The Czech Republic’s president, Milos Zeman, who has coronavirus, has appointed the country’s new prime minister, Petr Fiala, from inside…
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Poland blames ‘puppet master’ Vladimir Putin for migrant crisis as numbers grow on Belarus border
Poland is blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for its migrant crisis on its border with Belarus. On Monday there were…
Thousands condemn Poland’s abortion restrictions after woman dies
The Polish health authorities have told doctors it is legal to terminate a pregnancy when the mother’s health is in…
European Court of Justice orders Poland to pay €1m per day over judicial independence dispute
The top European Union court has ordered Poland to pay €1 million per day over the nationalist government’s ongoing legal…
Hungary’s six-party opposition coalition selects political outsider to challenge Viktor Orban in next year’s election
Peter Marki-Zay, a conservative provincial mayor in Hungary, has been selected to challenge populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in next…
EU and Poland rift deepens over declaration of supremacy of Polish law
Brussels has warned Poland that it risks exclusion from the European Union if it continues to defy the supremacy of…
Czech PM Babis fights off Pandora Papers money laundering claims ahead of general election
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis is fighting off revelations of huge overseas assets in the Pandora Papers while he prepares…
3 Oct 2021
European Union brokers deal to ease Kosovo-Serbia border tension
1 Oct 2021
Albania asks for international help to deal with migrants from Greece
26 Sep 2021
Ukraine withdraws Hungary ambassador over gas deal with Russia
24 Sep 2021
EU commissioner looks to ease Cypriot anger over arrival of migrants from Turkey
13 Sep 2021
Pope Francis urges Hungarians to embrace those in need and fight anti-Semitism
13 Sep 2021
US tries to reassure Ukraine over Russia’s completed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany
4 Sep 2021
EU condemns Belarusian use of migrants as Poland imposes state of emergency
2 Sep 2021
Poland’s anti-migrant government refuses to allow Afghan migrants to leave border zone
31 Aug 2021