extremism

Europe News

Swedish migration minister 'horrified' by teenage son's far-right ties

Sweden’s Migration Minister Johan Forssell has revealed that his teenage son was involved with far-right extremist groups, following a tip-off from the Swedish security service, Säpo.

11/07/2025

Tech News

Extremism and video games: How extremist groups are grooming children

The identification and reporting of a chat on a gaming platform between two minors preparing an armed attack on a school likely resulted in innocent lives being saved. According to experts, reporting extremist content by users themselves is key to tackling the problem.

29/06/2025

Sweden

Sweden charges man over 2015 killing of Jordanian pilot burned alive

Osama Krayem, 32, has been charged with war crimes and terrorism over his alleged role in a 2015 execution by the so-called Islamic State group in Syria.

28/05/2025

Europe News

Neo-Nazi cult leader extradited to US for plot to kill Jewish children

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old originally from Georgia, was arraigned on Friday before a federal judge in Brooklyn on multiple felonies, including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence.

23/05/2025

Germany

Germany arrests five for alleged right-wing extremist plot and attacks

The suspects — aged 14 to 18 — are believed to have been members of a right-wing extremist organisation that calls itself "The Last Wave of Defence".

21/05/2025

Europe News

Germany designates AfD as right-wing extremist organisation

Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has designated AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, citing xenophobic stances as the reason.

02/05/2025

Europe News

Populists and extremists are EPP's main competitors, Weber says

In an interview with Euronews, EPP President Manfred Weber warned of an authoritarian wave in Europe, pledging never to cooperate with far-right parties like France's National Rally or Germany’s AfD, whom he accused of threatening European unity and democratic values.

29/04/2025

Europe News

Thousands protest in Germany against far-right extremism

The far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany is currently polling in second place as the country prepares to head to the ballot box on 23 February.

09/02/2025

Sweden

Swedish police say man who burned Quran in public has been killed

The incidents caused international outrage, and the ensuing protests helped fuel tensions over immigration from the Middle East and predominantly Muslim countries.

30/01/2025

Culture news

Musk ex-partner Grimes ‘happy to denounce Nazi-ism' after his salute

Musk has been criticised for making two Nazi-like gestures at President Donald Trump's inauguration. His ex-partner, the singer Grimes, has distanced herself from him, while Musk has defended himself in a typically disgraceful way.

22/01/2025

Mali

Extremists attack military training camp in Mali, army says

The army said the situation was under control and asked people to avoid the area after reporters heard two explosions and saw smoke rise.

17/09/2024

Europe Decoded

Euroviews. Why Islamism will continue to threaten liberal democracies in Europe

Just as in the fight against right-wing extremism, clear lines must be drawn with Islamists, not just concerning the question of violence but regarding their stance on democratic core values, Gülden Hennemann writes.

29/08/2024

Europe News

Third suspect arrested over foiled Taylor Swift concert terror plot

The failed foil attack on Taylor Swift's concert is part of a bigger pattern according to experts.

09/08/2024

Ireland

Sinn Fein tries to claw back Irish votes as anti-immigrant anger rises

Not long ago looking like a government-in-waiting, Ireland's leftist nationalist party suddenly finds itself out of step with a core constituency.

02/08/2024

Europe News

Germany moves to reinforce constitutional court against extremism

The plan aims to prevent the country's highest court from potential future constitutional changes by extremist politicians.

23/07/2024

Sport

UEFA investigates Turkey's Demiral for ultra-nationalist gesture

After scoring his second goal against Austria, Demiral made a hand signal commonly used by Turkey's extremist Grey Wolves group.

03/07/2024

Germany

French football captain warns against 'extremes' before election

Kylian Mbappé urged people to vote in France's legislative elections saying: "we can see that the extremes are knocking on the door of power.”

16/06/2024

Europe News

Germany far-right 'Reichsbürger' coup plot trial begins

The self-declared Prince Heinrich XIII, a judge and ex-military officers allegedly planned to violently topple the German government.

21/05/2024

Spain

Euroviews. 20 years after the Madrid attacks, violent extremism is far from over

As we reflect on the lessons learned in the past two decades, it is clear that there are no easy solutions or quick fixes to the threat posed by Islamist terrorism, Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler writes.

11/03/2024

Germany

Imprisoned German extremist found guilty in jailbreak trial

Stephan Baillet live-streamed his 2019 armed assault on a synagogue, in which he killed two.

27/02/2024