Adam Easton

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Adam Easton |Ian Aikman

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said his government will temporarily suspend the right of migrants arriving in Poland via its border with Belarus to apply for asylum. Tusk made the announcement after the controversial bill, which will allow Polish authorities to suspend this right for up to 60 days at a time, was signed into law by President Andrzej Duda.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Paul Kirby |Bethany Bell |Adam Easton

In Brussels, it was just after 06:00 on Wednesday. But it was midnight in Washington DC when President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium took effect on major US trading partners. It took less than 10 minutes for the European Union to respond. "Tariffs are taxes. They are bad for business, and worse for consumers," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Nov 20, 2024 | yahoo.com | Adam Easton

The western Rust has premiered in Poland, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot and killed on set in New Mexico. Organisers of Poland’s Camerimage International Film Festival said the screening was a tribute to the 42-year-old Ukrainian-born cinematographer, who was a fan of the event and had attended in the past. The movie’s star Alec Baldwin was not invited and did not attend the premiere.

Oct 12, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Adam Easton

Donald Tusk claims Russia and Belarus are encouraging migration into Poland in a bid to destabilise the EU [Getty Images]Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration strategy to combat irregular migration. During a speech at a meeting of his centre-right Civic Coalition political grouping in Warsaw, Tusk said people smugglers - aided by Belarus and Russia - were abusing the right to asylum.

Sep 15, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Malu Cursino |Ruth Comerford |Adam Easton

A firefighter has died during a flood rescue in Austria and one person has drowned in Poland, as torrential rain caused by Storm Boris continues to wreak havoc across Central and Eastern Europe. The Austrian province surrounding Vienna has been declared a disaster area, with its leaders speaking of "an unprecedented extreme situation". In Romania, where four people were killed on Saturday, the prime minister says two others are missing, while several remain unaccounted for in the Czech Republic.