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Energy
Greek Island of Tilos Wins EU Environmental Award
The small Greek island of Tilos has been awarded an EU RESponsible Island Prize for its efforts to use local renewable energy.
Europe
European Commission Recommends Reopening to Foreign Tourists
The EC on Monday recommended that all foreign tourists who have been fully vaccinated be allowed into member states.
Europe
European Commission Suing AstraZeneca Over Vaccine Delay
The European Commission is suing the pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca over the delay in providing vaccines to the Union.
Cyprus
Cyprus’ National Cheese Halloumi Receives Protected Status from EU
The iconic cheese of Cyprus, Halloumi, received its coveted protected status on Monday after years of wrangling in the European Commission.
Europe
EU to Issue Digital Vaccination Certificate “Before Summer”
An EU Vaccination certificate given in digital form promises to change lives in Europe according to European Union autorities.
Europe
Moderna to Send 300 Million More Vaccine Doses to EU in 2021, 2022
The European Commission announced today that it has reached an agreement with Moderna to supply an additional 150 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine this year, almost doubling the number of doses it has secured for 2021 from the...
Economy
Greek PM Touts Vaccine Certificate Program, Tourism Recovery in 2021
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis again touted his vaccine certificate initiative during an interview with the Bloomberg news outlet on Monday. Professing that there will be a noticeable improvement in the coronavirus situation by April, the Greek leader stated...
Greek news
EC Proposes New Restrictions on Travel from Outside EU
The European Commission (EC) proposed new restrictions on travel to help stop the further spread of the coronavirus and its variants as not only the overall case numbers but the number of variants continue to rise across the continent.
As...
Greek News
European Commission Urges Vaccination of 70% of Adults by Summer
The European Commission urges the vaccination of at least 70% of all adults in every country of the European Union by the Summer of 2021, according to a statement issued by the European Commission on Tuesday.
The high percentage is...
Europe
EC President Condemns Erdogan’s Comments, Vows to Assess Turkey’s Behavior
In a Wednesday interview with RTL Radio, European Council President Charles Michel pledged that the European Union will assess Turkey's behavior before the end of this year.
Michel also described as "unacceptable" the recent comments of Turkish President Recep Tayyip...