Tag: European Union
CEO: Italy-made Sputnik V aimed for EU market, if approved
MILAN — The head of a Swiss pharmaceutical company said Wednesday that hopes behind a deal with Russia to produce the Sputnik V vaccine...
Gibraltar, a vaccine champion, launches ‘Operation Freedom’
GIBRALTAR — Maskless parents pick up smiling Cinderellas, Harry Potters and hedgehogs from schools that reopened after a two-month hiatus just in time for...
Italy rejects two-state deal for ethnically divided Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Italy strongly disapproves of any deal to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus that doesn’t conform to an already agreed-upon federal framework that’s...
Split Cyprus defends razor wire to halt migrant crossovers
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The government of ethnically split Cyprus came under fire on Tuesday over a decision to lay razor wire along a section...
Hungary closes stores, schools to curb surge due to variants
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarians on Monday awoke to a new round of strict lockdown measures aimed at slowing a record-breaking wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations...
EU lawmakers to vote on fate of former Catalan president
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament is voting Monday on whether to lift the immunity of the former president of Spain’s Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont,...
Cyprus, Israel, Greece sign deal on electric cable link
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Plans to connect Israel, Cyprus and Greece with a 2,000 megawatt undersea electricity cable took a key step forward on Monday,...
Facebook calls on Albanian parties to be transparent in ads
TIRANA, Albania — Facebook said Monday that Albanian political parties should be transparent on how they finance their political advertising on its pages before...
Cyprus: no waiting for EU, vaccinated Britons welcome May 1
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Tourism-reliant Cyprus won’t wait for the European Union to create a vaccine certificate that aims to ease travel and will seek...
Cyprus: EU stands ready to help restart dormant peace talks
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The European Union is ready to “actively contribute” to a new push to revive dormant talks on reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus,...