USR PLUS has filed a censure motion against the government it is still part of as its ministers are set to resign Monday. The centrist party, a member of the Renew Europe group, wants to oust Prime Minister Florin Citu,...
The increased mortality from COVID-19 may result in a new strict lockdown in Bulgaria, caretaker Health Minister Stoycho Katsarov has admitted. Read more. Bulgaria currently has some of the most liberal restrictive measures in the EU, the highest mortality rate...
The unvaccinated who have been tested negative or have recovered from the virus in the past half-year will also have the opportunity to attend the visit of Pope Francis in Slovakia from 12-15 September, the Conference of Slovak Bishops announced...
The EU, the UN and the United States on Sunday (5 September) condemned what appears to be a military coup d’état in Guinea.
Hungary’s government is once again extending the so-called mass immigration state of emergency, Telex reported via state news agency MTI. The special legal order was first declared by the government in March 2016, and since then it has been extended every six months. The...
“Assuming a higher immunisation rate, we can lift these measures. That is the message we have today,” Vojtěch said, mentioning the possible end of mandatory masks in indoor areas or limits currently applied to public events. Only 54% of Czech...
Poland, which had one of the highest vaccination rates in the EU just two months ago, is now failing to meet the current EU average of 77% as only about 60% of Poles are vaccinated with at least one dose,...
German ambassador to China Jan Hecker has died, barely two weeks into the job, the European nation's foreign office said on Monday (6 September).
About 1,000 people, including Americans, have been stuck in Afghanistan for days awaiting clearance for their charter flights to leave, an organizer told Reuters, blaming the delay on the US State Department.
A group of coronavirus deniers and anti-vaccination protesters stormed the headquarters of the Slovenian public broadcaster last Friday, managing to get into the newsroom studio before the police intervened. The incident occurred after the group had been protesting against Covid-19...
***This article has been updated with a quote from the minister. The proposal made by EU defence ministers of a European rapid reaction force to respond quickly to crises in the wake of the Afghanistan crisis has not been welcomed...
In the coming weeks, the Italian government will look into the possibility of making vaccination obligatory across the country, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza told Corriere Della Sera in an interview on Sunday. The minister said waiting for the vaccines’ full approval by...
Bulgaria will head to its third national election this year, after the Socialists became the third political party to refuse to lead a government following July's inconclusive parliamentary election.
The Greek government is expected to appoint on Monday former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides as minister of the newly established civil protection ministry. The move comes after Evangelos Apostolakis, a former admiral and defence...
During a state visit to Serbia on Saturday, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said he would continue to support Serbia’s EU accession path, emphasising the good cooperation between the two countries in the fight against illegal migration. “Together, we fight illegal...
French Green candidates Delphine Batho, Jean-Marc Governatori, Yannick Jadot, Eric Piolle and Sandrine Rousseau went head-to-head in a televised debate on Sunday – less than two weeks ahead of a primary election meant to appoint the official green candidate for...
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) over the weekend publicly attacked SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz (SPD), saying he should not “cheat and deceive” when it comes to the current domestic discussion over armed drones. Kramp-Karrenbauer criticised Scholz on Twitter...
The impasse over the Northern Ireland protocol risks creating a “cold mistrust” in EU–UK relations, the UK’s Brexit minister has said, with grace periods on a range of products weeks away from expiring.
A military unit has seized power in Guinea in a putsch in the mineral-rich West African country, the junta said Sunday. "The personalisation of political life is over. We will no longer entrust politics to one man, we will entrust it to the people," colonel Mamadi Doumbouya said, referring to the deposed, 83-year old president Alpha Condé. The EU had not yet spoken out on the development as of Monday.
The EU needed to become the world's third-largest military superpower, the debacle in Afghanistan has shown, French defence minster Bruno Le Maire said at a business congress near Lake Como in Italy Saturday, Reuters reports. "Europe has to become the number three super-power besides China and the United States. Let's open our eyes, we're facing threats and we cannot rely anymore on the protection of the United States", he said.
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