Following cases in Germany earlier this year and Hungary a few weeks ago, Slovakia is currently facing a significant outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Is the European Union properly prepared to fight this extremely contagious virus that is terrorisin…
The eurozone economy outpaced expectations at the start of the year, thanks in part to exporters rushing out orders to get ahead of U.S. tariffs. Gross domestic product, the value of goods and services produced by an economy, grew 0.4 percent in the first quarter, Eurostat reported today, well ahead of analystsโ forecasts of 0.2 [โฆ]
Exclusive: Several governments are attacking or weakening media independence, Civil Liberties Union for Europe saysMedia pluralism in many EU member states is being increasingly strangled by a high concentration of ownership, even in countries with tra…
Without U.S. security guarantees and a firm โporcupine strategyโ to make sure Kyiv is heavily armed, this deal will just be a way station in Putinโs bid to subjugate the country.
Viktor Orbรกn faces scrutiny over his tightening grip on critical voices
Pierre-รdouard Stรฉrin is hoping to use his financial firepower to remold French politics in line with his conservative ideals.
Hungarian farmers are also throwing their full weight behind the push.
Emotional tributes to the popular Pope Francis came amid a diplomatic scramble to meet with the U.S. president.
The archbishop is traditionalistsโ preferred candidate for a reason: his papacy would wind back the progress made under Pope FrancisWho might be the next pope? The question is famously difficult to answer. But we can be reasonably confident that if the…
Budapest has opened the door to using AI facial recognition to identify LGBTQ+ protestors.
The president, meeting with Norwegian leaders, is pressuring Kyiv and Moscow to make peace, but not equally.
Authoritarians’ early popularity can delay resistance โ but thatโs when the real damage gets done.
The ambitions of the proposed bill are clear: Itโs about targeting civil society, journalists and activists โ within Hungary and the diaspora โ who refuse to fall in line.
Will the Italians get the papacy back? Or is it time for the first African in the modern era? A conclave will gather in the weeks ahead to elect a new pontiff.
A decade after we launched in Brussels, Europe’s place in the world is ever more uncertain. The battle for relevance will dominate the next 10 years.
Massive, sustained protests led to the 2021 downfall of billionaire oligarch Andrej Babiลก, dubbed โthe Czech TrumpโA former cold war communist dictatorship and component part of the Habsburg empire seems an unlikely source of hope for Donald Trumpโs op…
Foreign minister says unfreezing โฌ210bn of Russian assets would leave Europe footing the bill for loans to Kyiv
Member states are considering removing the countryโs voting rights after its attempts to stymie support for KyivThe posters are going up all over Hungary. โLetโs not allow them to decide for us,โ runs the slogan alongside three classic villains of Hung…
Hungary and Slovakia are battling outbreaks of the highly contagious livestock disease.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn announced his country would quit the court, claiming on local radio that the ICC was ‘no longer an impartial court, not a court of law, but a political court.’
Stretched resources and patchy communication leave experts warning a ban on personal meat and cheese imports could fall well short of its aims.
Elected leaders from across Europe should join us on the streets. It is critical to democracy โ in Hungary, and the EU as a wholeHungaryโs parliament has given Viktor Orbรกn the tools to do what he has long threatened: ban Pride, silence dissent and str…
Prices are still rising in Europe โย but not as fast as in recent years, and nothing like in the U.S.
Robert Fico’s government gets a narrow win as Bratislava parliament green-lights new crackdown.
Hungary is facing the ire of its fellow member states after the country’s parliament approved a law that prohibits the Pride parade.
Visiting delegation find โhostile atmosphereโ for LGBTQ+ people and say country heading in โwrong directionโA delegation of EU lawmakers visiting Hungary has called on Europeโs top court to suspend a new law banning Budapest Pride, as they criticised a…
Delegation of European parliament lawmakers raise concerns about โnumber of worrying developmentsโ concern countryโs compliances with EU valuesUS state secretary Marco Rubio and White House envoy Steve Witkoff will visit France in the coming days, the …
Penalties against Antal Rogan were โinconsistent with U.S. foreign policy interests,โ says a spokesperson for top American diplomat Marco Rubio.
The two countries have culled more than 10,000 animals to contain the highly contagious disease.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio also spoke with foreign minister about strengthening countriesโ tiesThe United States has removed sanctions on a close aide of the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbรกn, the state department said, adding that the puni…
Houses in Hungary and Estonia tripled in price from the last quarter of 2024 to 2010 โ and rents are going up too.
Greece is set to join the European alliance which is supportive of Trump, alongside Hungary, Slovakia and Italy.
PRESS REVIEW โ Tuesday, April 15: The press are marking the two-year anniversary of the deadly civil war in Sudan. Also, papers in Hungary react to an amendment limiting the rights of LGBTQ people and dual nationals. Next, two teenagers are arrested i…
Thousands of people took to the streets of Hungary’s capital, Budapest, on Monday to mock and protest a constitutional amendment which passed through the country’s parliament banning LGBTQ+ gatheringsHungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ…
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Amendment also enshrines recognition of only two sexes, providing basis for denying gender identitiesHungarian lawmakers have voted through a controversial constitutional amendment that campaigners described as a โsignificant escalationโ in the governm…
Hungaryโs opposition leader, Pรฉter Magyar, tells supporters he will restore Western alliances if he defeats incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for next year.
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The new restrictions are intended to protect British farms as a foot-and-mouth outbreak spreads across the EU.
Most European military officials, however, say it remains unlikely the EUโs crisis response force would play a central role in a Ukraine ceasefire scenario.
Budapest using its tools to stall process for months.
The White House is pushing Europe to spend billions more on energy imports. That’s going to be difficult if it blows up the world economy.
Outbreaks of the disease, which affects primarily affects cattle and other livestock, have been reported in Hungary and Slovakia.
Trump Jr. previously criticized a Romanian court for canceling the 2024 presidential election.
A fresh outbreak of the disease was also detected in Hungary, some 15 kilometres from the Slovak border near Bratislava.
Austria shuts off 24 small border crossings with Hungary and Slovakia in an effort to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from entering the country.
Israeli PM, who is wanted by the court, hails Viktor Orbรกnโs โbold and principledโ decision to leave the โcorruptโ bodyHungary will leave the international criminal court because it has become โpoliticalโ, the countryโs prime minister, Viktor Orbรกn, sa…
Israeli prime minister begins four-day trip after Hungarian counterpart says court ruling would โhave no effectโBenjamin Netanyahu is expected to begin a four-day official visit to Hungary on Thursday, marking the first time the Israeli prime minister …
Also in this newsletter: Netanyahuโs Budapest visit defies International Criminal Court
The French far-right leader’s allies at home and abroad slammed the guilty verdict as antidemocratic.
French court ruling blocks far-right figurehead from 2027 presidential run, stoking conservative outrage around Europe.
Five-day visit to Hungary this week will be Israeli leaderโs first since warrant to member of international court
The Israeli prime minister, accused of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip by the International Criminal Court, has been invited by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
In this edition, we take a look at the protests in Turkey, the crackdown on the annual gay parade in Budapest and the broken ceasefire in Gaza.
The EU should stop pretending its sanctions policy on Russia could diverge from Washingtonโs.
Some want to oppose ban, others are nervous, but all see it as a warning sign under Viktor Orbรกnโs governmentMarching with a pink, white and baby blue transgender flag, Corvus gathered with thousands of others in a central square of Budapest this week….
The European Parliament’s AI Act expert and monitor, Brando Benifei tells Euronews Hungary’s plans to use AI-based facial recognition to fine Gay Pride participants breaches the EU rules.
Cement imports from Ukraine to Poland surged 540 percent, from 101,700 tonnes in 2022 to 652,300 tonnes in 2024, threatening Polandโs and Europeโs cement industries.
The protest was the second in as many weeks since the ruling Fidesz party of Hungary used its two-thirds parliamentary majority last Tuesday to expedite the law, which critics say is the government’s most recent assault on the rights of the LGBTQ+ comm…
Gabriel Attal held a ‘democracy and liberties summit’ in Paris on Monday with some 30 members of the European Parliament and representatives from Hungary and Slovakia.
Skirmishes heat up ahead of this fallโs vote in Czechia, which threatens to dramatically reorient Pragueโs political direction.
A new draft law presented on Friday in Budapest would allow Hungary’s National Electoral Office to revoke the mandates of members of the European Parliament if they fail to comply with financial transparency rules.
And the Dutch parliament has voted to reduce dependence on US tech.
If the Hungarian prime minister wants to go it alone, he’s very welcome to, diplomats say.
Hungarian action bans gay pride marches and allows facial recognition tools to trace participants
Show of unity marred by Viktor Orbรกn refusing to back declaration of support for UkraineEU leaders โ apart from Hungaryโs Viktor Orbรกn โ say they are ready to increase pressure on Russia through further sanctions, as summit talks exposed a geographical…
Also in this newsletter: Brusselsโ plan to tighten carbon border taxes
For Mette Frederiksen, controlling “mass migration” is just as important as deterring Russia.
Matteo Zamboni (human
rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a partner to the
Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of London)
Photo: The towers of the Court of Justice in the Luxembourg fog (c)…
The move from Orban’s conservative government is the latest in a crackdown on the LGBT community.
And the Dutch parliament has voted to reduce dependence on US tech.
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2021: For the hardline conservatives ruling Poland and Hungary, the transition from communism to li…
Hungarian lawmakers passed a law on Tuesday banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders, continuing a crackdown by prime minister Viktor Orbรกnโs rightwing populist party on the countryโs LGBTQ+…
Hungary’s Viktor Orbรกn has repeatedly sought to derail Kyiv’s accession.
Amnesty International describes legislation as โfull-frontal attackโ on countryโs LGBTQ+ communityMPs in Hungary have voted to ban Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders and potentially fine them, in…
The amendment to Hungary’s ‘child protection’ legislation, making it an offense to hold events for LGBTQ+ rights, passed with 136 votes in favor to 27.
Abolishing the right to assembly and enforcing this measure with facial recognition software – what sounds like something out of Russia of China is happening in an EU member state, said MEP Daniel Freund
Fidesz says it’s trying to prohibit Pride to keep children safe from the LGBTQ+ agenda, but opponents say the prime minister’s party is trying to create a wedge issue.
“There is always an empire that is trying to take away the freedom of the Hungarians, and right now it is the one in Brussels,” Viktor Orban claimed.
After sweeping the country, ever-growing anti-government demonstrations have circled back to the Serbian capital.
The Hungarian leader also repeated his opposition to EU membership for Ukraine.
Figures show a stark east-west divide in life expectancy within Europe.
Rules due to come into effect in 2028 “should be postponed until a fully functional hydrogen market is established,” four EU countries argue.ย
Decision follows Hungaryโs threat to block restrictions on more than 2,000 individuals sanctioned over Ukraine war
Mikhail Fridman, whom Budapest had initially sought to remove, remains on the sanctions list.
Despite the US push to settle the war as soon as possible, the Europeans have regularly promised to keep supplying Ukraine with arms.
The war is exacerbating a demographics decline that had already started well before Putin ordered his troops across the border
Hungary’s resistance has put the EU in a situation of maximum suspense less than 72 hours before the individual sanctions are set to expire.
Without unanimous renewal by all 27 member states, the bloc’s sanctions will expire at 23:59 CET on 15 March.
Iranian transgender man had been seeking to correct Hungary’s asylum register which listed him as a woman.
Travel restrictions and asset freeze orders are due to expire on Saturday
A โcritical chemicals actโ would keep production of key molecules on EU soil, countries argue.
The latest news from across Europe, all in one place
EU leaders managed to parry Hungaryโs attempt to derail their Ukraine summit last week, but diplomats are now bracing for a bare-knuckled brawl over Russia sanctions this week.
Confirmation of case along the Hungarian-Slovak border comes less than two months after an outbreak of the highly contagious disease in Germany.
Nationalist parties have tended to praise the US presidentโs politics, but many voters dislike his treatment of UkraineEuropeโs rightwing populist parties are split over how far to distance themselves from Donald Trumpโs pressure on Ukraine, with some …
FMD made a comeback in Europe in January with a case in a buffalo herd in Germany.ย ย
Detection of highly contagious disease follows outbreak in Germany in January.
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereMeanwhile, in Ukraineโฆ Russia launched a โmassiveโ drone and missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities early Friday, just days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies prop…
PM says he will “collect the opinion of the people” in a mail-in campaign that critics have derided as a propaganda tool.
