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Danish drugmaker to supply monkeypox vaccine to Europe

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 18 02:42 PM

Experts and health authorities have warned against claiming victory against monkeypox too soon. Read more »

European lawmakers may visit PH; more positive talks seen

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 14 10:50 PM

European lawmakers could visit the Philippines next year, an ambassador said, adding that he expected more positive talks between Manila and the EU. Read more »

ECB surprises with aggressive rate hike, first since 2011

Sebastien Ash, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 10:09 PM

The European Central Bank brought an end to the era of negative interest rates in the eurozone, with a bigger than expected half-point hike as inflation soars. Read more »

EU calls snap summit on Russia-Ukraine crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 12:39 AM

The summit follows the EU's adoption of sanctions against Russia for declaring pro-Moscow separatist regions of Ukraine to be independent. Read more »

Gas exporters working for 'reliable' supplies as Ukraine crisis worsens

Tim Witcher, Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 06:34 PM

Qatar's emir said major gas exporting nations were working to ensure "credible and reliable" supplies as he hosted a forum overshadowed by the worsening crisis in Ukraine on Tuesday. Read more »

Germany paves way to clamp down on Google activities

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 07:15 PM

The decision is the first after an amendment of the German Competition Act came in force January 2021. Read more »

Air pollution in Europe still killing 300,000 a year

Camille Bas-Wohlert, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 09:03 AM

Heart disease and strokes cause most premature deaths blamed on air pollution, followed by lung ailments including cancer. Read more »

European efforts to assess Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine stymied by data gaps

Michel Rose, Polina Ivanova and Emilio Parodi, Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 07:34 AM

Several people who have interacted with Russia’s Gamaleya Institute attribute the repeated failure to provide some information to lack of experience in dealing with overseas regulators.  Read more »

EU seeks reinstated curbs due to coronavirus 'resurgence'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 05:00 AM

The EU's health agency Monday urged countries seeing an increase in cases of COVID-19 to reinstate some curbs, warning of a resurgence of cases in parts of Europe. Read more »

Facebook says EU antitrust probe invades employee privacy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 08:28 AM

Facebook on Monday said it is asking EU courts to review "exceptionally broad" requests by antitrust regulators there that would scoop up employees' personal information.   Read more »

Renewables now EU's biggest source of electricity: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 04:24 PM

Renewable energy sources such as the wind and the sun overtook fossil fuels as the European Union's main generators of electricity in the first half of this year, according to a new report published on Wednesday. Read more »

WHO: Domestic violence surges in locked down Europe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 09:07 PM

Billions of people are subject to some form of stay-at-home orders across the globe, and experts say women and children are particularly vulnerable to abuse in lockdown. Read more »