Bloc members are preparing sanctions on oil sales from Russia over its assault on Ukraine that could deprive Moscow of a large revenue stream within days, but some members are jockeying to opt out of such an embargo.
The countries signed formal applications to join the European Union as concerns intensified that Russian aggression could spread further than Ukraine.
Europe has unanimously welcomed around 500,000 refugees who have fled Ukraine so far. But some non-Ukrainians fleeing the war-torn country were not treated with the same graciousness.
Secret deal exposed a month ago involving Slovakia’s agreement to acquire 2 million doses of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine has plunged country into a crippling political crisis.
It is the first European government to collapse due to its handling of the pandemic but the move will keep the current four-party coalition in power and avoid the possibility of an early election.
Foreign ministers of Turkey and Greece, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Nikos Dendias, meet in Bratislava to discuss energy rights in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Some volunteers are reading to children online to relieve parents who are juggling home and work duties, others are offering free coaching for yoga and another exercises while in confinement.
Prime Minister Igor Matovic and his team were sworn in at a ceremony with participants wearing facial masks as a precaution against coronavirus.
Igor Matovic agreed to govern with the pro-business Freedom and Solidarity party; the conservative For People; and We Are Family, a populist right-wing group that is allied with France's far-right National Rally party.
The exhibition, the first of that kind here, marks the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
The bus, which was mostly carrying high school students, was hit by a truck during rainy weather and ended up in a ditch.
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