Tag: European Union
Europe’s central bank intensifies focus on climate change
FRANKFORT, Germany — The European Central Bank has adopted a new approach to managing the economy that would allow the bank to tolerate transitory...
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...
Local grandma spearheads effort to get all students supplies
A southside grandmother has been stocking up on supplies for students and teachers at a Franklin elementary school, and now she is hoping to...
ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: Study exposes Indiana’s political imbalance
Terre Haute Tribune-Star
This editorial was originally published Friday in the Terre Haute Tribune-Star.
It’s no secret that Indiana is, in political terms, a bright red...
EU upbeat over economic growth, concerned about inflation
BRUSSELS — European Union economies are set to rebound by their highest rates in decades as coronavirus restrictions ease, but still face risks posed...
Shooting of star Dutch reporter raises European concern
AMSTERDAM — European leaders and lawmakers expressed dismay Wednesday and rights advocates demanded justice after a veteran Dutch crime reporter was shot in the...
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...
EU vows to help Lithuania amid flow of migrants from Belarus
VILNIUS, Lithuania — The European Union promised Tuesday to help bloc member Lithuania handle an influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa,...
Nicaragua arrests 6 more opposition figures; EU weighs move
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan police arrested a half dozen more opposition figures, including the sixth presidential hopeful to have been arrested in a crackdown...
Anti-LGBT Georgian protestors burn EU flag in capital
MOSCOW — Opponents of LGBT rights clashed with police in the Georgian capital and burned a European Union flag that was hanging in front...