Caio Giulio Cesare Mussolini, the 51-year-old great-grandson of Benito Mussolini, is running as a candidate from the Italian party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) in the May European Parliament elections. In an exclusive interview with Sputnik-Italia Mussolini has discussed his reasons for entering politics and important issues facing Europe. Sputnik: Why did you decide to give up your prestigious... 

Germany’s far right AfD party looks set for a huge election win in a bombshell vote that could force Angela Merkel out early. The party stands a good chance of winning the most seats in the east of the country this autumn, which would be a serious blow to the German chancellor. Although the AfD’s poll ratings remain in the low teens for Germany as a whole, it’s expected to seize control of dozens... 

The Schengen agreement and the current migrant-sharing mechanism are deeply flawed and need urgent fixing, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. Europe must “have borders” even if it means a smaller Schengen zone, he said. In the first major press conference since the Yellow Vest movement took off in November, Macron unveiled a range of policy measures to placate the protesters, including... 

The name game began online after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that he would suggest naming a new community in the Golan Heights after US President Donald Trump to his ministers. Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to introduce a resolution to eternalise Donald Trump in the Golan Heights to the government after Passover, which wraps up on Saturday, 27 April. This pledge has lead to heated discussions,... 

Der Spiegel has reported that Germany’s AfD party has invited US President Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon to a media conference in Berlin. Steve Bannon has been offering advisory support to a number of European populist groups prior to the European elections. Sputnik discussed this with Christian Weiland, AFD supporter, security officer for the AFD, former AfD member in... 

Today, around 120,000 Syriac Christians reside in Sweden. While many of them fled genocide in the Middle East, attacks against their churches and threats against their organisations are still not uncommon. Following repeated threats, the Syriac National Federation in Sweden has stepped up security measures, from camera surveillance to its own security guards, the news outlet Samhällsnytt reported. A... 

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp unexpectedly blocked a channel belonging to the Spanish left-wing Podemos Party less than a week before the general election, sparking accusations of meddling. The party’s account was blocked on Monday following a political debate held the day before. Podemos Communications Secretary Juanma del Olmo was the first to report the blocking. “We have... 

Despite a defense budget bigger than the next 7 countries combined, the US says Russia is pulling ahead in a new arms race, and the Pentagon has no choice but to rely on its nuclear deterrent. But how sincere are they being? “It takes two to race,” David Trachtenberg, the US deputy undersecretary of defense, said this week, adding that America is “not interested in matching the Russians system... 

France’s Marine Le Pen, one of the leading right-wing voices in the European Union, is throwing her political weight behind Italian hard-line Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to set up a major populist group in the EU legislature after next month’s elections. The head of France’s National Rally party said that “we have mandated Matteo Salvini… to try to build this very big group of the Defense... 

Kim Jong-un’s armored train has reached Vladivostok, a city in Russia’s Far East, which will host the first-ever meeting between Kim and President Vladimir Putin. The summit, which is scheduled for Thursday, will be hosted by the Far Eastern Federal University at its new campus on Russky Island, which is across the bridge from Vladivostok. The program of the visit has largely been kept secret,... 

President Kushner announced Tuesday he’ll be presenting his “humanitarian” immigration plan to White House aide Donald Trump for looking over in the coming days. No doubt supporters of former President Donald Trump will be giddy to see all the wonders President Kushner has in store for our country’s immigration laws after his Democrat-approved criminal justice reform and all his other greatest... 

Mexico shows USA who is boss! Washington Examiner just reported that Mexican soldiers crossed over into American territory and arrested American troops at gunpoint over conducting border support operations. This must be the biggest humiliation America has suffered in the last 10 years or so and its kind of shocking that this has happened under Donald Trump was supposed to be such a great patriot and... 

Democratic 2020 hopeful Bernie Sanders called the government of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu “racist” during a CNN town hall. Another blue candidate, Beto O’Rourke, used similar wording to blast the Israeli leader. Speaking on Monday, the popular Vermont senator was asked to comment on how his long-standing criticism of Netanyahu – who this month won a highly contested election and secured... 

Following the slaughter of nearly 300 people, many of them Christians, by Islamic terrorists in Sri Lanka, the mainstream media is worried about ‘right-wing anger’ and “violence against Muslims”. Yes, really. The Washington Post published a story entitled Christianity under attack? Sri Lanka church bombings stoke far-right anger in the West. The article downplays the notion of Christianity... 

The French unit will be deployed in Estonia, just 140 kilometres away from Russia. The deployment is Paris’ contribution to the increased NATO presence in the Baltic States and Poland. Russia has long voiced alarm over the alliance’s activities near its borders. A unit of 300 soldiers from the French Army and the Foreign Legion is expected to arrive in the Estonian town of Tapa, just 140 kilometres...