The EU today disbursed 90m euros in financial aid to Albania to tackle the pandemic, according to a European Commission statement. This disbursement is the second and final tranche of a 180m-euro support program to Albania, part of an emergency macro-financial assistance package totaling 3 billion euros for ten enlargement and neighborhood partners. The aim […]
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Netherlands: Supreme Court acquits Moscow over Yukos case
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands overturned a ruling ordering Moscow to pay $ 50 billion in damages to former shareholders of the Yukos oil company, acquitting Moscow, which had appealed against the decision. Amsterdam for retrial. The oil giant Yukos, which has disbanded, is at the center of a court series that began with […]
Germany: Russian diplomat found dead outside his country’s embassy in Berlin
A 35-year-old Russian diplomat was found dead in front of his country’s embassy in Berlin under unclear circumstances. According to information from the German magazine Der Spiegel, the Berlin police located the lifeless body of the Russian diplomat on the sidewalk in front of the Russian embassy building on October 19, at around 7:20. A […]
France: Parliament approves extension of health pass until 31 July 2022
The French parliament today approved the extension of the “health pass” in the country until July 31, 2022, after the presidential elections scheduled for the spring, provoking the anger of the government’s opponents. The National Assembly, which had the last word on the issue, approved the “health vigilance” bill promoted by the government to tackle […]
BMW: Will apply the 35 working hours in its factory in East Germany
BMW will reduce its working hours at its plant in East Germany from 38 to 35 hours in order to be equal to those at its plants in East Germany, it said today, in a move welcomed by the workers’ council to achieve the long-awaited equality of 30 years after the fall of the Berlin […]
China: Amid COP26, Beijing pollution cloud reduces visibility
Beijing’s playgrounds closed playgrounds today due to air pollution, which has reduced visibility in parts of the Chinese capital to less than 200 meters, as China increases coal production amid a UN conference on the COP26 climate in Glasgow. Beijing yesterday, Thursday, issued the first alarm this year for the autumn and winter period, demanding […]
Coronavirus: Greater reduction in efficacy for single-dose Johnson & Johnson than for mRNAs
A new US study shows that while vaccination remains effective against the possibility of coronavirus infection and even more so against severe Covid-19 and death, protection has declined since the Delta variant, particularly the Johnson monoclonal vaccine. & Johnson. The researchers, led by Dr. Arthur Wallace of the Veterans Medical Center and the University of […]
US: Department of Justice Appeals Against Texas’ Controversial New Election Law
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against a law recently passed in Texas in the southeastern United States that, according to the government of President Joe Biden, restricts the right to vote. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Antonio, alleging that the law violates federal election […]
South Korea: Seoul buys additional 30 million doses of Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19
The Korea Office of Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) announced today that the South Korean authorities will purchase an additional 30 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the US-German consortium Pfizer / BioNTech for use in 2022. Since the mass immunization campaign in Southeast Asia began on 26 February, at least 41.39 million people […]
US: President Joe Biden votes on investment plans in Congress
The finish line now looks close: after months of negotiations and intra-party clashes within the Democratic ranks, the House of Representatives will finally hold a vote today, Friday, on the big public investment plans Joe Biden wants to see. be adopted to give impetus to his presidency, which is going through severe trials in its […]
