Europe
What's happening in Brussels and what the rest of Europe is up to through the eyes of the Mainland Times. In simple terms, how the current events in the EU will affect the lives of EU citizens and expats.
Poland’s Law and Justice party should be banned
When I said in my interviews two years ago that the Law and Justice party (PiS) was a threat to...
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Hungary and Serbia downgraded to ‘partly free’ in new Freedom House report
Two emerging Europe countries, Hungary and Serbia, have been downgraded from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in the latest edition of...
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CEE should redouble efforts to end violence against women
Ten years after of the landmark declaration of the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on women’s rights, a significant number...
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When will conservatives learn that banning abortion does little to address demographic decline?
A new Slovak bill limiting access to abortion – proposed by the populist OĽaNO (Ordinary People) party MP Anna Záborská...
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Germany restates commitment to halt Nord Stream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine
Germany’s new government has not yet committed to blocking Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, but this weekend gave strong...
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Toyota to build new hybrid car plant in Poland
Dolny Śląsk (Lower Silesia), the heart of Poland’s automotive sector, will be home to Toyota’s new production line for hybrid...
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PE and VC Investment In CEE Is At an Eight-Year High
Private equity and venture capital investments into companies in Central and Eastern Europe reached a total of €1.6 billion in...
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Farmers set for more EU support to help them stay in business as Covid-19 and drought bite hard
The European Parliament last week voted to increase the crisis support that EU states should soon be able to pay...
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Hungary, Poland dealt blow by European Court of Justice
Opinions of the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona are not binding, but the Luxembourg-based ECJ...
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Another day, another EU fine for Poland
A new ECJ ruling means that Poland is now liable to pay the European Union 1.5 million euros in fines...
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