Europe

On Jan. 20, 1942, high-ranking Nazi officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to plan the systematic destruction of European Jewry.

Portuguese authorities taking a closer look at decision to grant citizenship to billionaire under law that allows descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled during Inquisition.

Polish Senate formally approves the formation of a committee to investigate evidence that three critics of the country's right-wing government were hacked with the spyware.

Still not apologizing for comments about an official inquiry into Labour party antisemitism, former leader Jeremy Corbyn mulls upgrading his social charity into a political party.

Church calls flag a "horrendous symbol incompatible with Christianity."

"We're Christians, so we can't be antisemitic," co-president of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians party says after Israeli Ambassador to Romania David Saranga condemns party's message.

Head of Poland's ruling conservative party Jaroslaw Kaczynski says Pegasus product used by country's secret agencies to fight crime and corruption, calls allegations "hysteria."

Far-right and right-wing leaders fume as the flag goes up at one of the most famous monuments in France. European affairs minister downplays controversy, says banner was "taken down as planned."

The decision comes after reports that sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group had been used against government opponents.

Around 30,000 Jews whose ancestors were expelled from Portugal during the Inquisition in the 15th century are believed to have obtained Portuguese citizenship to date.