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...Additional reporting by Laura Dubois and Javier Espinoza in Brussels, Marton Dunai in Budapest and Max Seddon in London...
...The shift, if completed, would mark a significant change of tack in Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s pro-Moscow stance, amid ongoing pressure from other EU states to target Russia’s nuclear exports with sanctions...
...apart Bulgaria’s two ruling parties have failed to transfer power at the first attempt to alternate the premiership within its grand coalition, heralding a likely sixth election in three years, writes Marton...
...While the recommendation to punish Budapest would mark an escalation in the long-running dispute, Orbán may then be given up to three months to prove he is prepared to implement sufficient reforms to ward...
Decision marks significant step in Stockholm’s attempt to join western military alliance
...Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who had a productive relationship with Trump during his time in office and has recently praised his stance towards Nato spending targets, is widely considered as likely to...
...The EU will sabotage Hungary’s economy if Budapest blocks fresh aid to Ukraine at a summit this week, under a confidential plan drawn up by Brussels that marks a significant escalation in the battle between...
...Dutch premier Mark Rutte said: “I do believe we have to come to an agreement today with the 27, including Hungary, and I’m cautiously optimistic that we can.”...
...It would also mark the most egregious reversal in Brussels’ support since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, amid uncertainty over a similar-sized funding package in the US....
...Cash in hand Tensions have escalated this week in Kosovo over the government’s ban of cash payments with Serbian dinar, which is still widely used by ethnic Serbs, writes Marton Dunai....
Strikes along the Danube, which marks Nato’s border, concern security chiefs
...Dodik staged a celebration on January 9 to mark the 1992 declaration of independence by the Bosnian Serbs that led to civil war....
...The China visit marks the first time that Putin has left Russia or the former Soviet Union since the ICC issued a war crimes warrant for his arrest....
...The authors, who also include Czech, Estonian and Dutch premiers Petr Fiala, Kaja Kallas and Mark Rutte, say “our ability to continue to support and sustain Ukraine’s defence . . . is a matter of our common...
...His victory over the incumbent, Milo Đukanović, who led the nation for 33 years, marks a new dawn in the country of 620,000, which until 2006 was united with Serbia and loyal to Russia....
...Additional reporting by Marton Dunai in Budapest...
...Tuesday’s decision marks an end of delays to approval for Paks 2....
...whether to allow Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania into Schengen, it is unclear how many countries will join and when they will be able to enter the border check-free area, write Valentina Pop in Brussels and Marton...
...But some diplomats are happy it’s over, write Valentina Pop, Javier Espinoza and Andy Bounds in Brussels and Marton Dunai in Budapest....
...Additional reporting by Marton Dunai in Budapest and Sarah White in Paris...
...The rapid rise of Chega, whose name translates as “enough” and initially came with an exclamation mark, has unsettled Portugal’s traditional parties....
...This year’s Tour de France was also notable for the triumphant return of Mark Cavendish, the British sprinter who equalled the record 34 stage wins held by the legendary Eddy Merckx....
...“The question here is how much Europe can even do, if it isn’t more a matter for member states,” said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte after the dinner....
...Time’s up for Hungary It’s deadline day for Hungary’s bid to claim €7bn in much-delayed EU recovery money, write Mehreen Khan in Brussels and Marton Dunai in Budapest....
...border tensions that have kept both Pristina and Belgrade on an increasing level of high alert in the past two weeks over the issue of displaying vehicle licence plates in one another’s country, writes Marton...
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