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EU slams Erdogan's 'unacceptable' push to open Cyprus ghost town
EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said plans announced by Erdogan and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to further open the former resort, abandoned since Ankara's...
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International community calls for 'urgent end' to Taliban offensive
Fighting, meanwhile, continued in Afghanistan, with both the Taliban and government claiming gains in various parts of the country.
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EU wades into battle over its green revolution
The dozen draft legal texts are intended to transform the European economy from fossil fuel dependency to a world of net-zero emissions, low pollution and battery-powered transport.
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EU hits goal of delivering vaccines for 70% of adults
The EU joint vaccine purchasing scheme, run by von der Leyen's European Commission, has delivered 330 million BioNTech-Pfizer shots, 100 million AstraZeneca, 50 million from Moderna and 20 million Johnson & Johnson.
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Brussels warns UK its Brexit bill is final
Accounts published last month by the European Union give a figure of 47.5 billion euros (40.8 billion pounds, $56.5 billion) that Brussels says it is owed by the UK government, to be paid over several years.
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EU slaps VW, BMW with €875-mn antitrust fine
Launched after anti-cartel raids in 2017, the case marked yet another blow against the German auto-making sector, which was rocked by the devastating 'dieselgate' emissions cheating scandal that broke in 2015.
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EU revives bloc-wide travel with COVID pass but Delta poses threat
The EU document - essentially a QR code made available in digital form on smartphones or hard copy - shows whether the bearer is vaccinated with one of the EU's approved jabs, has recovered from an infection, or has a recent negative COVID test.
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Indian AstraZeneca vaccine not approved for EU: agency
The African Union has complained that the EU's non-recognition of the low-cost Indian-made Covishield jab might be detrimental to people in Africa where it is widely used.
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EU agrees military training mission for Mozambique
Former colonial master Portugal is already providing training for Mozambican troops - and Lisbon's military instructors on the ground will make up some half of the new EU mission.
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EU revives bloc-wide travel with COVID pass but Delta poses threat
Under an EU law adopted this month, the COVID certificate does away with the need for quarantines or further testing when travelling between the EU's 27 countries or four associated European nations (Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein).
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EU must seek 'direct contact' with Putin: Merkel
Merkel said recent events had shown that it was not enough 'if we react to the multitude of Russian provocations in an uncoordinated manner'.
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Pandemic fuelled racism, child abuse: EU rights agency
"The pandemic and the reactions it triggered exacerbated existing challenges and inequalities in all areas of life, especially affecting vulnerable groups," said a report by the Fundamental Rights Agency.
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Drug dealers went online to beat the pandemic: EU report
Ads could be placed online allowing people to order using encrypted messaging apps for home delivery.
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Pressure mounts on Belarus over forced landing to arrest dissident
Western leaders accused Belarusian authorities of essentially hijacking a European plane, while Minsk claimed it had reacted to secure the flight after receiving a threat from Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to blow up the aircraft.
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EU welcomes Gaza ceasefire, urges 'political solution'
The statement insisted that 'only a political solution will bring sustainable peace and end once for all the Palestinian-Israeli conflict'.
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EU hits 200-million-jab milestone: AFP data
The milestone indicates that the EU should be on track to meet its goal of fully vaccinating 70% of adults -- meaning roughly 255 million people out of its total 448 million population -- by late July.
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AZ vaccine order renewal 'remains to be seen': EU
The EU last month launched legal action against the pharmaceutical giant for vaccine delivery shortfalls that hampered efforts to kickstart inoculations across the bloc.
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Additive used in sweets and cakes not safe: EU watchdog
E171 contains nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and in food it is used mainly as a whitening and brightening agent in sweets, chewing gum, white sauces and cake icing.
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EU eyes letting fully vaccinated travellers into bloc
The European Commission urged the EU's 27 member countries -- which make their own decisions on health matters -- to "lift restrictions on non-essential travel for vaccinated persons travelling to the EU".
