Tag: European Union
Russia opposition leader Navalny describes prison conditions
MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny described tight controls at his prison in a letter posted Monday, saying they include hourly checks during...
EU mulls visa pressure so African states take back migrants
BRUSSELS — European Union ministers on Monday debated ways to persuade northern African countries to take back migrants denied entry into the 27-nation bloc,...
Top Portugal court nixes euthanasia law, says it’s imprecise
LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s Constitutional Court on Monday blocked a law passed by parliament introducing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill and gravely...
UN says international diplomacy crucial to end Syria’s war
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Syria said Monday that international diplomacy is crucial to end Syria’s 10-year war and it’s important...
Germany postpones vaccination summit over AstraZeneca furor
BERLIN — The German government said Tuesday it will postpone a virtual summit on the country's vaccination efforts until after the European Medicines Agency...
UK shifts policy focus toward India and Pacific post Brexit
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday will unveil plans to shift Britain’s foreign policy focus toward India and the Pacific as the...
Greek, Turkish diplomats hold talks after year of strain
ATHENS, Greece — Senior diplomats from Greece and Turkey are meeting in Athens on Tuesday in an effort to ease long-standing tensions between the...
Pandemic sets back Italian women’s long fight for jobs
ROME — One of hundreds of thousands of women in Italy who lost jobs in the pandemic, Laura Taddeo has a masters degree in...
Hungarian far-right party protests lockdown
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Demonstrators in Hungary’s capital broke a ban on public gatherings on Monday to demand an end to the country's lockdown restrictions,...
Watching the watchers: who’s at the helm of EU’s Frontex?
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex, the pride of the 27-nation bloc’s vast effort to keep watch over its...