The European Union does not need the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V and can achieve immunity on the continent by 14 July using available European production. The European Commission is facing criticism for the slow pace of vaccination when the EU is facing an increase in new cases of coronavirus infections. As the vaccination program […]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has declared the AstraZeneca vaccine safe. After examining the possible side effects of the substance, some countries temporarily stopped using it. The agency said that the vaccine did not increase the risk of blood clots. Following the opinion’s publication, several countries have announced that they will resume vaccination with this […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday upped the ante in an escalating global fight over coronavirus vaccine shipments. Speaking at a midday press conference, von der Leyen threatened to cut off vaccine exports to countries that refuse to share their own vaccines — a thinly veiled shot at the U.K. The EU may also […]
The European Union and the United States have agreed to suspend for four months the tariffs they have imposed on each other in a dispute over subsidies to aircraft production. Since 2004 at the World Trade Organization (WTO), the EU and the US have accused each other of illegally supporting their aircraft manufacturers Airbus and […]
Russia announced the expulsion of three diplomats from Sweden, Poland, and Germany for allegedly participating in illegal actions in Moscow and St. Petersburg. This move was firmly rejected by all three countries and the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell, who is currently in Russia. Moscow describes unauthorized protests against the imprisonment of opposition politician […]
The European Union’s economy contracted by 6.4 percent last year, mainly due to measures against the new coronavirus’s spread. In the eurozone countries, the decline was even more pronounced, at 6.8 percent. This was announced today by Eurostat in its first quick estimate. The full-year decline was most pronounced until 1995 when Eurostat began monitoring […]
EU regulators should loosen state aid rules further to make it easier for companies hit by the COVID-19 pandemic to receive support, the governments of Austria, Denmark and the Czech Republic said on Thursday. The European Commission, the EU competition enforcer, relaxed its rules in March 2020 but the three member states said limits still […]
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer will temporarily cut supplies of its covid-19 vaccine to Europe while increasing production capacity. The authorities of several European countries stated this. The Scandinavian and Baltic health ministers have sent a letter to the European Commission expressing concerns and asking for an explanation for the move. Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen […]
The European Commission has approved two Czech investment aid support schemes for the restructuring of orchards and irrigation, while opening an in-depth investigation to assess whether investment aid granted to certain large enterprises active in the agricultural sector in the past was in line with EU rules on State aid in the agricultural sector. In […]