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Ursula von der Leyen

Journalists ensnared in scandal

Journalists ensnared in scandal

PARIS: European politicians and media groups voiced outrage Monday over reports that an Israeli firm supplied phone...
Published 20 Jul, 2021 06:32am
AstraZeneca says EU loses legal bid for more vaccine supplies by end-June
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AstraZeneca says EU loses legal bid for more vaccine supplies by end-June

  • The supply cuts delayed the EU's vaccination drive in the first quarter of the year, when the bloc had initially bet on AstraZeneca to deliver the largest volume of its shots.
  • The court said in a statement that AstraZeneca must deliver 15 million doses by July 26, another 20 million by Aug. 23 and another 15 million by Sept. 27, for a total of 50 million doses.
Published 18 Jun, 2021 06:10pm
No movement: UK, EU show little sign of defusing post-Brexit row
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No movement: UK, EU show little sign of defusing post-Brexit row

  • "Both sides must implement what we agreed on," von der Leyen, European Commission president, said after meeting Johnson alongside Michel, the European Council president.
  • "There is complete EU unity on this," she said, adding that the deal had been agreed, signed and ratified by both Johnson's government and the bloc.
Updated 12 Jun, 2021 06:25pm
EU vaccination campaign catching up with that of the US, von der Leyen says
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EU vaccination campaign catching up with that of the US, von der Leyen says

  • "We aim to have offered a jab to 70% of all adults by the end of July...this is almost the same target as the one the US has set," she told a conference.
  • "Others are keeping their entire vaccine production all to themselves, but the EU will reach its vaccination targets without sealing itself off from the world."
Published 20 May, 2021 06:39pm