Tag: European Union
Hungary to ease lockdown after hitting vaccination milestone
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's prime minister says some lockdown restrictions will be lifted Wednesday after more than a quarter of the population has been...
Czechs partially ease lockdown; kids to return to school
PRAGUE — The Czech government on Tuesday approved the first easing of its tight lockdown in one of the European Union's hardest-hit countries, allowing...
UN mission says 50 men pushed back into Bosnia from Croatia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The United Nations mission in Bosnia called Monday for urgent action to stop violent pushbacks and collective expulsions of refugees, asylum-seekers...
Virus pandemic overshadows Bulgarian parliamentary election
SOFIA, Bulgaria — After months of nationwide anti-government protests over corruption, stalled reforms and a stagnating economy in the European Union’s poorest member state,...
Russian FM says relations with West have ‘hit the bottom’
MOSCOW — Russia's top diplomat said Thursday that the country's relations with the United States and its allies have “hit the bottom” and no...
Populist leaders meet, seek ‘European renaissance’
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted talks Thursday with populist politicians from Italy and Poland in a bid to create a...
Putin critic Navalny loses weight, blames harsh prison
MOSCOW — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost a substantial amount of weight in custody, his organization said Thursday, a day after...
New Slovak govt sworn in to end crisis over Russian vaccine
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s president on Thursday swore in a new coalition government to end a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to...
Hungarian journalists demand access to COVID wards
BUDAPEST, Hungary — More than two dozen Hungarian media outlets on Wednesday sent an open letter to the government demanding greater transparency and access...
EU takes Poland to court over judicial independence concerns
BRUSSELS — The European Union is referring Poland to Europe's top court over long-standing concerns about respect for the rule of law and the...