Tag: Eastern Europe
Mostovoy tests positive, cut from Russia’s Euro 2020 squad
MOSCOW — Russia winger Andrey Mostovoy was cut from the national team for this year’s European Championship on Friday after testing positive for the...
Wales travel far to take on Switzerland in Baku at Euro 2020
BAKU, Azerbaijan — From schoolboy to the national team, Dylan Levitt has come a long way since Wales went a long way at the...
Probe into remains found near site of former Auschwitz camp
WARSAW, Poland — Polish prosecutors are investigating an apparent mass burial site revealed this month near the area of the former Nazi German death...
18th-century villa in Geneva park to host Biden-Putin summit
GENEVA — Switzerland’s foreign ministry says an 18th-century manor house in the middle of a public park with lakeside views will host the summit...
Meat company JBS confirms it paid $11M ransom in cyberattack
The world’s largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of $11 million to hackers who broken into its computer system late last...
Fans are allowed at Euro 2020, even if stadiums aren’t full
LONDON — A full house doesn’t mean a full stadium for this year’s coronavirus-impacted European Championship.
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The new guy? Biden debuts at democracy’s most exclusive club
WASHINGTON — Angela, Boris, Emmanuel, Justin, Mario, Yoshihide and a relative newcomer: Joe.
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5 Poles sue government seeking faster steps on gas emissions
WARSAW, Poland — A Polish environmental group says five members of the public are separately taking the government to court this month, to demand...
Budapest orchestra performs live concert from moving truck
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Budapest Festival Orchestra wants its audience back.
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Polish man charged with spying for Russia at EU parliament
WARSAW, Poland — Polish officials said Thursday they have arrested a Polish man they suspect of spying for Russia, allegedly for activities carried out...