Tag: European Union
UK GDP shrinks 2.9% amid COVID lockdown; Brexit cuts exports
LONDON — The British economy shrank 2.9% in January as the nation was hit by a new round of coronavirus restrictions and Brexit slashed...
Germany regrets neighbors’ move to pause AstraZeneca shots
BERLIN — Germany's top health official expressed regret Friday that some neighboring countries have paused their use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine following reports of...
Spanish police seize narco-sub being built on southern coast
MADRID — Spanish police announced Friday that they seized a homemade narco-submarine able to carry up to 2 metric tons (2.2 tons) of cargo.
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Hungary emerges as an EU vaccination star amid surging cases
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary has emerged as a European Union leader in COVID-19 vaccinations thanks to a strategy that sought shots from Russia and...
Tussle between US, allies over vaccine supply escalates
BRUSSELS — Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses are in cold storage in the U.S. that can’t be injected in the states because they are...
WHO grants emergency approval for 1-shot J&J COVID vaccine
GENEVA — The World Health Organization granted an emergency use listing Friday for the coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, meaning the one-dose...
EU worried by shooting incidents near Turkey-Greece border
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top migration official expressed concern Friday about a spike in the number of shooting incidents on the Turkish side...
EU regulator meets to evaluate J&J’s one-shot COVID-19 shot
AMSTERDAM — The European Medicines Agency was meeting Thursday to discuss whether Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose coronavirus vaccine should be authorized, a move that...
Austria targets hard-hit area with shots to battle variant
BERLIN — Austria is embarking on an ambitious drive to inoculate residents of a district that has been particularly hard-hit by the virus variant...
Poland, Hungary file complaint at EU court over budget rule
WARSAW, Poland — The right-wing governments of Poland and Hungary filed a complaint with the European Union's supreme court on Thursday challenging a new...
