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Following talks with Brussels, Netflix cuts streaming quality to ease internet congestion in Europe
Netflix will reduce its streaming quality across Europe for at least 30 days, to reduce the strain on internet service providers, following talks with...
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EPP Vice-President Muresan calls for suspension of tariffs on all protective and medical equipment
In a letter sent on Wednesday to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the Vice-President of European People's Party in the EU Parliament, Siegfried...
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Germany expands border controls to include EU travelers
The German government and local authorities have heightening measures in a bid to stem spread of COVID-19 across the country, closing the borders both...
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IOM and UNHCR temporarily suspend resettlement departures for refugees
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), decided to temporarily suspend resettlement departures for refugees, over health concerns...
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Von der Leyen optimistic about COVID-19 vaccine before autumn
In a video published prior to Tuesday's teleconference meeting with EU27 leaders, Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President and a trained doctor herself...
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Eurozone finance ministers point at €410 bn bailout fund
Eurozone finance ministers at a Monday videoconference asked from the bloc's bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to consider ways of tackling the...
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European Commission's latest response to COVID-19
After having faced sharp criticism from within the EU over its inactivity in assisting the country's within the bloc that have been the hardest...
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EU27 leaders greenlight European border shutdown
The leaders of the EU27 bloc gave the nod on Tuesday to the Commission's proposal for a 30-day non-essential travel ban from third countries...
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Macron says France is 'at war' with Coronavirus
As the European Commission proposed on Monday a 30-day non-essential travel ban from third countries to the EU in a last-ditch effort to stem...
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EP Civil Liberties Chairman Aguilar demands proportionality and solidarity within the EU
Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, a member of the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament and Chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties,...
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Commission offers financing to German biopharma CureVac for COVID-19 vaccine
The European Commission announced on Monday it had offered €80bn of financial support to the German pharmaceutical company CureVac, to speed up the development...
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Commission proposes 30-day non-essential travel ban to the EU
The European Commission has proposed a 30-day ban on all non-essential travel from third countries to the EU area, in an effort halt COVID-19...
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Italy sees death toll rocketing, hospitals in crisis
While the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases across Europe is rising dramatically, Italy remains the second country most harshly hit by the virus' outbreak...
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Belgium activates emergency measures to halt COVID-19 spread
Sophie Wilmès, Belgium’s Prime Minister, announced on Thursday a series of emergency measures to stem spread of Coronavirus, following a long meeting of the...
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Mitsotakis warns EU of 'asymmetric' threat from Turkish border, Johansson calls for respecting asylum law
Amid preparations of EU's new Pact on Asylum and Migration, Ylva Johansson Commissioner for Home Affairs visited Athens on Thursday, to hold talks with...
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European Parliament to 'shut down'
All European Parliament's meetings and activities were suspended until March 30 and staff were asked to telework as much as possible, due to the...
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Erdoğan in Brussels to hold talks over migrants crisis
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is visiting Brussels on Monday, amid an ongoing crisis at the Greek-Turkish border, after the country "opened the gates...
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Brussels' action plan to support Greece
EU Vice-President Margaritis Schinas and the Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson announced that Brussels has adopted an action plan for Greece that would...
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Commission's climate law is 'surrender', activists say
"Net zero emissions by 2050 for the EU equals surrender," said Greta Thunberg and 33 more youth climate activists in an open letter sent...
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EU unveils its first climate law
Europe's plan to transition to irreversible climate neutrality was rolled out by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on March 4, a move that...
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Frontex to launch rapid border intervention at Greece's external borders
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has agreed to deploy a Rapid Border Intervention Team (RABIT) at Greece's sea borders in the...
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EU leadership to visit Greek-Turkish border alongside PM Mitsotakis
The chiefs of European institutions will visit the Greek-Turkish border in northern Greece along with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday, as thousands...
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COVID-19: Commission launches 'Corona response team'
As the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Europe is on the rise and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has...
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A new chapter in EU-Africa partnership
Europe is seeking to open a new chapter in EU - Africa partnership, by fostering relations with its "sister continent" as Ursula von der...
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Commissioner Johansson sees new ways of managing migration
"I want to restart the EU's migration debate from the scratch," said EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson during her short visit to...
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