A pandemic of censorship fears: OSCE media watchdog sounds alarm over Hungary’s emergency law
Vienna — The OSCE’s media freedom watchdog has warned that emergency powers adopted in Hungary to fight the coronavirus could be turned…
Tokyo 2020 becomes the first Olympics postponed in peacetime: the Games move to 2021
TOKYO — The Olympic Games have been cancelled in wartime, boycotted in the Cold War and shaken by scandal, but never before…
Eurovision cancels for the first time in 65 years: the 2020 contest falls to the virus
GENEVA — It survived the Cold War, oil crises and Balkan wars, but it will not survive the coronavirus. The Eurovision Song…
Hilary Mantel’s ‘The Mirror and the Light’ closes the Cromwell trilogy: the publishing event of the year arrives
LONDON — Eight years after “Bring Up the Bodies”, and with the ending never in doubt — Thomas Cromwell’s head falls in…
‘Parasite’ makes Oscar history: a Korean film with subtitles wins Best Picture
LOS ANGELES — The statuettes had been handed out for 91 years before this happened: on Sunday night, a film not in…
Co-creating healthy corridors for Europe’s biggest cities
Social housing neighbourhoods, often located on the outskirts of urban areas, are frequently disconnected from the cities they belong to. Typically built…
The EBA consults on Guidelines on authorisation of third country branches under the Capital Requirements Directive
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a public consultation on Guidelines on authorisation of third-country branches (TCBs) under the Capital Requirements…