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EU chief says ready to 'discuss' Covid vaccine patent waiver
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 6 (ANI): The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday said that she is ready to discuss solutions to help increase the production of COVID-19 vaccines for global vaccination.
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PM Modi discusses COVID-19 situation with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a phone call on Monday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, wherein they exchanged views on the prevailing COVID-19 condition in India and the European Union (EU).
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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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IATA welcomes EC President von der Leyen comments on US-EU travel
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 27 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said it is encouraged by the comments of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (EC), that the EU will grant unrestricted access to vaccinated travellers from the United States.
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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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Is trade deal with China a dangerous move for EU?
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Athens [Grecce], February 25 (ANI): December 2020, European Union (EU) landmark trade deal - the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with China, that aims to liberalise trade between Beijing and Brussels, may prove to be a dangerous move for Europe.
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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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Europe was too late to approve COVID-19 vaccines, too optimistic on mass p
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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 calls on US to create common rulebook for tech giants
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Davos [Switzerland], January 27 (ANI): The European Union on Tuesday urged US President Joe Biden to join the 27-nation group in creating a common rule book designed to rein in the power of Big Tech companies and combat the spread of misinformation.
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EU secures deal to double Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supply
Updated : 5 years, 2 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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