Tag: Eastern Europe
Sports Calendar – July 8
SPORTS ON TVCyclingUCI: Tour de France, Stage 12, 7:30 a.m.(NBCSN)UCI: Tour de France, Stage 13, 6:30 a.m. Friday (NBCSN)GolfScottish Open, 7:30 a.m. (Golf Channel)U.S....
Latest hack to test Biden’s vow for consequences for Russia
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he would “deliver” a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the latest ransomware attacks targeting American businesses,...
Belarus government blocks top media outlet, detain reporters
KYIV, Ukraine — The Belarusian authorities on Thursday blocked the website of a leading online media outlet and detained several of its journalists, the...
Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Activists in Hungary erected a 10-meter-high (30-foot-high) rainbow-colored heart opposite the country's neo-Gothic parliament on Thursday, vowing to wage a civil...
Russia coach Cherchesov fired following Euro 2020 exit
MOSCOW — Russia fired coach Stanislav Cherchesov on Thursday, two weeks after the national team was eliminated from the group stage of the European...
Michael Hicks: The ideals of Independence Day
Independence Day weekend is a good time for reflection. The style of that rumination needn’t be tedious; after all, hamburgers, beer and s’mores beckon....
Norman Knight: What’s happening to our old oak tree?
“What is going on with the oak trees?” I wondered to Becky.
“I’m not sure,” she said, “but something is clearly wrong.”
From our vantage point...
Kosovo adopts resolution to condemn 1995 Srebrenica massacre
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s parliament on Wednesday adopted a resolution condemning the 1995 massacre of thousands of Bosnian men and boys in Srebrenica by...
Two Russian rowers out of Olympics after failing drug tests
MOSCOW — Two Russian rowers have been removed from the squad for the Tokyo Olympics after failing drug tests, Russian officials said Wednesday.
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Hungary issues fine over book featuring ‘rainbow families’
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian authorities have fined the distributor of a children's book that features a family with same-sex parents using a law prohibiting...