EU fails to finalise embargo on Russian oil imports as Hungary vetoes proposal
Sanctions require the unanimous agreement of the 27 member states in order to pass
Hiding in plain sight, a Soviet-era air defence system arrives in Ukraine
The US offered Slovakia US-made Patriot missiles if it would ‘donate’ its aging S-300 air-defence system to Ukraine
Blow to Hungary and Poland as ECJ adviser backs rule-of-law sanction
Development nudges EU closer to being able to cut off flow of funds to wayward states
Fifa facing questions over anti-racism policy after England players abused
Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings into events at Puskas Arena
Hungary’s politics spill on to pitch and newspaper advert pages
Europe Letter: Viktor Orban made a bid to push ideas directly to European citizens
Gay people in power crucial to EU criticism of Hungary’s stance
Personal testimony by ministers reinforces argument to deprive isolated Orban of funds
Irish agribusiness ClonBio reports €95m pretax profit for 2019
Ethanol prices rose last year, but Covid-19 impact means transport use has declined this year
Calls for EU to act as NGO deems Hungary no longer a democracy
Belgian MEP accuses European Commission of ‘sitting on its hands’ after Freedom House report
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Infection, travel, self-isolation, asthma, vaping, and the transmission of Covid-19
Liberal mayors of central European capitals unite to defy own governments
Mayors in Visegrad Four countries reject leaders’ positions on immigration and climate
European alliance for academics at risk to be based out of Maynooth University
Initiative will source temporary posts for scholars in countries such as Syria and Turkey
Police arrest captain of cruise ship involved in Danube deaths
Master of vessel involved in collision taken into custody after seven dead and 21 missing
Hungary sets up clash with EU after court system overhaul
Law that tightens control over judiciary passed during chaotic parliamentary session
The Soros conspiracy theory goes global
Targeting of billionaire show conspiracy theories and anti-Semitism are now mainstream
George Soros fights back against populist foes and conspiracy theories
Billionaire investor doubles down on his project to foster growth of pluralist democracies
Taoiseach criticised for visit to ‘anti-democratic’ Hungarian PM
Brendan Howlin accuses Leo Varadkar of concealing his visit until the last minute
Hungary hints at Soros university deal as protests continue
Thousands return to streets in Budapest against Viktor Orban’s populist government
Bratislava summit: EU peers across fractured plains at likely future
Security, refugees and Brexit force divisions between east and west EU states
Hungary tightens migrant controls ahead of referendum
Human rights groups deplore police push-back powers and squalid border conditions
EU calls ‘Balkan route’ talks over migrants as Slovenia boosts security
Mini-summit to seek ‘immediate operational action’ on crisis
Hungarian police fire tear gas, water cannon at migrants
Serbian PM accuses Hungary of ‘brutal’ and ‘non-European’ behaviour on border
Thousands of exhausted migrants and refugees arrive in Austria and Germany
Hungary vows to seal southern frontier with a new high fence
Viktor Orban gets on EU’s collective nerve
From migrants to freedom of speech, the Hungarian PM’s hardline stances have increasingly alienated official Europe
Fintan O’Toole: Us and them – the two faces of migration
‘Migration is the world’s way of reminding the West that it cannot distance itself from the human catastrophes it has unleashed’
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Opinion: Recent incidents have blurred the line between commemoration and celebration
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