Tag: European Union
Serbia’s leader chooses Chinese-made vaccine for own shot
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic finally rolled up his sleeve for a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday and to encourage his country's increasingly skeptical...
Top EU officials meet Erdogan for talks on migration, trade
ANKARA, Turkey — The European Union's top officials met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday, weeks after Erdogan took conciliatory...
Official: EU agency to confirm AstraZeneca blood clot link
ROME — A top official at the European Medicines Agency said in an interview published Tuesday there is a causal link between AstraZeneca's coronavirus...
Cyprus kicks off new registry declaring true company owners
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A new digital registry obliging Cyprus-based companies to declare their true owners puts the east Mediterranean island nation in line with...
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,...
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...
