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Romania bans trophy hunting

Marie Fouque October 15, 2016

By Marie Fouque. Romania – On Tuesday, October 4, the Minister of the Environment, Water and Forestry Cristiana Pasca Palmer announced that the trophy hunting of large carnivores is now banned in Romania. It is prohibited in the European Union but this…

Politics

Serbia wants more agreements with Poland

The Editorial Board October 6, 2016

Serbia - A week ago, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić received the Polish Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, in Belgrade. The PM of Serbia "expressed the hope bilateral economic cooperation would be stepped up." Poland is actively supporting Serbia's European path and wants…

Politics

Estonia elects her first female president

The Editorial Board October 6, 2016

Estonia - The Estonian parliament has unanimously elected its first woman president, Kersti Kaljulaid. She was elected on Monday, October 3, with 81 votes against 0, with 20 abstentions or absent. After two votes invalid and several weeks of debate, the parliament…

Society

The full veil is now banned in public places in Bulgaria

The Editorial Board October 4, 2016

Bulgaria - Friday, September 30, the Bulgarian Parliament banned "the wearing in public places of clothing masking partially or completely the face" law that would follow the various Islamist attacks that have hit Europe recently. The ban echoes similar laws in some…

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Croatia aligns herself on Berlin’s policy

The Editorial Board September 29, 2016

Croatia - Interior Minister Vlaho Orepić is serene and do not think that a new migratory wave will hit the country. According to him no significant flow of migrants will affect Croatia, or even Europe. “There is no place for ‘fear’. It…

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Vienna Summit: a meeting between Merkel and Balkans’ leaders

The Editorial Board September 28, 2016

Austria, Vienna - On Saturday, September 24, several European leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and representatives of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and the President of the…

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Migrants: misunderstanding between the United States and Romania

The Editorial Board September 26, 2016

Romania - Tuesday, September 20, US President Barack Obama announced that Romania and six other European countries, had agreed to host ten times more migrants than in 2015. But the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to this statement by saying that…

Society

Czechia offers a solution for migrants

The Editorial Board September 25, 2016

Czech Republic - At the UN summit for refugees and migrants held Monday, September 20 in New York, the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Lubomír Zaorálek said the priority for the migration crisis must be to ensure the countries in war or…

Politics

Bosnia’s candidature to integrate the EU has been accepted

The Editorial Board September 23, 2016

Bosnia - On September 20, the European Union has accepted the membership application of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Premier Denis Zvizdić hopes that his country will soon incorporate the block. The request was made several months ago already, in February. To support this…

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Fico warns the UK: Visegrád countries could veto Brexit deal

The Editorial Board September 21, 2016

Slovakia, Bratislava - One day after the Bratislava Summit, the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told in an interview for Reuters that Hungary, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia are ready to veto any Brexit deal that would limit their citizen's rights to work…

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Robert Fico wants to put an end to sanctions against Russia

The Editorial Board September 20, 2016

Slovakia - According to Prime Minister Robert Fico, Ukraine is doing less that Russia to implement the Minsk Protocol. Also, Fico insisted for the EU to put an end to sanctions against Moscow. Slovak Prime Minister added that these sanctions are ineffective…

Politics

Orbán: a call to help Christians first, sink illegal boats and fight nihilism

The Editorial Board September 19, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - Viktor Orbán made strong declarations for the start of the new parliamentarian year. He denounced nihilism as the enemy, wished to control the Mediterranean Sea by sinking the illegal boats and wants to help Christians before Muslims. Viktor Orbán…