[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Bulgaria will invite Dutch and Austrian customs “experts” to observe operations at the Turkish border to…
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Austria sticking to veto on Schengen expansion, foreign minister says
[ad_1] Austria will maintain its veto on the extension of the EU’s passport-free Schengen zone to Bulgaria and Romania until Vienna sees a “sustained decline” in asylum seekers, Foreign Minister…
Cyprus is losing its Russians — and confronting existential questions about its economy
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. For decades, Cyprus built an economy that courted Russians — Russian tourists, Russian investors, Russian oligarchs. Now, with Europe…
Why China wants Macron to drive a wedge between Europe and America
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Chinese leader Xi Jinping had one overriding message for his visiting French counterpart Emmanuel Macron this week: Don’t…
Why Britain’s Pacific trade deal is about more than just trade
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — The U.K.’s accession to an 11-strong Pacific trade pact is about much more than just whisky tariffs…
Finland on course for NATO membership after Hungarian vote
[ad_1] The Hungarian parliament ratified Finland’s NATO membership on Monday, putting Helsinki one step closer to joining the alliance but leaving Sweden waiting in the wings. Members of Hungary’s parliament…
‘It’s 50-50’: Erdoğan risks defeat in Turkey’s knife-edge election
[ad_1] ANKARA — If civil servants in Ankara are an accurate barometer of shifting fronts in Turkey’s national politics, then the country’s longest serving leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, really could…