EU Commission to file court cases against 6 countries causing environmental damage

Jan 27, 2023, at 01:34 am

Moscow/UNI: The European Commission said on Thursday it would submit to the EU Court of Justice cases of non-compliance with provisions on protecting the environment from invasive alien species by Bulgaria, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Latvia, and Portugal.

Benefits of all Covid vaccines approved in EU outweigh potential risks: European Medicines Agency

Dec 04, 2021, at 02:16 am

Brussels/UNI/Sputnik: The benefits of all Covid-19 vaccines approved in the European Union outweigh the risks, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday.

EU welcomes WHO’s initiative on new agreement for strengthening pandemic prevention

Nov 30, 2021, at 01:59 am

Geneva/UNI/Sputnik: The European Union has welcomed the proposal of the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a new international treaty with member states in order to better respond to future pandemics, Ursula Von Der Leyen, President of the European Commission said on Monday.

EU approves Pfizer shots for children aged 5 to 11 yr

Nov 26, 2021, at 05:59 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The European Union (EU) has cleared Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 on Thursday, the first shot to get approval for inoculating a population where the virus is spreading rapidly, media reports said.

Turkey battles wildfires for 6 days in coastal resorts

Aug 03, 2021, at 01:36 am

Istanbul/UNI/Xinhua: Turkey has been battling wildfires that erupted in the southern and southwestern coastal resort towns and have lasted six days, officials announced Monday.

COVID-19: European Commission proposes borrowing 750 bln euros as recovery fund

May 27, 2020, at 07:30 pm

Brussels/Xinhua: The European Commission on Wednesday proposed borrowing 750 billion euros (826 billion US dollars) in its name from the financial market to help the world's largest trading bloc recover from a recession owing to the coronavirus pandemic.