UN calls meeting for talks on Cyprus reunification
The United Nations will hold a meeting in April to consider prospects for resuming talks on reunifying the divided island of Cyprus, the first such gathering since negotiations collapsed in 2017. The...
View Article16 EU countries opted against Moderna vaccine top-up: Hungarian government
More than half of EU countries did not order as many doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine as they could have, according to a newly published delivery schedule posted by the Hungarian government....
View ArticleEurope’s prisoners left in limbo on coronavirus vaccinations
Europe’s prisoners may be particularly at risk of getting coronavirus — but they won’t be getting a vaccine anytime soon. Prisons are the perfect storm for coronavirus outbreaks: Cramped and...
View Article5 things that could stop a global tax deal
There is less than a month to go until negotiators must reach a deal on how to tax the world’s largest companies. Finance ministers from the world’s largest 20 economies will meet on July 9 to agree...
View ArticleMediterranean countries give green light to deal on EU asylum agency
Ministers from the EU’s Mediterranean countries have given their backing to a temporary deal to strengthen the EU’s asylum agency — the first sign of movement in a migration debate that has been stuck...
View ArticleNumber of migrants returned to Libya could reach all-time high
Over 13,000 migrants have been returned to Libya by the Libyan coastguard this year, already surpassing 2020 levels, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said. The intergovernmental...
View ArticleThe Portuguese presidency’s policy efforts, marked
Portugal’s presidency of the Council of the EU started with empty press centers, fresh Brexit headaches and a slew of problematic policy fights that had been prolonged by the pandemic. As the...
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How climate change will widen Europe’s divides
JUMP TO… KILLER HEAT HUNGER GAMES FLOODS AND FIRES NEW EPIDEMICS THE WIDENING GAP This is the first chapter in The Road to COP26 series. Climate change isn’t just coming for Europe. It’s coming for...
View ArticleIn Cyprus, Erdoğan provokes on anniversary of Turkish invasion
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is marking the 47th anniversary of his country’s invasion of Cyprus with provocations for a new age: a new town on land the international community says is not...
View Article‘Locked up like animals’— immigrant detention centers in the time of the...
The reporting for this article was carried out by Monty Aal, Mohammad Abu Hawash, Kanan Azimov, Sophia Fehrenbach, Grace Linczer, Nina Melkonyan, Oisín Nolan, Laura Palencikova and Vanda Pozner,...
View ArticleA country-by-country guide to coronavirus vaccine booster plans
More wealthy countries are jumping on the booster bandwagon. First, it was just Israel and Hungary announcing plans for third shots this summer, but now many of the largest nations in Europe, as well...
View ArticleCzech, Cypriot leaders named in massive offshore data leak
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades are among those named in the so-called Pandora Papers, a massive leak of documents that reveals how the rich and powerful use...
View ArticleFrance nets EU support in Jersey fishing fight
LUXEMBOURG — The French government has secured the backing of at least 14 EU countries for a declaration that criticizes the U.K.’s approach to post-Brexit fishing rights. Despite signing a Brexit...
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A comprehensive guide to travel restrictions across Europe
This article was updated on December 14, 2021. The European Union spent decades getting rid of its borders. Coronavirus brought them back. When the pandemic first washed across the bloc in early 2020,...
View ArticlePope Francis denounces Europe’s migrant crisis as ‘shipwreck of civilization’
LESBOS, Greece — In a visit aimed at pricking Europe’s conscience, Pope Francis returned Sunday to Lesbos, the Greek island that has come to symbolize the continent’s migration crisis. “We are in the...
View ArticleEastMed: A pipeline project that ran afoul of geopolitics and green policies
ATHENS — The European Union is being squeezed by record-high natural gas prices and calling for Russia to boost exports — but that doesn’t mean every pipeline project is an easy sell. The EastMed...
View ArticleHospitals refused to treat toddler because his parents were unvaccinated
ATHENS — The case of a 3-year-old boy from Cyprus who was initially denied treatment in foreign hospitals because his parents were unvaccinated has raised concerns about whether doctors should be...
View ArticleGreece draws in the US — and edges out Russia
ATHENS — It took several decades, but Greece has finally welcomed in the United States — at Russia’s expense. Nearly 40 years ago, Greek people were marching in the streets against U.S. military bases...
View ArticleEuropeans are confused and divided over ECB’s role, survey finds
FRANKFURT — Europeans have radically differing — and often inaccurate — notions about the functions of the European Central Bank, a central bank survey has found. These fundamental differences across...
View ArticlePressure mounts on Germany to drop rejection of SWIFT ban for Russia
Germany is increasingly isolated in its opposition to kicking Russia out of the SWIFT international payment systems after Italy, Austria, Hungary and Cyprus announced support for such a sanctions...
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