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The new £25bn airport to welcome over 30m passengers set to revolutionise central Europe | World | News

A new airport project worth £25billion is set to revolutionise travel in central Europe. the airport that is to be built in central Poland will be able to…

EU starts consultations on new sanctions package against Russia

the European Commission (EC) will begin consultations with EU countries on January 14 regarding the next package of sanctions against Russia. Several diplomats of the political association told…

Central Europe braces for heavy rains and flooding • FRANCE 24 English

Central European nations braced on Friday for severe flooding forecast to hit the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Hungary over the weekend. Residents are especially wary…

Hundreds evacuated as Storm Boris ravages eastern and central Europe • FRANCE 24 English

Hundreds of people have been evacuated or rescued from their homes in Romania as Storm Boris wreaks havoc across central Europe. Since Thursday, swathes of Austria, the Czech…

More rivers spill banks in central European floods, death toll rises • FRANCE 24 English

More rivers in central Europe spilled their banks on Monday in flooding that has killed at least 10 people from Poland to Romania and left many towns submerged…

Central Europe braces for more flooding as death toll rises • FRANCE 24 English

Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate on Monday, as others in central Europe began cleaning up after the worst flooding in…

‘Oil giants should pay for damage’, asserts Greenpeace campaigner amid deadly floods across Europe

Exceptionally heavy rainfall pounding Central Europe has prompted deadly flooding in the region, ravaging parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania. This same weather system that…

Poland’s president wants Netanyahu cleared to visit for Auschwitz memorial despite ICC war crimes indictment

Berlin — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has called for a special exemption to let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend events in the country marking 80 years since the…

Poland to hold presidential election on May 18, says parliament speaker who will run in it

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — the head of Poland’s parliament said Wednesday that the country’s presidential election will be held on May 18, with a runoff on June 1…