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Polish authorities suspend road freight traffic with Belarus at border

Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński decided that freight trucks will be suspended…

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LOT Polish Airlines block Russian tennis player from boarding flight

The Russian tennis player Vitalia Diatchenko was denied permission to board a…

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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…

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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…

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The West prepares for China to send weapons to Russia

Rumors that China could send weapons to Russia have swirled since the…

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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…

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Over 90% of western firms have remained in Russia

Only 8.5 percent of all EU and G7 companies have actually left…

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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…

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Poland seizes Russia’s Gazprom assets

Minister of Development and Technology Waldemar Buda has acted on advice of…

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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…

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AfD achieves electoral success in Lower Saxony, FDP falls out of parliament

In Lower Saxony, the conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party succeeded in…

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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…

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Does Europe need coal to survive?

The war in Ukraine has unleashed a cascade of negative consequences in…

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Hungary refuses to even discuss further energy sanctions against Russia

Hungary has signaled it is not open to discussing further energy sanctions…

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EU’s sanctions on Poland more severe than those imposed on Russia

The brutal reality of European politics means that alongside Russia, which invaded…

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Sanctions cannot defeat Russia, chief economist claims

Punitive measures harm the whole world more than the country against which…

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EU approves seventh sanctions package against Russia

The EU Council approved the seventh sanctions package against Russia on Thursday,…

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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.…

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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,…

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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…

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Hungary won’t yield to pressure over sanctions against Russia

Just as the heads of state and government were gathering in Brussels…

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PM Orbán urges EU to postpone decision on energy sanctions against Russia

The European Council should remove the topic of energy sanctions on Russia…

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US pushes EU to bypass nations blocking ban on Russian oil

Those following current European politics will be familiar with a number of…

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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…

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Fake bomb threats paralyze Serbian capital as schools and public places evacuated

Approximately 100 false bomb threats, including the targeting of the presidency building,…

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Can Poland persuade Orbán to back Russian energy sanctions?

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is opposing the sixth package of Russian…

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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…

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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,…

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Czechia fears a Russian oil embargo

Just when it seemed like that the Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán…

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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…

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The EU’s useless ban on Russian caviar

As part of its latest package of sanctions, the European Union has…

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Poland raises interest rate by historic 1-percentage point as inflation bites

The National Bank of Poland has increased its interest rate by one…

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‘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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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EU approves financial support and weapons shipments to Ukraine in unprecedented move

The European Union will take further punitive measures against Russia and Belarus…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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UK hits three Russian oligarchs and five banks with targeted sanctions

The British government has imposed sanctions on five Russian banks and three…

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EU imposes sanctions on Russian private military contractor Wagner

The Council of the European Union imposed sanctions against the Russian private…

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US, EU, UK, and Canada announce new sanctions on Belarus

On Thursday, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and…

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Borrell: EU is getting the flow of migrants to Belarus under control

The European Union is gradually bringing the flow of migrants to Belarus…

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US House of Representatives wants new sanctions against Nord Stream 2

A possible shift may be coming in American policy towards the German-Russian…

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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…

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U.S.-Russia sanctions war hits Central European economies hard

As some researchers and experts have already pointed out, when mutual sanctions…

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Frontex to help Lithuania struggling with an influx of migrants

The EU Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) intends to take further…

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Lukashenko threatens to flood Central Europe with wave of illegal migrants

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US sanctions and German regulator hit Nord Stream 2 hard

The Polish economy can be one of the most innovative and productive…

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Reprisal and irrelevance

"It is very likely that the Swedish government's attempts to attract migrants…

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