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Europe was too late to approve COVID-19 vaccines, too optimistic on mass p
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 10 (ANI): President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that Europe was late to authorise COVID-19 vaccines and too optimistic on mass production.
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EU authorises AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 30 (ANI): The European Commission on Friday granted a conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
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European Commission asks AstraZeneca to explain delays in COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission asks AstraZeneca to explain the delays in coronavirus vaccine deliveries, commission spokesmen said on Monday, assuring that the goal to have 70 percent of the EU population inoculated by the summer remains unchanged.
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EU needs to speed up mass COVID vaccination process, says Vice President
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union needs to accelerate the process of mass vaccination against the novel coronavirus, as well as that of vaccine deliveries, Maros Sefcovic, the vice-president of the European Commission in charge of the Interinstitutional Relatio
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Greece seeks to return 1,450 migrants to Turkey
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Greece's migration ministry said on Thursday that it has submitted a request to the European Commission and the European Union (EU) border agency Frontex for the immediate return of 1,450 migrants to Turkey.
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EU secures deal to double Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supply
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The European Union (EU) has secured a deal to double the supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bringing its total to 600 million doses, President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen said on Friday (local time).
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EU to have enough COVID-19 vaccine doses soon, says European Commission pr
Updated : 5 years, 6 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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EU, UK to continue work on trade agreement at night: European Commission
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union and the United Kingdom will continue the work on the post-Brexit trade agreement throughout the night, chief spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer said on Thursday.
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EU expects Hungary to address asylum law breaches after court decision
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission will reach out to Hungary to ascertain how it is going to address its violations of EU law on asylum in the wake of the Court of Justice's ruling on the matter, spokesman for home affairs Adalbert Jahnz said on Thursday.
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US tech giants could face heavy fines as EU sets new rules for business pr
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 16 (ANI): The European Commission on Tuesday (local time) released legislation giving regulators powers to force the US tech giants such as Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB) to "change their business practices".
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EU orders Italy to abolish corporate tax exemptions at ports to abide by s
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission has ordered Italy to remove the corporate tax exemptions currently in force at the country's ports in order to abide by the bloc's rules on state aid, according to a press release published on Friday.
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European Commission must justify its support to Pak which harbours money l
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 14 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan is not following United Nations security council's resolutions relating to terrorism, Member of European Parliament Thierry Mariani said that the European Commission should justify the reason that it is supporting Islamabad which
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