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Europe's week: Biden in Brussels and Ursula von der Leyen's recovery plan tour

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Europe's week: Biden in Brussels & Von der Leyen's recovery plan tour

The US President was in the Belgian capital this week for a NATO and EU-US summit.

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In this Sunday, March 21, 2021 file photo a vial and syringes of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sikh temple, in Luton, England.

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Europe's week: Intellectual property waiver & clampdown on China

Europe changed its position on intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines and also announced a series of measures aimed at reducing China's influence in Europe.

07/05/2021

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Europe's week: Vaccine passports, Brexit, Sofagate and AstraZeneca

These are the key stories from the Brussels bubble this week.

30/04/2021

Tottenham fans stage a protest against the Board over the planned creation of a European Super League, outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Wednesday April 21, 2021.

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Europe's week: European Super League backlash and new AI law

Drama with the European Super League dominated the first half of the week, as the European Commission announced proposals for regulating artificial intelligence.

23/04/2021

There was good and bad news on the vaccine front in Brussels this week

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Europe's week: Vaccine ups and downs, 'Sofagate' and Ukraine conflict

What are the key stories from the Brussels bubble this week?

16/04/2021

Europe's week: AstraZeneca jab troubles and Turkey's diplomacy mistake

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Europe's week: AstraZeneca jab troubles and Turkey's diplomacy mistake

The European Medicines Agency said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine could potentially cause rare blood clots and Commission President von der Leyen got sidelined in Ankara. Here's a look at two key stories making the news in Brussels this week.

09/04/2021

Europe's week: Syria donation shortfall & WHO slams EU vaccine rollout

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Europe's week: Syria donation shortfall & WHO slams EU vaccine rollout

Here are some of the stories that topped the news agenda in Brussels this week.

02/04/2021

Europe's week: Leaders meet virtually, as EU and US renew their vows

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Europe's week: Leaders meet virtually, as EU and US renew their vows

EU heads of state and government held a videoconference Thursday as a third wave of the coronavirus hits the continent.

26/03/2021

Europe's week: AstraZeneca vaccine doubts and Rutte's decisive victory

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Europe's week: AstraZeneca vaccine doubts and Rutte's decisive victory

Mark Rutte set for a historic fourth term as Dutch PM, as Europe's vaccination campaign continues to stutter.

19/03/2021

Europe's week: A year of the COVID pandemic and women's day

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Europe's week: A year of the COVID pandemic and women's day

These have been the key talking points in Brussels this week.

12/03/2021

Europe's week: Orban leaves the EPP, as Brexit makes a dramatic return

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Europe's week: Orban leaves the EPP, as Brexit makes a dramatic return

While Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban left the EPP Group after it changed its internal rules, MEPs delayed a decision on when to vote on the Brexit deal.

05/03/2021

Europe's week: Leaders meet virtually, as sanctions against Russia agreed

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Europe's week: Leaders meet virtually, as Russia sanctioned

EU leaders met virtually this week to take stock of the epidemiological situation across the continent, as sanctions against Russia were agreed upon by foreign affairs ministers.

26/02/2021

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell

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Europe's week: Borrell and von der Leyen face their critics

They came out to defend themselves amid criticism over a diplomatic visit to Russia and the EU's vaccine rollout strategy.

12/02/2021

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny talks to one of his lawyers, left, before being sentenced to 3.5 years in prison

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Europe's week: Navalny jailing slammed as vaccine fallout continues

What has dominated minds in Brussels this week?

05/02/2021

A cyclist, wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, rides a bicycle past the EU headquarters in Brussels

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Europe's week: EU's vaccine row with AstraZeneca dominates

One MEP went as far to warn of a possible UK-EU vaccine war.

29/01/2021

Europe's week: Brussels eager for a new start after Biden inauguration

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Europe's week: Brussels eager for a new start after Biden inauguration

"This new dawn in America is the moment we have been waiting for, for so long," said EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.

22/01/2021

Europe's week: Netherlands and Italy plunged into crisis, Pompeo snubbed by EU

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Europe's week: Dutch and Italian crises, Pompeo snubbed by EU

Both the Dutch and Italian governments began to fray over separate scandals and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo realised he may not be so welcome in Europe any more.

15/01/2021

Trump supporters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.

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Europe's week: 'democracy is not a given, we have to protect it' says French MEP Loiseau

The political drama in the United States pushed the COVID situation out of the headlines – for a day or two. It also saw some soul-searching over whether the same divisions could be exploited in Europe.

08/01/2021

European Union flags flutter in the wind amongst Christmas decorations outside of EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020.

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Europe's week: Out with the old, in with the new

The coronavirus pandemic look like it will dominate 2021 from the outset, but a new American President and German Chancellor could also shape the world for year's to come.

01/01/2021

An old people's home in Alzano Lombardo, one of the area that most suffered the first wave of COVID-19, in Northern Italy, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020

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Europe's week: Vaccine approval and a final dose of Brexit

With Christmas finally upon us this week, so was the welcome news of the EMA's vaccine approval. But failure to secure a Brexit agreement still plagued European leaders, as the continent shut its borders to the UK over fears of a mutant COVID-19 strain spreading further outside of Britain.

25/12/2020

Europe's week: Vaccine approval close while Brexit talks still too close to call

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Europe's week: Vaccine approval close while Brexit talks ongoing

The European Medicines Agency is close to approving Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, but Brexit negotiations are still on a knife-edge. Here's a look at the past week in Europe.

18/12/2020