EU prepares to hit Hungary with more financial sanctions
The EU appears to be waging a battle of financial attrition against…
Polish authorities suspend road freight traffic with Belarus at border
Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński decided that freight trucks will be suspended…
Germany and Poland want sanctions on Russian nuclear fuel exports, but Hungary, Czechia, Bulgaria and Slovakia are opposed
The dispute over sanctions that would target Russian nuclear fuel is still…
LOT Polish Airlines block Russian tennis player from boarding flight
The Russian tennis player Vitalia Diatchenko was denied permission to board a…
Inflation soars in Sweden as increase in food prices unmatched in 70 years
The European Commission recently gave Sweden the worst economic forecast of the…
German Green MEP appears to have an unhealthy obsession with Viktor Orbán and Hungary
German Green Party MEP Daniel Freund, known for his rabid hatred of…
German anti-woke politician Sahra Wagenknecht leaves Left Party, may form her own political party
Although many may be unfamiliar with Sahra Wagenknecht outside of Germany, she…
The West prepares for China to send weapons to Russia
Rumors that China could send weapons to Russia have swirled since the…
Austria’s FPÖ calls for national referendum on sanctions on Russia and weapon transfers to Ukraine
The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), currently the most popular party in…
Over 90% of western firms have remained in Russia
Only 8.5 percent of all EU and G7 companies have actually left…
Polish state-owned energy giant PKN Orlen ready to stop importing oil from Russia
Poland's Orlen Group will not extend its contract for Russian oil supplies…
Poland seizes Russia’s Gazprom assets
Minister of Development and Technology Waldemar Buda has acted on advice of…
90% of seized Russian assets frozen by just 7 EU member states
So far, €17.4 billion worth of Russian assets under sanctions have been…
AfD achieves electoral success in Lower Saxony, FDP falls out of parliament
In Lower Saxony, the conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party succeeded in…
Orbán calls for sanctions on Russia to be lifted by the end of the year
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Fidesz) has appealed to the European Union…
‘An unbelievable price shock’ – Germany’s producer prices jump 45.8%, the highest increase since 1949
Producer prices rose 45.8 percent in August compared to the same month…
Does Europe need coal to survive?
The war in Ukraine has unleashed a cascade of negative consequences in…
Hungary refuses to even discuss further energy sanctions against Russia
Hungary has signaled it is not open to discussing further energy sanctions…
EU’s sanctions on Poland more severe than those imposed on Russia
The brutal reality of European politics means that alongside Russia, which invaded…
Sanctions cannot defeat Russia, chief economist claims
Punitive measures harm the whole world more than the country against which…
EU approves seventh sanctions package against Russia
The EU Council approved the seventh sanctions package against Russia on Thursday,…
‘Europe is losing the battle for hearts and minds over the war in Ukraine,’ warns senior Polish MEP
There is a growing chorus of those who say that sanctions are…
Czech PM: Gas won’t be part of next round of EU sanctions against Russia
The European Union is preparing the seventh package of sanctions against Moscow.…
Russian invasion also affects the security situation in Asia and Indo-Pacific, warns Czech foreign minister
The Russian invasion of Ukraine also has consequences for the security situation…
Poland wants complete EU gas ban on Russia, says Polish minister after talks with Austria
The EU must begin working on a seventh sanctions package on Russia,…
Despite ban, Russia will still earn billions from its oil, warns former Polish foreign minister
Despite an agreement reached in Brussels that should lead the European Union…
Hungary won’t yield to pressure over sanctions against Russia
Just as the heads of state and government were gathering in Brussels…
PM Orbán urges EU to postpone decision on energy sanctions against Russia
The European Council should remove the topic of energy sanctions on Russia…
‘Dialogue of the deaf’ – Hungary’s justice minister slams EU’s attempt to punish her country with Article 7 mechanism
The European Commission is targeting Hungary once again, holding a hearing on…
US pushes EU to bypass nations blocking ban on Russian oil
Those following current European politics will be familiar with a number of…
Poland and Hungary find common ground on Ukraine and sanctions as presidents meet
Poland's President Andrzej Duda noted with pleasure that the first foreign visit…
Fake bomb threats paralyze Serbian capital as schools and public places evacuated
Approximately 100 false bomb threats, including the targeting of the presidency building,…
Can Poland persuade Orbán to back Russian energy sanctions?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is opposing the sixth package of Russian…
The EU doesn’t need Russia, it can self-destruct all on its own
Is Vladimir Putin plotting how to destroy the European Union? We cannot…
Hungary will not approve sixth sanctions package against Russia, asserts FM Szijjártó
Hungary will not approve the European Union's sixth sanctions package against Russia,…
Czechia fears a Russian oil embargo
Just when it seemed like that the Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán…
Czechia can support EU boycott of Russian oil by year’s end, says industry minister
Under certain circumstances, Czechia is willing to support the end of Russian…
The EU’s useless ban on Russian caviar
As part of its latest package of sanctions, the European Union has…
Poland raises interest rate by historic 1-percentage point as inflation bites
The National Bank of Poland has increased its interest rate by one…
Ukraine launches war of words with Hungarian government, may have tried to interfere in election
In a sign of a further cooling of the relationship between the…
‘We were accused of xenophobia, but Poles opened their hearts to 2.5 million Ukrainians,’ Morawiecki tells CNN
In an interview for CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki…
Germany is the main country blocking sanctions on Russia, not Hungary, says Polish justice minister
Viktor Orbán has recently been under fire from mainstream sources concerning his…
Polish PM calls for total freeze of all Russian state assets to help rebuild Ukraine
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called for a blanket freeze on…
EU parliament votes to sanction Hungary and Poland in midst of Ukraine war — despite both countries welcoming 1.6 million refugees in a fortnight
The European Parliament voted on Thursday morning in favor of imposing sanctions…
Fearful Czechs buying massive amounts of foreign currencies, mostly US dollars and euros
In recent days, Czechs have begun to look for foreign currencies to…
EU approves financial support and weapons shipments to Ukraine in unprecedented move
The European Union will take further punitive measures against Russia and Belarus…
Czech PM calls for ‘toughest sanctions’ against Russia, assures citizens of Czechia’s security
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine…
Putin should be first on the sanctions list, says European Commission vice-president
Russian President Vladimir Putin should be the first name on the list…
The West is responsible for escalating tensions in eastern Ukraine, says Russian ambassador to Prague
Russia's embassy on Wednesday denied responsibility for escalating tensions, issuing a statement…
UK hits three Russian oligarchs and five banks with targeted sanctions
The British government has imposed sanctions on five Russian banks and three…
EU extends sanctions on Russia, threatens ‘massive consequences’ in the case of an attack on Ukraine
A summit of the European Council was held in Brussels on Thursday…
EU imposes sanctions on Russian private military contractor Wagner
The Council of the European Union imposed sanctions against the Russian private…
US, EU, UK, and Canada announce new sanctions on Belarus
On Thursday, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and…
Borrell: EU is getting the flow of migrants to Belarus under control
The European Union is gradually bringing the flow of migrants to Belarus…
US House of Representatives wants new sanctions against Nord Stream 2
A possible shift may be coming in American policy towards the German-Russian…
It is time for further sanctions against the Lukashenko regime, says Foreign Minister Kulhánek
The European Union should extend sanctions against the authoritarian regime of Belarusian…
U.S.-Russia sanctions war hits Central European economies hard
As some researchers and experts have already pointed out, when mutual sanctions…
Frontex to help Lithuania struggling with an influx of migrants
The EU Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) intends to take further…
Lukashenko threatens to flood Central Europe with wave of illegal migrants
Further federalization will destroy Europe’s greatest assets
Biden administration drops sanctions against Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, delivering major victory to Putin
Size of active working population reached 4.7 million
US sanctions and German regulator hit Nord Stream 2 hard
The Polish economy can be one of the most innovative and productive…
Reprisal and irrelevance
"It is very likely that the Swedish government's attempts to attract migrants…
