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EU regulator to decide on Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 jab first

Frankfurt am Main (AFP) - Europe's medicines regulator said Tuesday it would decide by December 29 whether to grant emergency approval to a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Germany's BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer, ahead of a rival treatment from Moderna.The European Medicines Agency (EMA) confirmed that it had received formal applications from both vaccine makers seeking the green light for their experimental jabs."If the data submitted are robust enough to conclude on the quality, safety and effectiveness of the vaccine," the Amsterdam-based agency said it could conclude its assessment of t...

Belarus Protests Have Explosive Potential for EU-Russia Relations

The Belarusian revolution is far from over, and there are at least three scenarios in which the EU and Russia won’t be able to keep their differences over Belarus from escalating from the current moderate competition into an open geopolitical crisis like that seen in Ukraine.Belarus has been engulfed by protests ever since the contested presidential election back in August, and whatever happens, it seems things cannot ever just go back to the way they were, with President Alexander Lukashenko ruling indefinitely. Yet the reaction of the West, above all the European Union, differs greatly from ...

Brexit stand-off

EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier walks with his team to Brexit negotiations at a conference center, followed by anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray holding pro-EU signs in London, on Monday. Teams from Britain and the European Union are continuing face-to-face talks on a post-Brexit trade deal with little time remaining. Photo: APCopyright Global Times. All rights reserved.Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc.

Eurozone ministers agree on long-awaited ESM bailout fund overhaul

Eurozone finance ministers on Monday agreed to move forward with a stalled package of measures reforming the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund, giving it a bigger role to play in crisis prevention.The changes should ease access to lending with precautionary credit lines from the ESM, and also allow that institution to serve as a financial safety net for the Single Resolution Fund (SRF), which helps ailing banks."Since the onset of the pandemic, our group has shown our determination to tackle the economic challenges head on," Eurogroup president Paschal Donohoe said on Tuesday, ha...

Eurozone ministers agree on long-awaited ESM bailout fund overhaul

Eurozone finance ministers have agreed to move forward with a package of measures reforming the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz announces."The reform of the ESM strengthens the euro and the entire European banking sector," says Scholz, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, in a statement.Ministers also agreed to bring forward by two years the backstop for the Single Resolution Mechanism, Scholz says, referring to a fund for ailing European banks. "With this, we are making Europe's banks more crisis-proof and supporting the real econom...

Turkey research ship returns home as possible tough EU sanctions loom

Turkey's research ship Oruc Reis arrived at port on Monday from contested waters in the Mediterranean, ahead of a mid-December EU summit in which leaders will decide whether to impose further sanctions on Ankara.Turkey's energy ministry announced the exploration vessel had "completed" its mission which began in August."Our ship, which has collected 10,995 km of 2D seismic data, has returned to the Antalya port," the ministry said on Twitter.Tracking data from Refinitive Eikon showed Oruc Reis had returned to port in Antalya. It also showed a Turkish drill ship in waters off Turkey's southern c...

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［３０日 ロイター］ - 欧州連合（ＥＵ）は、トランプ政権下で生じた欧米間の緊張を緩和し、中国に対抗...

EU provides $11m to support East Jerusalem hospitals

The European Union (EU) has donated an additional €9.27 million ($11 million) to the Palestinian Authority (PA), supporting the payment of medical referrals to East Jerusalem hospitals, the Office of the EU Representative announced today.This new contribution will enable these hospitals to maintain their crucial services while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, including specialised services that are not available elsewhere in the occupied West Bank or Gaza, such as renal care and cardiac surgeries.The EU and donor countries have supported healthcare in Palestine with regular contributions t...

'EU set to assess ties with Turkey at December summit'

At its summit next month, the EU will assess its relations with Turkey not over one action, but on Turkey's actions over a period of time, said an EU spokesperson on Monday, reports Anadolu Agency.Asked about Turkey bringing a ship back to port on Monday after it completed part of its energy research mission – a mission the EU has long objected to – Peter Stona told a news conference that what the EU expects from Turkey, and its timeline, are very clear."The leaders of the EU and the EU member states will get together during the next European Council in December and they will review whether Tu...

EU covers up for Israel after Iran scientist's slaying

The brazen slaying of senior Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near Tehran on Friday is a crucial test of whether the European Union can stand up to the extremist forces of chaos and war in Israel and the United States and rescue the 2015 nuclear deal.So far, the EU is failing.Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif quickly pointed to “serious indications of [an] Israeli role” in Fakhrizadeh’s slaying.“Iran calls on [the] international community – and especially [the] EU – to end their shameful double standards and condemn this act of state terror,” Zarif tweeted on Friday.Terrorists murdered a...