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Turkey chair snub happened because I was a woman: EU Chief
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 27 (ANI): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said sexism was to blame for an incident where she was left awkwardly standing while her male colleague sat during her last visit to Turkey earlier this month.
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European Union's Ursula von der Leyen gets first COVID-19 jab
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 15 (ANI/Xinhua): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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US, EU to suspend tariffs on alcohol, food and airplanes
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 6 (ANI): The United States and the European Union agreed to temporarily suspend tariffs levied on billions of dollars of each others' aircraft, wine, food and other products for a four-month period.
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Biden, European Commission President agree to coordinate policies on China
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday in a telephonic conversation agreed to coordinate their policies toward several countries including China and Russia.
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EU must end over-reliance on China for rare earth elements, says European
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Feburary 23 (ANI): The European Union (EU) must end its over-reliance on imports from abroad to drive its technological development, such as China's dominance in providing rare earth elements, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday.
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EU to have enough COVID-19 vaccine doses soon, says European Commission pr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 28 (ANI): The European Union will soon have enough coronavirus vaccine doses for everyone, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.
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UK Prime Minister, European Commission chief agree to continue post-Brexit
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed during a phone conversation on Saturday to continue post-Brexit talks and hold another call on Monday evening.
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EU Commission chief congratulates Serbian PM on 2nd mandate
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic on the start of her second term, during a teleconference on Friday.
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First EU citizens may be vaccinated against COVID-19 by December end
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): First European Union citizens could be vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of the next month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday.
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EU leaders reach landmark EUR1.82 trillion Covid-19 recovery package
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 21 (ANI): EU leaders agreed early on Tuesday to an unprecedented 1.8 trillion euros (2 trillion dollars) aid and budget deal aimed at helping hard-hit bloc members recover from the economic fallout of novel coronavirus pandemic.
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European Commission president praised PM Modi for taking early measures to
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission's President Ursula Von Der Leyen on Tuesday had a telephonic conversation during which the latter praised the Indian leader for taking early measures to prevent a rapid spread of coronavirus in India.
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EU officials signs off Brexit agreement
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels, [Belgium], Jan 24 (ANI): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel signed the Brexit agreement on Friday, paving a way for his "ramification" by the European Parliament.
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