Bloomberg China downgraded ties with Lithuania to the level of charge d’affaires, further raising tensions after Taiwan opened a diplomatic office in the Baltic nation. Lithuania is “walking back on political promises” made in a communique for establishing diplomatic links with China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. China withdrew its ambassador from Lithuania in August in protest ...

Bloomberg Tens of thousands gathered in Vienna to protest the Austrian government’s new vaccine mandate and a national lockdown to contain record coronavirus cases. The demonstration came as unrest is on the rise in Europe, where governments, desperate to end the pandemic and its damage to their economies and healthcare systems, are increasingly focusing on the unvaccinated. Austria will enter ...

Bloomberg Bulgarians are voting in a presidential runoff that is likely to re-elect incumbent Rumen Radev to a new five-year term and cement gains for political forces who ousted long-serving Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. After winning the first round of elections with nearly 50% of the votes, Radev faces Anastas Gerdzhikov, the head of Bulgaria’s largest university and backed by ...