Tag: European Union
Countries eager to reopen to travel as pandemic recedes
Countries reliant on tourism are racing to reopen borders and revive economies decimated by the pandemic.
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Biden calls Belarus plane diversion an ‘outrageous incident’
President Joe Biden on Monday said the forced diversion by Belarus of a commercial passenger jet so it could arrest an opposition journalist was...
Threats mount up against top European beauty spot in Hungary
SZIGLIGET, Hungary — Fishermen in small, wooden boats drift among the reeds and placid waters of Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe...
4th Czech health minister resigns since start of pandemic
PRAGUE — The Czech Republic on Tuesday lost its fourth health minister since the coronavirus pandemic struck last year.
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European planes skirt Belarus amid fury at dissident arrest
MOSCOW — European airlines began skirting Belarus on Tuesday at the urging of the European Union, which also imposed new sanctions to punish the...
Polish, Czech leaders seek to resolve spat over coal mine
WARSAW, Poland — Intensive talks were being held Tuesday between leaders of Poland and neighboring Czech Republic in an attempt to solve a years-long...
EU leaders agree to donate 100 million doses of vaccines
BRUSSELS — EU leaders agreed Tuesday to donate at least 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to poorer nations by the end of the...
Migration lawsuit launched against EU’s border agency
BRUSSELS — Human rights lawyers said Tuesday that they have launched legal action against the European Union’s border and coast guard agency at the...
Social media heavyweights wooed for Pfizer smear campaign
LE PECQ, France — Social media influencers in France with hundreds of thousands of followers say a mysterious advertising agency offered to pay them...
Boris Johnson’s former ally Cummings slams UK virus response
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being accused of overseeing a chaotic government whose failure to act quickly against the coronavirus caused...