The European Commission has today proposed to update the rules on the coordination of safe and free movement in the EU. Among the most important changes is a reduction in the validity of the vaccination certificate from 12 to 9 months. It will be possible to extend the validity of the document by taking a "booster dose" of the vaccine.more
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Germany has recently received numerous messages from German citizens expressing their support for the actions of the Polish government on the Polish-Belarusian border. "We receive 30-50 such e-mails every day," the press spokeswoman said.more
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has issued advice on the use of Lagevrio (also known as molnupiravir or MK 4482) for the treatment of COVID-19. The medicine, which is currently not authorised in the EU, can be used to treat adults with COVID-19 who do not require supplemental oxygen and who are at increased risk of developing severe COVID-19. more
From October 2020. The EU has been successively imposing further sanctions on Belarus. This is in response to violence by the Belarusian authorities against demonstrators and the opposition, as well as the unlawful forcing of a Ryanair plane to land in Minsk on 23 May 2021. Alexander Lukashenko is also on the sanctions list. The latest package will be the fifth in a row.more
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started evaluating the application for a conditional marketing authorization for Novavax against Covid-19 - Nuvaxovid.more
Former Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz (PO) is mentioned as a potential candidate for the new head of the European Parliament, informs "Politico". The current head of the EP is socialist David Sassoli, but according to the agreement between the political groups, this position is to be taken by the EPP group in the second part of the current parliamentary term.more
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator has welcomed what he says is "a changing tone of discussion" in talks about the Northern Ireland Protocol. Maroš Šefčovič was talking after a meeting in London with Lord Frost.more
EU authorities have pursued an energy policy in recent years that has increased Europe's dependence on natural gas from Russia, and now we will pay the price, according to Spanish media.more
At yesterday's meeting of the UN Security Council, its European members (except Russia) and the US condemned Belarus. They stigmatised it in connection with the crisis on the Polish border for its instrumental treatment of human beings leading to the 'destabilisation of the EU's external border'.more
The United States has warned its allies in Europe that Russia may well be planning an invasion of neighboring Ukraine as Moscow amasses forces on its western border, according to a report published Thursday.more
The European Parliament has approved a resolution condemning Poland's near-total ban on abortion. In October 2020, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled women can terminate their pregnancies only in cases of rape or incest, or if their life is in danger.more
The European Union's GDP will grow by 5%. in 2021, 4.3 percent in 2022 and 2.5 percent. in 2023 - results from the autumn forecast presented today by the European Commission in Brussels. The latest forecasts are partly more optimistic than summer forecasts.more
Moderna has applied to the European Union's medicine regulator for approval of its Covid-19 vaccine for children aged six to 11, the US biotechnology company announced Tuesday.more
The UK's trade deal with the EU could collapse in a row over Northern Ireland, says a senior Irish minister. The UK is thought to be preparing to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.more
Four men hijacked and set fire to a bus in a pro-British unionist community in Northern Ireland on Sunday evening, police said. "It was reported that four men got onto the bus and ordered passengers off before the bus was then set alight," the Police Service of Northern Ireland said in a statement.more
8 percent residents of the European Union were not able to adequately heat their home in 2020 - these are the results of a survey by the European Statistical Office. This problem was most severe in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Cyprus, where over 20 percent of respondents admitted that it is too cold in their homes.more
The UK and France remained locked in a bitter cross-Channel confrontation over fishing licences for French boats in English waters after a meeting between UK Brexit minister Lord David Frost and France’s Europe minister, Clément Beaune, in Paris on Thursday.more
A valid EU Digital COVID certificate is required for anyone - lawmaker or staff - who enters the Parliament’s premises in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg from November 3.more
The information campaign produced by the Council of Europe co-financed by the European Union turns the hijab into a symbol of women's emancipation, reports the daily "Le Figaro".more
The British trawler, which was detained by French authorities last Thursday over a dispute over fishing rights after Brexit, was released yesterday and left the port of Le Havre in the evening.more
We have full confidence that the Polish authorities will deal with this incident. If it is confirmed, it will be another provocation of the Lukashenka regime towards the EU and its member states, said the spokesman of the European Commission, Peter Stano, when asked about the incursion into Polish territory from Belarus by several uniformed and armed people. more
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he was postponing planned trade sanctions on Britain so that negotiators from both sides could work on new proposals to defuse their dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights.more
European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said the United Kingdom must not "embark on a path of confrontation" amid tension over post-Brexit fishing rights and goods passing through Northern Ireland, The Telegraph reported on Sunday.more
US President Joe Biden announced today after meeting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that the United States and the EU will once again face the challenges of the 21st century. Their conversation took place on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Both sides talk about a new era in mutual relations.more