A new study from three academy networks, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council and the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) found that the EU’s status as a health research leader is
According to Italian daily Corriere della Sera, hundreds of Italian people are attempting to secure a vaccination appointment in Serbia after the country offered to vaccinate everyone and anyone who enters its territory, with or without a residency permit. The move appears
The former Athens finance minister said the crisis could have boosted confidence in the EU and persuaded leaders to set aside years of acrimony and fragmentation to emerge as a stronger and more integrated bloc to which the world looked for global
A Bulgarian politician said joining the EU had made Bulgaria “the worst at everything” and the only solution is to quit. Raicho Markov’s Bulgaria of Labour and Reason party has now joined the Eurexit Movement, which unites eurosceptic parties across the bloc.
The European Commission has escalated its legal proceedings against Warsaw after opening infringement procedures in April last year. Eurocrats accuse Poland of not upholding judicial independence after reforms saw the retirement age of supreme court judges slashed. Justice commissioner Didier Reynders said:
The UK could be put alongside rogue states like China when it comes to participating in vital European research – a bizarre threat. The EU executive said Brexit Britain would be treated as any other third country regarding its Horizon research programme
The bloc is now seven weeks behind its goal of having 70 percent of adults vaccinated by the end of the summer, analysts have claimed. Insurance giant Euler Hermes estimates the hold-up will cost the 27 member states around €123 billion this
The European Commission’s flagship plan to help member states recover from the economic slumps caused by the coronavirus pandemic may just be too little, too late. Economists have been comparing the EU Recovery Fund to Joe Biden’s stimulus package, warning delays in
European Commissioner Thierry Breton warned on Sunday that all AstraZeneca vaccine vials produced in the EU will not leave the bloc until all member states have caught up with their inoculations. In a swipe at the UK, which has already vaccinated over
European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde talked of a “firm rebound in activity I the second half of 2021” just a couple of weeks ago. But now that a third wave of coronavirus cases is crippling the bloc, Italy, France and Germany,