment. The failed assassination attempt on former president and current frontrunner in the 2024 election Donald Trump at a campaign rally, which claimed the life of an audience member and left two others critically wounded, is already being used for political points scoring to forward the anti-gun agenda of the left in Europe....

Europeans Aren’t As Crazy As We AreOr, to be more specific, their left isn’t as crazy as our left. One instance among many is the United Kingdom’s relatively sane reaction to the “trans” hysteria that gripped the world’s leftists a few years ago. In America, “trans” ideology remains rampant, but in Europe it has been reined in. Thus, for instance, Britain has shut down its notorious Tavistock “child gender identity clinic.”In the last days of the Conservatives’ majority, they enacted an emergency ban on prescription of puberty blockers for children, the heart of the “trans” regime. In the wake of...

Discover the hidden marvel of Cyprus: the Terracotta Army of Agia Eirini. Rivaling China's famous warriors, this extraordinary collection of over 2,000 clay figures offers a unique window into ancient Mediterranean life. Uncover the accidental discovery by a local priest, the meticulous excavation by Swedish archaeologists, and the sanctuary's evolution over 700 years.From fertility rituals to warrior cults, witness the changing beliefs of ancient Cyprus through its remarkable terracotta figures. Learn how this incredible find reshaped our understanding of ancient Mediterranean culture and continues to captivate the world today. Join us on a journey through time as we explore one...

Robert Fico, the Slovak Prime Minister who was seriously injured in an attempted assassination shooting in May, has said the Trump attack was a “carbon copy” scenario and blamed hostile media and Trump’s political opponents for creating an atmosphere of hate. The populist prime minister of Slovakia, who only recently re-emerged into the public eye after he was shot multiple times in the abdomen by an activist and government critic, said the attempt on President Trump’s life was like a “carbon copy” in a statement on Sunday morning.

"although the far right came out on top in the first round with nearly 11 million votes, you clearly refused to allow it to enter the Government, In the end no one won..." That's part of the letter President Emmanuel Macron released Wednesday evening his first formal response to the National Assembly elections. Meanwhile on the Left the "New Popular Front" demanded the right to form a government by virtue of controlling 180 of the 577 seats... The Palestinian flags evident in today's protest. "Solidarity" with Palestinians advertised as a theme in today's demonstration. The Yellow Vests parade of a...

“Which country in the world allows itself to be exploited in this manner?”.. The argument that mass migration is needed to support GDP levels and pay for pensions took another blow when it was revealed 47.3% of welfare recipients in Germany are foreign migrants. According to newly released government statistics, nearly half of the 5.49 million people in Germany on benefits are foreign migrants, four percentage points higher than in 2022. €42.6 billion euros is now being paid out in welfare compared to to €36.6 billion in 2022. “In addition, there was another record €6.3 billion worth of administration costs...

Three-quarters of Europe’s Jewish community hide their identities as they fear being harassed or attacked by anti-Semites. Jews in EU member states are in the grip of a “rising tide of anti-Semitism”, an EU rights agency that conducted the survey said, as it blamed increased tensions over the war in Gaza. Across Europe, 76 per cent said in the survey they hid their Jewish identity “at least occasionally” while 34 per cent said they took care to avoid Jewish events or places as they did not feel “safe” there. Sirpa Rautio, the director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights...