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Belgium

Brussels mayor deplores 'hooligans' who disrupted Place de la Bourse

Several hundred protesters, many of whom appeared to be right-wing nationalists, disrupted a vigil in central Brussels being held to honour the

Netherlands

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders appears in court to answer charges of hate speech

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders is back in court to answer charges of discrimination and hate speech against the country’s Moroccan minority

Norway

Mass killer Breivik appears in court in human rights case against Norway

Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced for killing 77 people five years ago. He gave a

Europe News

Martin Schulz expels Golden Dawn MEP Synadinos

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German anti-immigrant party eyes regional poll breakthrough

Voters in three German regions go to the polls on Sunday with the right-wing, anti-immigrant party Alternative für Deutschland hoping to make

Sweden

Sweden: masked men threaten to attack migrant children

Amid growing tensions over immigration in Sweden, pro and anti demonstrators have taken to the streets of Stockholm. The country of 10 million

Austria

Thousands protest in Vienna against annual right-wing ball

Thousands of protesters have marched through Vienna, to demonstrate against an annual ball, which usually attracts far-right and right-wing figures

Italy

Europe's far-right parties rally in Milan

Billed as the first congress of the Europe of Nations and Freedom Group

Italy

Migrant influx will 'impoverish European nations,' Le Pen tells far-right convention

The leader of the French National Front, Marine Le Pen, has headlined a convention of European far-right parties in Milan. It comes just weeks after

Netherlands

Dutch MP hands out defence spray against "Islamic testosterone bombs"

Dutch, far-right, anti-immigration MP Geert Wilders has handed out self-defence sprays containing red paint. The stunt, he says, is to help fearful

Finland

Finnish police tipped off about New Year harrassment by asylum seekers

Police in Finland have announced that New Year celebrations in Helsinki were marred by “widespread sexual harrassment” as women were targeted by

World News

Amazon donates proceeds from Pegida song to refugee charity

Online retailer Amazon said it will donate the proceeds from a Christmas song released by German far-right group Pegida to a refugee charity. The

France

Marine Le Pen criticised for posting pictures of ISIL on twitter account

The leader of France’s far right National Front, Marine Le Penn could face an investigation by French authorities for pictures she posted on her

Netherlands

Geert Wilders scoops politician award for third time

The Eurosceptic and anti-immigration MP Geert Wilders has been named politician of the year in a TV poll. He scooped 25 percent of the 37,000 votes

Europe News

Strasbourg voters unite against Le Pen's National Front

France’s National Front party failed to make a major breakthrough in the country’s regional elections. The party, led by Marine Le Pen, failed to win

France

'Une petite surprise' for France's far-right National Front

France’s far-right National Front has failed to win the big breakthrough it was hoping for in Sunday’s (December 13) local election run-offs after

France

France's far-right fails to win a single region in elections

There was applause for the leader but the indications are France’s far-right National Front has failed to win a single region in the second round of

France

No breakthrough for France's National Front, says new poll

France’s far-right National Front may not get enough votes to win two key regions in this weekend’s local election second-round run-offs, according

France

French PM calls for opposition vote in bid to stop National Front election win

France’s mainstream political parties are scrambling to stop the rise of the far-right National Front – after its historic first-round lead in

World News

National Front's rise to France's 'top party'

France’s National Front (FN), a kind of father-to-daughter family party, was co-founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen in the 1970s. It was popular under his