Migrants entering the European Union should be stopped and turned back to their home countries, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said in Brussels ahead of negotiations surrounding a new EU migration plan next week. “We have to change the system of grants and the quota system, it’s unacceptable for us. . . . The people coming […]
The spike in COVID-19 cases in seven European countries, including the Czech Republic, is a matter of great concern, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The number of seriously ill or hospitalized people in these countries is rising, and mortality is either growing or threatening to increase shortly. In addition […]
The special European Council meeting, which was initially scheduled in Brussels this Thursday and Friday, has been postponed to 1 and 2 October after European Council President Charles Michel entered isolation. Michel, who is chairing the meetings, is quarantined after tests on one of his security guards revealed a coronavirus. Michel’s spokesperson wrote on Twitter […]
Zdenek Bakala’s Economia has pledged to donate 200,000 euros to a new independent Hungarian website called Telex.hu started by former journalists of the news website Index, who quit en masse in July citing government pressure. Economia’s management said that it wants to express solidarity with the Hungarian media, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is trying […]
European car sales fell by 32 percent in the first eight months of this year. The number of new car registrations fell by 5.7 percent in July alone and by 18.9 percent in August, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). The decline in sales in July and August slowed markedly from previous months, […]
Serbia and Kosovo have announced that they are normalizing their economic relations after today’s talks in Washington with US President Donald Trump. The arrangements also include agreements with Israel: Belgrade will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Pristina and the Jewish state will establish official diplomatic relations, Reuters and AP reported. After two […]
In response to the urging of many European leaders to impose new sanctions on Russia over poisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the European Commission has warned that such a move will only be possible after an investigation reveals who is responsible for the attack. Moscow continues to deny responsibility, pointing out that Berlin, which reported […]
A court in Pezinok, Slovakia, acquitted controversial businessman Marian Kočner of ordering the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová. Alena Zsuzsová, who, according to the plaintiff, helped plan the crime, was also acquitted. In the most-watched trial in modern Slovak history, the verdict caused a shock among the survivors and Slovak […]
The French government today unveiled details of its € 100 billion stimulus plan to address the adverse economic effects of the coronavirus crisis in two years. The program includes public investment, subsidies, and tax cuts, Reuters reported. According to the plan, the government intends to spend, among other things, 35 billion euros to strengthen the […]