Tag: European Union
Rebel Super League clubs won’t accept UEFA ‘coercion’
MADRID — Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus strongly criticized UEFA on Wednesday for opening disciplinary cases against them over their roles in trying to...
Countries eager to reopen to travel as pandemic recedes
Countries reliant on tourism are racing to reopen borders and revive economies decimated by the pandemic.
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Belarusian leader defends his action to divert flight
KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus' authoritarian president on Wednesday defended his action to divert a European flight that triggered bruising European Union sanctions and accused...
EU takes on AstraZeneca in court over vaccine deliveries
BRUSSELS — The European Union took on vaccine producer AstraZeneca in a Brussels court on Wednesday with the urgent demand that the company needs...
Ex-Johnson aide says UK government failed public over COVID
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former chief aide said Wednesday that the government “failed” the British people and “fell disastrously short” in...
Biden calls Belarus plane diversion an ‘outrageous incident’
President Joe Biden on Monday said the forced diversion by Belarus of a commercial passenger jet so it could arrest an opposition journalist was...
Threats mount up against top European beauty spot in Hungary
SZIGLIGET, Hungary — Fishermen in small, wooden boats drift among the reeds and placid waters of Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe...
European planes skirt Belarus amid fury at dissident arrest
MOSCOW — European airlines began skirting Belarus on Tuesday at the urging of the European Union, which also imposed new sanctions to punish the...
EU leaders agree to donate 100 million doses of vaccines
BRUSSELS — EU leaders agreed Tuesday to donate at least 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to poorer nations by the end of the...
4th Czech health minister resigns since start of pandemic
PRAGUE — The Czech Republic on Tuesday lost its fourth health minister since the coronavirus pandemic struck last year.
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