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EU considering to make Covid vaccine jabs mandatory amid Omicron fear

It is appropriate that European nations consider mandatory vaccination to combat Covid and the Omicron variant, head of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said

European Commission proposes 9 months validity of Covid vaccination

A complete vaccination against Covid-19 will grant the EU citizens free movement within the bloc for nine months, starting from the date of the last shot

ECB should not react to current inflation spike, says Christine Lagarde

Inflation in the euro zone hit 4.1 per cent in October, pushed up by higher energy costs, and is expected to stay above the ECB's 2 per cent target next year

European Commission set to ban trade practice propelling meme stocks

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is separately weighing a ban on payment for order flow, in which trading firms pay retail brokerages to execute their trades

Modi holds talks with European Council, European Commission heads in Italy

The discussions covered trade and investment ties, climate change, Covid-19, global and regional developments

EU says people vaccinated with AstraZeneca should be able to travel to US

The EU has its own safe-travel list, from which the United States was recently removed after a spike in infections there.

European Commission raises 20 billion Euro for pandemic recovery

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the inaugural transaction of the NextGeneration EU program is the largest ever institutional bond issuance in Europe.

European consumer group joins EU antitrust case against Apple

The European Commission filed its first antitrust charges against Apple in April following an initial complaint by the iPhone maker's rival Spotify.

The UN needs to start regulating the 'Wild West' of artificial intelligence

The proposal for a regulation on AI published by the European Commission recently is the first document of its kind to attempt to tame the multi-tentacled beast that is artificial intelligence

PM Modi discusses Covid-19 situation with European Commission President

'Team Europe stands in deep solidarity with our democratic partner India,' says Ursula von der Leyen in a tweet

Investors urge Europe to prioritise climate in agriculture reform

A $2 trillion group of investors urged the European Commission to be more ambitious in planned overhaul of the bloc's huge farming subsidy programme to fight climate change and protect biodiversity

European Commission proposes Covid-19 certificate to boost travel

The European Commission proposed a Digital Green Certificate covering Covid-19 vaccination, testing and recovery, in a bid to reopen the European Union "in a safe, sustainable and predictable way"

European Commission bets on data to prepare for climate change impacts

As European Union countries attempt to eliminate their net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, they will still face decades of climate-related impacts, locked in from previous years' emissions

EU Commission tells 6 countries to ease unilateral Covid-19 border curbs

The EU executive's Justice Commissioner, Didier Reynders, said it had given Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Sweden 10 days to justify curbs he said had "gone too far"

EU to have enough Covid vaccine doses soon, says European Commission prez

The European Union will soon have enough coronavirus vaccine doses for everyone, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday

Chances of Brexit deal fading every day: European Commission chief

The British government unveiled draft legislation last week which it acknowledges would violate its international legal obligations

Why does EU care about London Stock Exchange's acquisition of Refinitiv?

LSE is now a central node in global and, importantly, European capital markets

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Japan's Shinzo Abe resigns due to poor health

New reckoning for WHO vaccine plan as govts go it alone. South Korea doctors' strike escalates, how will cities transform post pandemic, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

European Commission president says her team could face a reshuffle

European Commission president said her team could face a reshuffle after the resignation of the Irish trade commissioner over a controversy involving his questionable adherence to Covid-19 rules

EU clears Alstom's acquisition of Canadian firm Bombardier's rail unit

The European Commission has given its go-ahead to the acquisition of the rail business of Canadian engineering firm Bombardier by French train maker Alstom