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Democracy Digest: Polish Government Takes Heart from Hungary’s Win at CJEU

The controversy over the tax has been rumbling on since June 2014, when the Hungarian parliament passed a law levying a progressive tax on advertising revenues of all media companies, including newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations and billboard companies.

ING Survey: Three in five Romanians make home-buying decision in three months at the most

Three in five Romanians make the decision to buy a new home in no more than three months, and most view a maximum of five properties before the purchase, found an international ING survey on home ownership. "Although half of Romanians say that finding a home that ticked all their selection criteria was difficult, they were the most determined and fastest to decide in Europe in 2020.

Germans see refugees as biggest problem despite falling numbers

More than half of Germans see refugees and integration as Germany's biggest problem, a survey showed, despite the number of newcomers falling significantly on the year. 

A record 890,000 mainly Muslim migrants from the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere arrived in Europe's largest economy in 2015, prompting concerns about security and integration. 

Merkel “sits” on a toilet in first German Charlie Hebdo edition

Angela Merkel sits on a toilet, a copy of Charlie Hebdo in hand, and the slogan “Charlie Hebdo, the newspaper that relaxes” … This is the poster chosen by the satirical weekly for the launch on Thursday, December 1 of its German version, the satirical magazine’s first experience outside the French borders. The same edition will be launched in Vienna.

Greek-German FMs meet with resolve to tighten relations

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday that we must cooperation between Germans and Greeks should seen as having mutual benefit. Following his meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, he said that both countries should work to strengthen the two countries mutual trust.