EU now open to vaccine waiver, after Biden U-turn
In total more than 100 countries back the temporarily waiver of intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines (Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia)
Brussels, Today, 07:15
The European Union is ready to discuss the proposal, now supported by the United States, to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines - after opposing the move during seven months of negotiations at the international level. The EU is also ready to discuss any proposals that addresses the crisis in an effective and pragmatic manner, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in a speech to the European University Institute in Florence on Thursday (6 May).
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What a No Deal Brexit is going to look like
Labour mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Within the EU, sectors such as food, transport vehicles, machinery, and electronics will be particularly badly hit (Photo: DIUS Corporate)
London/Thessaloniki, 10. Dec 2020, 07:04
Local and regional governments in the UK and the EU are bracing themselves for a Christmas and New Year like no other.
In any normal festive period, public services are stretched to the limit, but this year we are in crisis mode managing the pandemic.
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