Author: Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
-
Viktor Orbán refuses to agree to €90bn loan for Ukraine as EU leaders accuse him of betrayal
Hungarian PM is continuing to block the funding, which the EU says is urgently needed for military aid and support for UkraineEU leaders have failed to convince Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, to drop his opposition to a vital €90bn (£78bn) loa…
-
Belgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader
Family of then PM, Patrice Lumumba, welcome decision to charge Étienne Davignon as ‘beginning of a reckoning’ A former Belgian diplomat, 93, should stand trial over alleged complicity in the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of w…
-
EU moves closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers
MEPs vote to allow people to be deported to places they have never been to, as NGOs express fears over new ‘safe third countries’ listThe EU has moved closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers, after centre-right and far-right…