Tag: Blocking

Slovak Prime Minister supports Orbán blocking €50 billion for Ukraine

After meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he supported blocking €50 billion of aid for Ukraine. Source: European Pravda Details: Regarding Hungary’s stance against the EU budget being revised to establish a four-year program of support for Ukraine, Fico stated that nothing would change even if […]

Romanian farmers blocking 2 checkpoints

Romanian farmers have started blocking trucks at two crossings, Siret and Vicovu de Sus in Suceava County, which borders Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service reported on Jan. 15. The Siret crossing has been blocked intermittently since Jan. 13. Both the Siret and Vicovu de Sus crossings have been blocked since around midday, the […]

Canada reverses course after blocking Russian anti-war activist’s citizenship

Canada has reversed course after initially blocking a Russian anti-war activist from receiving citizenship because she had run afoul of Moscow’s harsh laws criminalizing dissent over the invasion of Ukraine. Maria Kartasheva’s plight had baffled immigration lawyers and exposed the confusing reality of Canada’s immigration bureaucracy. Last year, the 30-year-old was charged and convicted by […]

Polish minister to sign deal with farmers blocking Shehyni-Medyka crossing

Polish Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski is expected to sign an agreement with farmers blocking the Shehyni-Medyka crossing with Ukraine on Jan. 6 in a bid to lift the blockade, Rzeczpospolita reported. Since November, Polish truckers have been blocking three crossings with Ukraine in protest of the EU’s liberalization of transit rules for Ukrainian truckers. Polish […]

Judges rule Uefa blocking European Super League was contrary to EU law

The prospects of a future European Super League have been boosted after judges said Uefa rules blocking the formation of such a competition were contrary to EU law. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice had been asked to decide whether Uefa and Fifa acted against competition law by blocking the formation of […]

Commuters Clash With Ceasefire Protesters Blocking LA Freeway

Video shows clashes breaking out between commuters and protesters blocking the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 13. Organization IfNotNow said its Los Angeles demonstrators had shut down the interstate to demand politicians call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Footage filmed by Sergio Olmos shows people kicking signs and grappling with protesters who […]

Commuters Clash With Ceasefire Protesters Blocking LA Freeway

Video shows clashes breaking out between commuters and protesters blocking the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 13. Organization IfNotNow said its Los Angeles demonstrators had shut down the interstate to demand politicians call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Footage filmed by Sergio Olmos shows people kicking signs and grappling with protesters who […]