Anna Flori

Europe News

Bulgarians head to the polls in tense presidential runoff

The vote puts together two candidates with sharply contrasting views on how Bulgaria should engage with Russia and the war in Ukraine moving forward.

1 November 2026

Europe News

Right Livelihood Award goes to women challenging power

Four winners from 200 nominees are honoured for standing up to authoritarian rule, patriarchal violence and unchecked AI development.

30 September 2026

Europe News

Hungary takes new steps to unblock frozen EU funds

Budapest will keep a list of economic operators who are barred from public tenders due to prior economic offences, fulfilling an EU obligation to restoring its access to critical funding.

13 August 2026

Europe News

Grape harvest in Hungary's Villány wine region down 30% due to drought

Winegrowers say this year's harvest in Hungary's southernmost wine region will be smaller as dry heat forces early ripening, cutting yields.

11 August 2026

Europe News

Protests against Kushner-linked resort in Albania enter second day

Environmental NGOs have long raised concerns that the project could threaten the area's biodiversity and disrupt bird migration routes.

2 June 2026

World News

Crowd torches Ebola hospital tents in DR Congo

Rwampara hospital lies near Bunia in the DRC's Ituri province, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.

22 May 2026

Europe News

Robert Fico will back Ukraine's EU membership after call, Zelenskyy says

Zelenskyy said they had invited each other to meet. Slovakia's prime minister has backed Viktor Orbán's isolated line on Ukraine, though less fervently than the outgoing Hungarian leader.

2 May 2026

Slovakia

Slovakia halts power supply to Ukraine as oil transit row deepens

Bratislava halted emergency power to Ukraine on Monday after Kyiv did not restore Druzhba oil transit as requested by Slovakia and Hungary, with Premier Robert Fico warning of further measures on EU support to Kyiv.

23 February 2026

Hungary

A plea from Hungary: don't judge us all on the actions of a few

9 September 2015