Tag: European Union

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  European countries easing border controls from Monday

  

  European countries ease some border controls this Monday June 15 after coronavirus lockdowns, but Spain's continued closure, a patchwork of restrictions elsewhere and new ways of working mean pre-pandemic levels of travel are a long way off.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 12:52 UTC

  EU accuses Russia and China of “unprecedented” Coronavirus “infodemic”

  

  China and Russia were blamed for spewing out false and misleading online information about Covid-19 in a European Union report that seeks to stem the “unprecedented” spread of fake news amid the pandemic.

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 13:47 UTC

  Europe could be free-travel zone again by July

  

  European Union Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced that EU free-travel zone could be up and running again before the end of June.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  EU ratifies that Juan Guaidó is the legitimate congressional president in Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan Supreme Court decision to ratify an ally of President Nicolas Maduro as president of the National Assembly is illegitimate, the European Union said on Thursday, warning of a deepening crisis in the South American nation.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  EU starts overhaul of drug manufacturing emphasizing in production and access to medicines

  

  The European Commission on Tuesday started a process that could lead to reforms of drug manufacturing to limit shortages of vaccines and antibiotics and make medicines more easily available.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  EU admits a post Brexit fisheries agreement with Britain can be achieved

  

  The EU is willing to shift its stance on fisheries in negotiations with Britain next week, in what would be the first major concession from the bloc in talks on their new relationship after Brexit.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  EU unveils 750bn Euro recovery package, but Italy and Spain must convince their northern partners

  

  The European Union unveiled a proposed 750-billion-euro (US$ 825bn) recovery plan Wednesday to get the continent back on its feet after the devastation wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic, as Latin America outpaced Europe and the US in the number of daily infections.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Boris Johnson will resume Brexit talks next month in Brussels

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resume Brexit talks in Brussels next month, the Times newspaper reported on Thursday. Britain's negotiator with the European Union, David Frost, said Johnson will meet the presidents of the European Commission and Council to formally assess the state of the talks, according to the newspaper.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:19 UTC

  Donald Tusk quips about Brexit mastermind Cummings and his trip

  

  A senior European Union politician couldn't help a Brexit quip as he waded into Britain's row over Dominic Cummings, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top adviser and mastermind of leaving the bloc who is accused of violating coronavirus travel curbs.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Soros warns EU survival threatened unless it issues perpetual bonds to prop weak members

  

  George Soros, the billionaire financier, has cautioned that the European Union's survival was threatened by the novel coronavirus unless it could issue perpetual bonds or “consols” to help weak members such as Italy.