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Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine Form an Alliance to Strengthen Regional Cooperation
August 04, 2020
Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine have announced the creation of the Lublin Triangle, a new platform for increasing cooperation in security, economic, and political matters, which is designed to strengthen their mutual national relations and with the European Union and NATO.
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EU Announces Changes to Rules For Online Content
July 07, 2020
The European Commission has announced that social media platforms will now have to follow the same EU broadcasting rules on hate speech and harmful content as traditional media companies.
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U.S. Travelers Barred From European Union Citing Coronavirus Concerns
July 01, 2020
Using national virus levels as a basis for determining who from foreign countries may enter the 27 European Union Member States, initially, U.S. visitors will be denied entry.
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As Counter-Disinformation Campaign Funding Ends, EU Countries Debate Stance on China.
June 26, 2020
The European Commission has accused China of spreading disinformation about the COVID-19 crisis and now a political battle is brewing over how to fund part of Brussels' work aimed at uncovering foreign interference.
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CJEU Rules that Hungary has Breached EU Law
June 23, 2020
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that Hungary had breached EU law with 2017 legislation that forces NGOs to disclose donations from abroad and label themselves as foreign-funded groups, resulting in Prime Minister Orban warning that liberal/progressive imperialism reigns in western Europe and international courts.
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Hannan: The Unholy Alliance of Big Government and Big Tech
June 23, 2020
Former UK MEP Daniel Hannan describes how Big Tech is now very much in the politics business, offering multimillion-dollar salaries to ex-politicians as part of their lobbying efforts.
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London Mayor’s New Commission to Decide Future of London’s Landmarks
June 10, 2020
As reported by The Spectator, London Mayor Sadiq Kahn's “Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm” will review London’s landmarks “to ensure that the physical landscape of the capital conforms to current ideological sensitivities.”
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Kuisz and Wigura: Central and Eastern European Liberals Should Respect Cultural Sentiments
May 13, 2020
Writing in Foreign Policy, Jaroslaw Kuisz and Karolina Wigura explain why liberals in Central and Eastern Europe should empathize with the cultural sentiments that are causing many citizens to embrace populist policies.
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Merkel Blames Russia for 2015 Cyber Attack on German Parliament
May 13, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel explained to the media that she has "hard evidence" that Russia was responsible for an "outrageous" 2015 cyberattack on the German Parliament and her own parliamentary email account.
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Hungary and Brussels Clash Over Enhanced Orban Power
May 13, 2020
The European Parliament has allocated time to discuss Hungary's law giving Viktor Orbán the right to rule by decree indefinitely as part of a package of measures aimed at fighting coronavirus.