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Shut out by Europe, aspiring EU members are looking east for coronavirus vaccinations
Country is first EU state to break ranks and give unilateral emergency approval for Covid jab
Russia’s Putin, India’s Modi and the UK’s Johnson, will find relations with the US more challenging
Move comes amid concerns about future of academic freedom in Hungary
String of extractions of Turkish citizens from countries beholden to Ankara is raising alarm
Eastern European migrants have long staffed slaughterhouses with poor pay and gruelling hours. A new law wants to change that
The 1995 peace deal was supposed to be a catalyst to repair relations but instead it has cemented ethnic divides, say critics
New Year’s concert and other Austrian performing arts receive generous state support
Tremors felt as far away as Hungary and Austria as Balkan nation seeks EU aid
EU’s top court says aspects of Budapest’s policy breached EU law while separate opinion raps Poland’s judicial clampdown
Critics say Orban and his far-right Fidesz party have run roughshod over European values
Zdravko Krivokapic says he will preside over a government of ‘experts’
Nationalist alliance formed a year ago set to be fourth-largest group in parliament after election last week
The Rubik’s Cube creator on getting rich in cold war-era Hungary and the nature of invention
Ludovic Orban had been hoping to turn minority government into a convincing mandate
The dispute over the rule of law in some countries is damaging the union’s moral legitimacy
Fidesz MEP resigns from European parliament after attending the all-male gathering
Concern is growing in Brussels about Sofia’s tolerance of cronyism and corruption
Viktor Orban and Mateusz Morawiecki restate opposition to plan that ties bloc funds to rule of law
Ludovic Orban says their stance on rule of law ‘is against the whole of Europe’
Hungary and Poland insist Brussels will have to offer concessions to break deadlock
Tensions grow over whether Budapest plans to use Sputnik V vaccine even though it does not have EU regulatory approval
Bulgaria opposes start of accession talks in latest blow to European bloc’s battle for regional influence
Both feel unfairly targeted, while febrile domestic politics constrain Warsaw’s room for manoeuvre
Bloc’s ministers fail to break deadlock in stumbling enlargement agenda
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