Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has enraged his fellow leaders by backtracking on the deal they reached in December to provide Ukraine with a €90 billion loan. The pent-up exasperation will be laid bare on Thursday.
Continue ReadingNot many politicians’ hearts are sent racing by the prospect of a debate on structural reforms of the European Union’s single market. A summit of the EU’s 27 leaders in Brussels on Thursday had been arranged to give momentum to internal tweaks that might give Europe more of an economic edge. All that has been […]
Continue ReadingA close U.S. government ally in Latin America, Central American Costa Rica, is cutting diplomatic ties with Cuba. March 19, 2026, 05:48March 19, 2026, 05:48 “The government of Costa Rica does not recognize the legitimacy of the communist regime in Cuba,” said conservative President Rodrigo Chaves. Havana criticized the decision. Costa Rica is joining the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. had no advance knowledge of an Israeli strike on a major Iranian natural gas field that prompted Iran to retaliate against neighboring Qatar and sent oil prices soaring. Even as he distanced the U.S. from the strike on the South Pars gas field, Trump vowed to “massively […]
Continue ReadingMusalia Mudavadi (l.) and Sergei Lavrov on March 16 in Moscow: Kenya’s foreign minister took a stand against Russia’s recruitment of Kenyans for the Ukraine war. image: imago / Alexey Nikolskiy Russia’s military is luring thousands of foreigners into war under false pretenses. Now the Foreign Minister of Kenya is defying his counterpart Lavrov. Mar […]
Continue ReadingThe Ukrainian secret service SBU has revealed an intimidation campaign by Russian services against the Hungarian minority in Ukraine. Mar 19, 2026, 4:08 amMar 19, 2026, 4:08 am The SBU in Kiev said this would further strain the tense relationship between Hungary and Ukraine. Hungarians also live in the west of Ukraine (the city of […]
Continue ReadingWhile the bloc has so far shied away from a major confrontation with Hungary — it hasn’t stripped Budapest’s voting rights, for example — this cautious calculus may well change after the election. At that point, fears of feeding into Orbán’s campaign narrative will be displaced by the need to dissuade other leaders from copying […]
Continue ReadingFinally, Washington has not made any formal demands of NATO. At a closed-door meeting of ambassadors on Tuesday, the U.S. repeated its pleas for allies to help, but did not make any specific requests to the alliance, the two diplomats said. Yet with the war already in its third week, doing nothing comes with its […]
Continue ReadingThe US state department has clarified that it is not forcibly returning any evacuees to Afghanistan, but that some have voluntarily returned. It did not confirm whether it was paying those returning to Afghanistan, but sources have told the BBC that evacuees were offered $4,500 (£3,338) for the main applicant, and $1,200 for each of […]
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9° Patchy rain possible Today, Riga will experience cool weather, with temperatures ranging between 0 °C and 9 °C. Gentle breezes are expected across Riga Today, with speeds reaching around 12 km/h. Rain is highly likely at 90%, but with light accumulations around 1.97 mm.
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