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Hungary and Poland maintain united front blocking EU COVID-19 recovery fund
The leaders of Hungary and Poland have vowed to maintain a united front and uphold their veto of the EU’s budget and its massive pandemic
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Is Europe’s far-right using COVID restrictions as a new avenue of agitation?
A typical Facebook page for the Czech far-right normally features videos of football hooliganism with anti-Semitic codewords and anti-immigration sentiment. But this year is different.
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Americans Gather for Thanksgiving at a Moment of National Peril
A restaurant with outdoor bubbles in Milwaukee. Deaths are surging in the Midwest.Credit…Tom Lynn for The New York Times Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday
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Belgian MEP criticizes ‘illiberal pressure’ from Hungary and Poland, as Orban calls budget proposal unacceptable
MEP and former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt has criticized “illiberal pressure” from Hungary and Poland on the EU over its ‘rule of law’ budget
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Greece wearies of Turkey’s provocative energy hunt in disputed waters
By Sotiris Nikas and Paul Tugwell on 11/26/2020 Petroleum Economist map depicting disputed Eastern Mediterranean region (Bloomberg) –Greece called on its European partners to set
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French ski resorts to open at Christmas but lifts to remain closed, says French PM
French ski stations say they are still hoping to influence the government’s position after President Emmanuel Macron announced that resorts in the country are unlikely
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Brexit: Is there enough time left to ratify a UK-EU trade deal even if one is agreed?
Even if the EU and the UK succeed at this late, late stage in striking a post-Brexit trade deal, a new race against time will
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‘Half a glass of wine’: Runner, 94, on the secrets of her longevity
This runner from Romania is gearing to compete at an athletics championship… at the age of 94. Elena Pagu, who only began jogging in her
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European Parliament approves sanctions on Turkey over reopening of Cyprus town
MEPs have adopted an amendment calling on the European Council to impose sanctions on Turkey, after they unanimously voted to condemn its recent “unilateral and
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