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Czech Republic considers ending 'barbaric' trans sterilisation law

Czech lawmakers have launched a proposal to remove the sterilisation requirement for legal gender transition, but progress to lift society-wide prejudices is slow.

Europe Decoded

How China's Ukraine stance may be final straw for eastern EU countries

China sent a special representative to Central and Eastern European countries this week to bolster relations, frayed by the conflict in Ukraine. Was it too little too late?

My Europe Series

Ukraine war: Did Eastern Europe's Russia warnings fall on deaf ears?

Some central and eastern Europeans point out that western European countries are the main trading partners with Russia and China.

Hungary

Hungary won't accept more NATO troops on its soil, says FM Szijjártó

"We don't need additional troops on the territory of Hungary," said Hungary's foreign minister Péter Szijjártó.

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Health news

Global dementia cases set to rise 300% by 2050

New research estimates that global dementia cases are set to rise dramatically in the next 30 years unless preventative measures are put in place.

World News

Euroviews. To unlock the new economy, Central Europe needs coordination | View

On the other side of COVID-19, Central Europe's sluggish economies need to diversify, work together and make room for innovation to thrive, says public sector advisor Soňa Muzikárová

Hungary

Euroviews. Hungary PM Viktor Orban responds to criticism from Timothy Garton Ash

Timothy Garton Ash had accused Orban of having his cake and eating it in terms of Hungary's relationship with the EU.

Cult

Karlovy Vary film festival opens with film about Czech athlete

Central and Eastern Europe's most important film festival has finally returned to the spa town of Karlovy Vary after COVID cancelled it last year.

Residences

5 spa breaks in Europe with breathtaking views

Relax in an outdoor pool in the Swiss Alps or sun yourself by the pool in Greece.

World News

Danish Mayfly chosen as 2021's Insect of the Year

The Central European insect is known for a lifespan that lasts only a few days

Ireland

Subway's sandwiches too sugary to be bread, rules Irish Supreme Court

It said the bread had to be reclassified because it contained five times the amount of sugar a "staple product" was legally allowed to.

Bulgaria

30 years after 1989, central Europeans say democracy is again at risk

"It appears that some of the freedoms won in the 1989 revolutions are now under pressure," the report from the Open Society Foundation found.

Europe News

EU countries stalemate over migration relocation plans

After another tragic shipwreck in the central Mediterranean EU minsters gathered in Luxembourg to agree on a temporary system to relocate migrants rescued at sea. Member states have shown divisions over the possibility to host asylum seekers arriving in Italy and Malta.

Italy

Make America Grate Again: Pompeo given parmesan in US tariffs stunt

'Give it to Trump,' the woman said.

World News

Watch: We asked Europeans what the EU can do for them in the future

“Europe should care more for people and be less concerned with the economic side of things. There should be better social distribution and less social dumping between states,” said Michel from Brussels.

Earth News

The best green music festivals in Europe

Our round-up of small and brilliant eco-friendly festivals across the continent.

Hungary

Pompeo kicks off Central Europe tour in bid to counter Russia, China

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins this Monday a week-long tour across Central Europe in an attempt to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence in the region.

Hungary

Hungarian PM Orban: There will be two EU civilisations

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban held his first government news conference of 2019 in Budapest where he drew a distinct line between European ideologies. Orban laid out his goal of electing an anti-immigration majority in the bloc's parliamentary elections in May.

World News

'Stark differences' in East, West Europe towards minorities: report

People in Central and Eastern Europe are less accepting of Muslims, Jews, same-sex marriage, and legal abortion, a Pew Research Center survey has found.

Hungary

Euroviews. 'What if?' A View from a Fidesz MEP

As Milan Kundera once wrote, one of the functions of Central Europe is to serve as an early warning system for Europe as a whole. This is what Fidesz has got right and that’s why it’s so widely detested. Nobody likes a successful prophet, after all.