Tag: European Union
Prime minister hopes to make Albania a ‘tourism champion’
TIRANA, Albania — Albania's prime minister hopes to win reelection this weekend so he can work on making one of Europe's poorest countries a...
Turkey summons Swedish envoy over contacts with Syrian Kurds
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey summoned Sweden's ambassador on Tuesday to protest Swedish government officials’ contacts with Syrian Kurdish groups that Ankara classifies as terror...
Balancing act: Dutch PM eases lockdown amid infection rise
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a significant easing in his country's months-long coronavirus lockdown Tuesday, calling it a...
Hungary’s poor Roma children struggle with digital education
BODVASZILAS, Hungary — Mihaly Horvath, a 12-year-old in a village in northeastern Hungary, can't wait for his school to reopen.
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EU expands sanctions against Myanmar military, companies
BANGKOK — The European Union expanded its sanctions against Myanmar’s military leaders and army-controlled companies ahead of a regional meeting to discuss the worsening...
Merkel defends German/Russian pipeline construction
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday defended her country's ongoing cooperation with Russia on the building of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline...
Biden urges to Kosovo continue ‘essential’ talks with Serbia
PRISTINA, Kosovo — U.S. President Joe Biden has urged Kosovo's government to continue a dialogue on normalizing ties with neighboring Serbia and said that...
In race to rearm, Greece seeks partnerships, more hardware
ANDRAVIDA, Greece — Greece has vowed to expand military cooperation with traditional NATO allies as well as Middle Eastern powers in a race to...
German Greens launch chancellor bid as Merkel bloc squabbles
BERLIN — Germany's environmentalist Greens were set to announce Monday who will make the party's first run for the chancellery in September's national election,...
EU foreign ministers talk amid uproar over Ukraine, Navalny
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers on Monday were assessing the bloc's strategy toward Russia in the wake of the military buildup on Ukraine's...