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The Commission has approved the primary work programme of Horizon Europe for 2021-2022, which will receive €14.7 billion in funding. These investments will...
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Last Friday, 4 June, the EU submitted its proposal seeking the commitment of World Trade Organization (WTO) members for a multilateral trade action plan to expand the production...
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Today, leaders of the G20 committed to several actions to speed up the end of the COVID-19 crisis and better prepare for future pandemics, at a summit co-hosted by European...
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Today, May 21, the European Commission approved the provisional political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the Regulation governing the EU...
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May 20
2021
The European Commission and BioNTech-Pfizer: a third contract for an additional 1.8 billion doses
Today, 20 May, the European Commission signed a third contract with the pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer. Thanks to this, an additional 1.8 billion doses have been...
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Yesterday, on Europe Day, the European Parliament hosted the inaugural event of the Conference on the Future of Europe in Strasbourg, launching the participatory process set up...
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May 07
2021
Porto hosts EU Social Summit
The EU Social Summit of 2021 is taking place in Porto, Portugal, where European Union leaders are meeting for two days (7 and 8 May) with the goal of making progress on the...
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May 06
2021
EU Strategy on COVID-19 therapeutics
Today, the Commission is adding to the EU Vaccines Strategy a strategy on COVID-19 therapeutics to support the development and availability of these, including...
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Yesterday, the Commission proposed that Member States alleviate the current restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU. This was proposed because of how vaccination...
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The European Commission published today an open public consultation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The EHDS goal is to take full advantage of digital health...
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April 20
2021
EU to provide COVID-19 vaccines for the Western Balkans
Today, the European Commission and Austria are finishing the arrangements for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to the Western Balkans. Soon, 651.000 BioNTech/Pfizer doses...
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April 12
2021
Commission proposes to exclude certain goods and services from VAT during crisis period
Today, 12 April, the European Commission proposed to exclude from Value Added Tax (VAT) goods and services distributed by the European Commission, EU entities and agencies to...
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