Europe

US President Joe Biden has arrived at the European Council. He will speak with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Council President Charles Michel. This morning Biden met King Philip. In the afternoon, the American…
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Angela Merkel will be the first European head of government to visit the White House since Joe Biden took office on July 15. According to his spokesman, he is looking forward to the arrival of the German chancellor. Merkel will…
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The United Kingdom is concerned that there is no progress in many areas in the negotiations with the European Union on the issue of Northern Ireland. The British government announced this after a final round of talks with EU…
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Inflation in the eurozone rose further in May to 2 percent year-on-year, from 1.6 percent in April. This was reported by the European statistical office Eurostat based on a preliminary estimate. Higher energy prices, in particular,…
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A strike action started at IBM on Wednesday morning after the failure of negotiations between trade unions and management in the context of a major restructuring plan. As a result, 196 jobs are at risk in Belgium. Some 50…
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A series of European Union institutions, including the European Commission, has become the target of a significant cyber-attack over the past week. A spokesman for the EU has confirmed this to business newspaper Bloomberg. The IT…
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Indeed, there is a link between AstraZeneca's corona vaccine and the rare combination of blood clots (thrombosis) and low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) that a few dozen people contracted after vaccination. But the benefits of…
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The opposition in Belarus has called for new demonstrations against authoritarian President Aleksandr Lukashenko's regime on Thursday. Opposition to the long-serving president has diminished in recent months after severe repression…
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A stock of 29 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is in Italy, ready for export to the United Kingdom. These would include doses produced in Leiden, reports the Italian newspaper La Stampa. According to the newspaper, the…
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A police investigation started on Friday into the birthday party of Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. The prime minister turned sixty and celebrated it last month with her extended family in a ski resort about 150 kilometres…
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