EU’s top court upsets Polish, Hungarian governments in historic ruling
The EU’s Court of Justice rejected on Wednesday, February 16, the actions brought by Hungary and Poland against the conditionality mechanism, which makes…
Category: Politics
Ukraine celebrates Unity Day being in European defence spotlight
Ukraine marks on Wednesday, February 16, its new national holiday, the Unity Day, Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reports. Russia announced recently plans to…
Latvia eases pandemic restrictions on children and shops
As the spread of Covid-19 in Latvia has decreased among children, the Latvian government decided to lift the requirement for minors to present…
Latvian ex-Health Minister cleared of charge of inaction to procure Covid-19 vaccines
Prosecutors in Latvia have dropped a charge against Latvia’s previous Minister of Health Ilze Viņķele for alleged inaction in procuring Covid-19 vaccines for…
Canada plans to freeze bank accounts of protesters blocking central Ottawa
In Canada, where lorry drivers opposing the requirement to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to work and their supporters have refused to end a…
Lithuania removes virus testing requirement to EU arrivals
Lithuania, lifting its last travel restriction to people arriving in the Baltic country from other EU states, has removed the requirement to take…
Finland allows restaurants to stay open longer, other rules could be lifted in March
The government of Finland has from Monday, February 14, allowed restaurants and bars to work longer hours and hopes to lift other rules…
Latvia to host massive military exercises with US participating
Soon 22 US military Apache helicopters and hundreds of units of military machines will arrive in Latvia for international military exercises, as reported…
On Canadian-US border, strategic Ambassador Bridge freed from anti-vaxxer protesters
Canadian protesters against the Covid-19 vaccine mandate have left the Ambassador Bridge that is a vital transport link between Canada and the US….
