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 (...)
BRATISLAVA — Saudi Arabia and Slovakia have signed an agreement to avoid double taxation.
The agreement was signed by Saudi Arabia's Economy and Planning Minister Faisal Al-Ibrahim, on behalf of Finance Minister Mohamed Al-Jadaan, who also serves as (...)
A preliminary agreement reached on Wednesday paves the way for establishing common rules to manage an unexpected mass arrival of asylum seekers, a crucial element of the European Union's migration reform.
The deal on the so-called Crisis Regulation (...)
Ukrainian troops could soon run out of ammunition and equipment if hard-right officials in Washington succeed in cutting US funding, experts warn.
Since Russia invaded in February 2022, the US has pledged more than $43bn (€41bn) in military aid to (...)
Ukraine is fighting Russia on many fronts. And just as progress on the battlefield is hard won, so too these days are its diplomatic gains.
Since Russia's invasion last year, Western support for Kyiv has remained largely strong. But cracks are (...)
A populist pro-Moscow party led by former Prime Minister Robert Fico has won Slovakia's parliamentary elections, with almost all votes counted.
The Smer-SSD party had a clear lead with almost 24% of the vote despite exit polls suggesting victory by (...)
US President Joe Biden has vowed continued US support for Ukraine, after further military funding was excluded from a last-minute congressional budget deal.
The temporary measure, pushed through to avert a government shutdown, did not include $6bn (...)
Slovakia is getting ready to elect its fifth prime minister in just four years, and with Kremlin sympathizer Robert Fico's opposition party leading the polls, it is one being watched with alarm in the West.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Canada on an unannounced visit to rally support for his country.
Canadian TV showed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meeting Zelensky on the runway in Ottawa.
It is Zelensky's first trip to Canada (...)
One of Ukraine's staunchest allies, Poland, has said it is no longer supplying weapons to its neighbor, as a diplomatic dispute over grain escalates.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland's focus was instead on defending itself with more (...)
Ukraine has filed lawsuits to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Slovakia, Poland and Hungary over their bans on food imports from Kyiv.
It said such restrictions were a violation of international obligations by Ukraine's EU neighbors.
They (...)
Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia will defy the European Union and extend a temporary ban placed on Ukrainian grain imports, in a move likely to anger the bloc's leadership.
On Friday, the EU announced plans to suspend a temporary ban placed on the (...)
Members of the European Parliament are split over the temporary bans that the European Union has imposed on Ukrainian grain.
The prohibitions have been in place since 2 May and apply to five members of the European Union located in Ukraine's (...)