Bulgaria this week announced plans to spend another 1.16 billion leva (592 million euros) to help its Covid-19-blighted economy, support frontline medics and protect vulnerable groups in what remains the European Union’s poorest member state. The...
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There appears to be little chance of political tension in Bulgaria receding anytime soon, as protests against the country’s prime minister Boyko Borissov (pictured...
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has a long history of avoiding questions from independent media outlets. Using the playbook of US President Donald Trump, he has a...
The outgoing president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has been elected the new leader of the European People’s Party (EPP), and has vowed to fight populism...
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, the Polish opposition’s candidate for prime minister in the country’s recent parliamentary election, has said that she is willing...
The outgoing president of the European Council, Donald Tusk has been nominated for the leadership of the European People’s Party (EPP), the continent’s leading political...
More than 200 civil society organisations have signed a letter asking members of the European parliament to reject the nomination of Hungarian MEP Balázs Hidvéghi for...
Elections to the European parliament are crucially important. This, however, is not widely recognised by voters as traditionally low turnout across the continent...
According to a recent survey conducted by Hungarian pollster Publicus Institute, more than 80 per cent of Hungarian voters want their country to join the European Public...
Last summer, while enjoying goulash at one of the many fine restaurants on Piața Mare, the main square of the Transylvanian city of Sibiu, my daughter quite innocently...
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has withdrawn his endorsement of European People’s Party lead candidate Manfred Weber for European Commission president...
Laura Codruța Kövesi, the favourite to become the first-ever EU public prosecutor, has been indicted on charges of abusing her position while serving as the boss of...