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Brussels: The member states of the European Union (EU) will receive an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the first three months of next year to hasten the pace against the fast-spreading Omicron variant, the…

Madrid: The European Union has not recognised the Taliban nor is it holding political talks with the terrorists, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. The head of the EU executive spoke after visiting a reception centre in…

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has said that 15 countries in the European Union (EU) now recognise Covishield vaccine for travellers. It has been produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and…

New Delhi: Following pressure from India, several European countries including, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain, and Switzerland have approved the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine for 'Green Pass'. Separately,…

New Delhi: India has asked the members of the European Union to individually consider allowing Indians who have taken Covishield and Covaxin vaccines and want to travel to Europe, sources said. India has requested the EU member nations…

European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-EU visitors ahead of the summer tourist season. Ambassadors from the 27 EU countries approved a European Commission proposal from May 3 to loosen…

London: The European Parliament has declared that the whole of the European Union is an "LGBTIQ Freedom Zone". Two years after the first local authority in Poland declared itself an ‘‘LGBTIQ-free zone”, the European parliament adopted…

Berlin, Germany: AstraZeneca has rejected baseless reports on the efficacy of its Covid vaccine on elderly persons. The pharma has vociferously defended the efficacy of its coronavirus vaccine after media reports said the German government…

London: The United Kingdom's Brexit transition period has expired, ending a 48-year history with the European project. New trading rules now apply between Britain and the EU. As the clock struck 11 pm in London on Thursday (23:00…