Thousands of protesters have gathered in Slovakia's capital on the 35th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to decades of communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister (...)
The Russian government has approved a list of 47 countries deemed to be imposing "destructive attitudes" that contradict "Russian spiritual and moral values."
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the decree, which follows a presidential directive (...)
Five people have been found dead in eastern Romania after unprecedented rainstorms caused severe flooding, leaving hundreds stranded in affected areas, emergency authorities reported on Saturday.
Rescue services worked tirelessly in the heavily (...)
LONDON — Al Ahli have secured the high-profile signing of England international Ivan Toney from Premier League side Brentford, with the striker agreeing to a contract that runs until 2028.
Toney, 28, brings significant firepower to an Al Ahli attack (...)
AR RASS — Al Kholood fans breathed a sigh of relief as the club's management completed three foreign signings on Thursday, just in time for the team's first match in the Saudi Pro League against Al Ittihad.
The club announced on Thursday that they (...)
The European Union has stripped Hungary of the right to host the next meeting of foreign and defense ministers over its stance on the war in Ukraine.
It comes weeks after Hungary assumed the presidency of the Council of the European Union, a role in (...)
Spain's parliament rejected a proposal on Thursday brought forth by Catalan separatist party Junts, seeking recognition of Kosovo as an independent nation. The motion was defeated by a wide margin, with a vote tally of 293 against, 25 in favor, and (...)
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent another operation after being shot in an assassination attempt earlier this week and remains in serious condition, according to the country's Deputy PM and Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák.
Fico, 59, was (...)
Authorities have charged a man in connection with the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico who was shot on Wednesday, the country's interior minister said.
"The attempt on Fico's life was politically motivated", Slovakia's Interior (...)
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in a small town northeast of Bratislava.
On Wednesday evening Defense Minister Robert Kalinak said Fico had been in surgery for over three hours and that the (...)
The European Union has completed the reform of its migration and asylum policy, a watershed moment that for a decade proved stubbornly elusive.
The tortuous and often explosive undertaking came to an end on Tuesday afternoon, as member states (...)
The Slovak government has approved a proposal to abolish the public broadcaster and replace it with a new body, prompting renewed fears for the independence of the media under Robert Fico's populist-nationalist coalition.
The Cabinet backed a (...)
The Croatian Democratic Union won parliamentary elections on Wednesday, however they will need support from the far right to stay in power.
Croatia's governing conservatives won a sharply competitive election on Wednesday, according to the official (...)
Almost two-thirds of EU citizens say they are "likely" to vote in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament.
The findings stem from the latest edition of the Eurobarometer, the parliament's official survey, which collected the opinions of (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to Peter Pellegrini on winning presidential elections in the Republic of Slovakia.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished success to Pellegrini and further progress (...)
Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.
Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-Western Ivan Korčok, a former diplomat, with 53% of the vote.
A former prime minister, he is an ally of Prime (...)
The European Commission has proposed a steep increase in tariffs on Russian grain that comes into the bloc's common market.
The measure would apply to cereals, oilseeds and derived products, like vegetable oil, that originate in Russia and are bound (...)
The Visegrad Four, an informal coalition of Central European countries, are sharply divided in their views on the Russian war against Ukraine and the approaches to resolving the conflict.
The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland (...)
Ukraine has rejected suggestions by Slovakia's new Prime Minister Robert Fico that it will need to cede territory to Russia to end the war.
"There can be no compromise on territorial integrity, neither for Ukraine, nor for Slovakia, nor for any (...)
Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia.
Meanwhile, strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one (...)
How do we bridge the digital divide? The chairman of the frontrunner to acquire Orange-MásMóvil merger remediesexplains how, and why his market is drawing in GCC investors
Amid untrammelled commercial activity in pursuit of Vision 2030, telecoms (...)
Police in Slovakia say they have arrested a man who had threatened to carry out a massacre similar to Thursday's mass shooting in Prague.
They say a 64-year-old was held in the northern city of Zilina after he called emergency services claiming he (...)
Austria is still firmly opposed to the long-coveted Schengen accession of Romania and Bulgaria, arguing the passport-free area needs to become "better" before becoming "bigger."
The unambiguous resistance has been well documented over the past few (...)
Three weeks after Slovakia's new government canceled snap border controls with Hungary, residents and officials have noted a sharp drop in undocumented migrants crossing into border towns.
Records show around 40,000 undocumented migrants transited (...)
Nearly 20,000 men have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the war to avoid being drafted, the BBC has discovered.
Some have swum dangerous rivers to leave the country. Others have simply walked out under cover of darkness.
Another 21,113 men (...)
