Brussels and Warsaw brought their years-long dispute to the European Parliament on Tuesday in a tense session in front of MEPs.
Their relationship was plunged into crisis earlier this month when a Polish court ruled some of Poland's laws had primacy (...)
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has accused the EU of "blackmail" in a heated debate with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen over the rule of law, BBC reported.
The clash in the European Parliament follows a top Polish court (...)
Poland's parliament has passed a law allowing border guards to immediately expel migrants who cross the border illegally, BBC reported on Friday.
Guards will also be given power to refuse applications for international asylum, without (...)
The much anticipated re-opening of Indonesia's famed tourist island Bali has seen a slow start, with no international flights scheduled, BBC reports.
As of Thursday, fully vaccinated travellers from 19 countries including China, India, and France (...)
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Albania vs Poland is currently on pause
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The Polish government has further sought to dampen the impact of last week's bombshell court ruling, asserting the supremacy of the national constitution over EU law.
Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau took to Twitter on Monday evening to say "the Polish (...)
A group of ten EU countries, led by France, have asked the European Commission to recognize nuclear power as a low-carbon energy source that should be part of the bloc's decades-long transition towards climate neutrality.
Tapping into Europe's (...)
Poles backing EU membership have taken part in protests across the country, amid fears it could leave the bloc, BBC reported.
On Thursday Poland's top court ruled that key articles of EU law were "incompatible" with the constitution.
It sparked (...)
With only a few weeks' notice, the Lithuanian border guard service has turned a large prison in the southwest of the country into the country's biggest migrant center.
At least 700 people will live in the so-called Kybartai Alien Registration Center (...)
The dispute over the ruling by Poland's constitutional court that the country's laws have primacy over those of the European Union rumbled on Saturday as Hungary, France and Germany came out in support of different sides.
The Polish verdict on (...)
Poland's constitutional court has ruled that some European Union laws clash with Poland's Constitution.
In a decision that has caused anger in Brussels and is likely to further damage Poland's troubled relationship with the 27-member bloc, the (...)
VIENNA — Experts from around the world shared how nuclear techniques are helping to preserve cultural and natural heritage, during a side event at the 65th IAEA General Conference recently.
Nuclear techniques play an increasingly important role in (...)
The Red Sea Souk, an initiative designed to discover and connect Arab and African filmmakers from the region, will host its first edition this Dec. 8–11, 2021 as part of the Red Sea International Film Festival. It will comprise a Project Market, (...)
Poland will seek an extension of the state of emergency in force along its border with Belarus as Brussels slammed recent deaths of migrants as "completely unacceptable."
European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson on Monday called for (...)
Pacific Island leaders speaking in the UN General Assembly on Saturday underlined the need for global solidarity, commitment and action to tackle COVID-19 and climate change, two crises which threaten sustainable development.
Referring to the recent (...)
Europe is battling a record-breaking surge in energy prices that threatens to derail the post-pandemic economic recovery, strain household incomes and even tarnish the nascent green transition.
A series of market, geographic and political factors (...)
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and migration agency IOM, called on Tuesday for an immediate investigation into the deaths of four people near the border between Poland and Belarus, due to causes yet to be determined.
In a joint statement, the (...)
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen Wednesday announced an increase of 100 million euro ($118 million) humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, which will be part of a new, wider Afghan Support Package.
"We must continue supporting (...)
Migrants are facing "dire conditions" at the European Union-Belarus border, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Monday.
Reports of cross-border pushbacks and lack of adequate asylum access for those seeking international (...)
The vast majority of people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, — a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases — live in low and middle-incomes countries, a World Health (...)
The European Commission has missed a deadline to trigger a new mechanism to make receiving EU funds conditional on a country's respect for the bloc's core values.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) imposed the two-month ultimatum in June in a (...)
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT- Abu Dhabi) has issued the updated 'Green List' for travel to Abu Dhabi.
Below is the full list of 'green' countries, regions and territories that you can travel from if planning a trip to Abu (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading to Moscow on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The visit comes during a low point in the relationship between the two countries, which continues to suffer from ongoing tensions over (...)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extended its green list of countries and destinations from which travelers can enter the emirate without needing to quarantine on arrival. The latest update adds three countries to the list of approved places from (...)
The lightning sweep across Afghanistan by the Taliban has caused a mixture of dismay, consternation and anger among leading politicians and military figures in Europe and the West.
Much of the wrath has been directed at the American and British (...)
