Tag: European Union
Belgium imposes ban on AZ jabs for people under 56
BRUSSELS — Belgium is disregarding Wednesday’s advice from the European Union’s drug regulator and imposing a four-week ban on administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to...
EU life expectancy drops across bloc amid virus pandemic
BRUSSELS — Life expectancy across much of the European Union has dropped last year, as the 27-nation bloc struggled with the impact of the...
Ryanair sees break-even earnings amid slow COVID-19 recovery
LONDON — Ryanair, Europe’s biggest discount airline, says earnings for the current fiscal year are likely to be “close to breakeven” as continued travel...
3rd health minister fired in virus-hit Czech Republic
PRAGUE — Czech Prime Minster Andrej Babis fired his health minister on Wednesday, the third health minister who has been ousted during the pandemic...
EU agency to share results of probe into AstraZeneca shot
LONDON — The European Union's medicines regulator will announce the conclusions of its investigation into the possible connection between AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine and rare...
EU approves $4.7 billion in state aid to carrier Air France
BRUSSELS — The European Union has approved $4.7 billion in government aid for national carrier Air France as it struggles through the economic impact...
Serbia’s leader chooses Chinese-made vaccine for own shot
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic finally rolled up his sleeve for a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday and to encourage his country's increasingly skeptical...
Top EU officials meet Erdogan for talks on migration, trade
ANKARA, Turkey — The European Union's top officials met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday, weeks after Erdogan took conciliatory...
Official: EU agency to confirm AstraZeneca blood clot link
ROME — A top official at the European Medicines Agency said in an interview published Tuesday there is a causal link between AstraZeneca's coronavirus...
Cyprus kicks off new registry declaring true company owners
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A new digital registry obliging Cyprus-based companies to declare their true owners puts the east Mediterranean island nation in line with...