Andrew Higgins

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Higgins

The archbishop is a standard-bearer for those in the church who favor a return to traditional rules and doctrine after Pope Francis. When more than a million refugees and economic migrants poured into Europe a decade ago, Pope Francis urged compassion and, in a display of empathy and support, washed the feet of 12 asylum seekers at an Italian reception center.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Higgins

George Simion bucked a recent trend of voters around the world punishing candidates seen as friendly to President Trump. George Simion, a right-wing nationalist who has promised to "Make Romania Great Again," won the first round of his country's presidential election on Sunday, bucking the recent trend of voters punishing candidates seen as friendly to President Trump.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Higgins

Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary pioneered many of the themes dear to conservatives in the United States, railing for years against "migration insanity," "the woke virus" and "gender madness."Now Mr. Orban is engaged in an effort that veers away from the orthodox conservative view that the state should stay out of the economy: He's trying to set the price of eggs and other goods.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Higgins

A student-led protest movement in Serbia rallied more than 100,000 people for a huge peaceful street demonstration on Saturday in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, defying warnings from the country's embattled strongman leader that months of unrest were careening out of control into violence.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Higgins

Unable to calm student-led protests that just kept growing, Serbia's strongman leader, Aleksandar Vucic, reached for some tried-and-tested scapegoats, unleashing his media attack dogs on foreign-financed groups that have nettled him for years. But what started as a familiar ritual of intimidation against groups that document issues like corruption, human rights abuses and electoral fraud - and which Mr. Vucic blames for the protests - has recently taken an unusual and menacing turn.