EU leaders are ready to take a tough stance against Hungary if Prime Minister Viktor Orban continues to block a €50 billion aid package for Ukraine at their summit on 1 February. Source: Bloomberg with reference to its sources, as reported by European Pravda Details: Bloomberg noted that on Monday, Hungary opposed an EU proposal […]
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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 […]
Armed Texas National Guard soldiers are now blocking federal agents from getting to the border, government alleges
The federal government says this aerial photos taken on January 11, 2024 shows a Texas National Guard humvee that the Texas National Guard placed, blocking an access point in state-owned border barrier.US Supreme Court The US government alleges that the Texas National Guard is blocking Border Patrol from accessing the border. The Justice Department said […]
Texas is blocking US border agents from patrols, Biden administration tells Supreme Court
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months, setting up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. […]
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 […]
Local authorities prohibit Polish hauliers from blocking border in Dorohusk
The head of Poland’s Dorohusk municipality has refused to allow truck drivers to organise a new protest, which had been due to begin on 18 December, on the access road to the border with Ukraine. Source: European Pravda, citing RMF24 Details: The protesters do not agree with the decision that Wojciech Sawa, Head of the […]
Order blocking enforcement of Ohio abortion ban stands after high court dismisses appeal
FILE – Supporters of Issue 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment, attend a rally held by Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. The Ohio Supreme Court, Friday, Dec. 15, has dismissed the state’s challenge to a judge’s order that has blocked enforcement of Ohio’s […]
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 […]