Tag: European Union

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Conservative Maltese woman picked to head European Parliament

  

  The European Parliament Tuesday chose Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola to become its new speaker following the sudden death last week of Italian David Sassoli.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  EU removes Argentina, Canada and Australia from “safe countries” list

  

  The European Union Monday removed Argentina, Canada, and Australia from its list of COVID-19 safe countries from where people could travel without sanitary restrictions.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  The Euro at 20

  

  By Jean Pisani-Ferry (*) – Twenty years ago, on January 1, 2002, citizens of 12 European countries began using new euro banknotes and coins. A larger-than-life project – emblematic of a time when European leaders were bold enough to step into the unknown – thus became a tangible reality.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  France now tolerant to Britons willing to return to their EU countries of residence

  

  The Government of France Thursday announced it had decided to show some “tolerance” for Britons wishing to return to their homes elsewhere in the European Union, thus reversing a surprise ban that affected thousands of travelers on the grounds that they were no longer citizens of the EU and deserved no special treatment.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Brexit minister resignation deals yet another blow to Boris Johnson

  

  Career diplomat David Frost handed in his resignation to his job as a British negotiator in the post-Brexit phase, citing his disagreement with the direction taken by Boris Johnson's government, thus dealing yet another blow to the Prime Minister's image.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 20:40 UTC

  Ursula von der Leyen says time Europe eyed mandatory vaccination

  

  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Wednesday said it was time Europe started evaluating compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for all of its citizens in view of the increasing number of infections reported over the past few days.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Europe under alert and WHO convenes emergency meeting as new starin of coronavirus detected

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested an emergency meeting due to the appearance of a new strain of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, Botswana and South Africa.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 18:52 UTC

  Vaccination certificates to lose validity in EU after 9 months

  

  The European Union continues to make vaccination against COVID-19 or recovery thereof a decisive factor when it comes down to foreign travel either within the bloc or abroad, according to announcements made Thursday in Brussels.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 18:34 UTC

  Venezuelan FM criticizes EU's decision to extend sanctions on gov't leaders

  

  Venezuela's Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia Thursday criticized the European Union's decision to uphold sanctions against over 50 officials of the Nicolás Maduro administration ahead of Sunday's elections.

• Monday, November 15th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Top British military officer warns of dangers facing Europe

  

  General Nick Carter, Britain's top military officer, has said over the weekend western powers were closer to war with Russia than at any other point since the end of the Cold War.