We must not politicise sports, said French President Emmanuel Macron, who will travel to Qatar to support the French team if it reaches the semi-final, the Elysée said earlier this week. A few days before the start of the World…
The last restrictive COVID-19 measures, including the use of masks in pharmacies and keeping a 1.5-meter distance in commercial establishments, will be removed, Bulgarian authorities announced on Wednesday. The restrictions were introduced in Bulgaria on 13 March 2020 – five…
A rescue ship carrying 230 migrants docked at the French port of Toulon on Friday (11 November) amid a blazing row between France and Italy over which country is responsible for them. The Ocean Viking, operated by a French NGO,…
Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon survived the no-confidence motion tabled by the opposition after the recent recall of Slovenia’s ambassador to the United States. The motion against the minister and leader of the Social Democrats (SD) was backed by only 22…
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner, who met with the country’s nine state governors late on Wednesday, failed to come to an agreement on tackling the current refugee housing crisis in the country. Austria, which currently houses some 70,000 Ukrainian refugees, is…
Russia’s November 9 announcement of a general withdrawal from Kherson is further confirmation that Vladimir Putin is losing the war. The Battle of Kherson itself is still far from over, of course. Ahead are days and possibly weeks of further…
The economy has entered a “mild recession”, the Czech Finance Ministry admitted in its macroeconomic forecast for November, which also predicts stagnation and a high 9.5% inflation rate for 2023. “The current mild recession is not in itself a tragedy;…
Lawmakers in the European Parliament overwhelmingly endorsed Croatia’s accession to the Schengen area on Thursday (10 November), arguing that such a move would help improve the protection of migrants’ human rights at the EU’s external borders. The European Commission gave…
Lobbyists simply do not declare themselves as ‘lobbyists', and thus submit no information into the lobbying register — and thus game over for transparency (Photo: Daniel Huizinga) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has started the consultation process…
Why did Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine? The answer to this question really depends on when you’re asking. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Russian dictator focused his ire on NATO and sought to blame rising tensions around…
The European Union must actively counter Russian propaganda in Africa, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates, Greens/EFA) said at Monday’s meeting of Special Representatives for the Sahel regions in Prague. The meeting, organised by the Czech EU Council presidency, was…
Foreign investors will be barred from participating in the €1 billion-plus project to build a new rail track to Slovenia’s sole seaport, according to a bill proposed by the Infrastructure Ministry, effectively slashing the idea of involving Hungary in the…