Matina Stevis-Gridneff

May 3, 2021 at 7:47 am

Vaccinated Tourists Could Soon Be Allowed to Visit Again, EU Says

BRUSSELS — The European Union took a crucial step Monday toward reopening its borders to vaccinated travelers after the bloc’s executive released a plan for...

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April 25, 2021 at 3:16 pm

EU Set to Let Vaccinated U.S. Tourists Visit This Summer

There is no timeline and few details for how this will work, but the president of the European Commission said all 27 member states will...

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March 24, 2021 at 3:56 pm

With a Police Raid and the Threat of export curbs on vaccines, the EU plays tough

BRUSSELS — Tipped off by European authorities, a team of Italian police inspectors descended on a vaccine-manufacturing facility outside Rome over the weekend. They discovered...

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March 10, 2021 at 6:21 am

EU exports millions of vaccine doses despite supply crunch at home

BRUSSELS — The European Union exported 25 million doses of coronavirus vaccines produced in its territory last month to 31 countries around the world, with...

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January 27, 2021 at 12:57 pm

Vaccine Shortages Hit EU in a Setback for Its Immunization Race

BRUSSELS — Europe’s coronavirus vaccination woes snowballed into a full-blown crisis Wednesday, as Spain became the first country to partly suspend immunizations for lack of...

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December 21, 2020 at 12:18 pm

EU to Embark on a High-Stakes Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout

BRUSSELS — From Stockholm to Athens and from Lisbon to Warsaw, European Union governments are gearing up to receive a coronavirus vaccine later this week,...

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November 26, 2020 at 10:26 am

EU Border Agency Accused of Covering Up Migrant Pushback in Greece

BRUSSELS — Mounting evidence indicates the European Union’s border agency has been complicit in Greece’s illegal practice of pushing back migrants to Turkey, according to...

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August 8, 2020 at 9:07 am

As COVID-19 hit Belgium, many in nursing homes were left to die

BRUSSELS — Shirley Doyen was exhausted. The Christalain nursing home, which she ran with her brother in an affluent neighborhood in Brussels, was buckling from...

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July 21, 2020 at 3:49 pm

EU adopts groundbreaking stimulus to fight coronavirus recession

BRUSSELS — After nearly five days of intense haggling, European Union leaders stepped up Tuesday to confront one of the gravest challenges in the bloc’s...

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June 26, 2020 at 3:24 pm

Most U.S. travelers will be barred from EU when bloc reopens

BRUSSELS — The European Union is ready to bar most travelers from the United States, Russia and dozens of other countries considered too risky because...

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