Tag: European Commission

• Saturday, December 19th 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  Pfizer complains of vaccine price confidentiality breach in Belgium parliament

  

  U.S. drugmaker Pfizer complained of a breach of confidentiality after a politician in Belgium published on Thursday the price per dose of COVID-19 vaccines ordered by the country, according to a Belgian newspaper.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Britain is part of “an arc of instability” that surrounds the EU, claims EC president Charles Michel

  

  Brexit Britain is part of an “arc of instability” that has emerged around the European Union, the bloc's chairman said on Monday, ranking London's decision to leave the EU along with threats from Turkey, Russia, Libya and Syria.

• Saturday, August 15th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  European Union agrees to buy 300 million doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine

  

  The European Union has agreed to buy at least 300 million doses of AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine in its first such advance purchase deal, which could weaken plans led by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a global approach.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 19:01 UTC

  Media called on the European Commission to combat disinformation on internet

  

  Broadcasters, publishers and journalists called on the European Commission on Monday to implement “much stronger measures” to combat disinformation on Internet platforms such as Google and Facebook.

• Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:38 UTC

  New chapter of the legal saga: Google will appeal a 2.4bn Euro penalty from the EU's antitrust regulator

  

  Google and the EU have a big day in court on Wednesday as the search engine giant enters a new phase of a legal saga that began a decade ago. The Silicon Valley juggernaut is appealing a 2.4 billion Euro (US$2.6 billion) fine from 2017 that was the first in a series of major penalties from the European Commission, the EU's powerful anti-trust regulator.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Boris Johnson hosts EC President von der Leyen ahead of trade talks

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in London on Wednesday ahead of the opening rounds of trade talks that will begin once Britain formally leaves the bloc on Jan 31.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Top EU official writes a “love letter” to Britain, stressing “you will always be welcome to come back”

  

  A top Brussels official has written a “love letter” to Britain expressing his grief at its decision to leave the European Union - and stressing it was always welcome back.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Migration and “Promoting the European Way of Life”, at the heart of EC controversy

  

  The incoming European Commission chief has changed the title of her migration commissioner from “Protecting our European Way of Life” following criticism it had far-right connotations, an EU official said on Wednesday.

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:33 UTC

  Next EU foreign affairs commissioner gets caught in the Catalan brawl

  

  The European Commission fielded questions on Friday over a Twitter gaffe by its next foreign policy chief, current Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, who posted a sensitive extradition-related document from UK authorities on his feed.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  EC warns Facebook, Google, Twitter: tackle fake news or face regulatory action

  

  Facebook, Google and Twitter must do more to tackle fake news or face regulatory action, the European Commission said on Tuesday.