WHO states strike deal to extend talks on pandemic treatyWorld Health Organization member states will continue talks on a pandemic treaty for another year. Discussions focus on sharing access to d...
19 May, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
New EU pet travel rules change how British travellers take pets to Europe – Check latest requirementsNew EU travel rules have significantly changed how British-based pet owners travel with animals such as dogs, cats, and ferrets. EU pet pas...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.12 AM IST
Time to 'think about mandatory vaccination': European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen"My personal position is... I think it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion now," she told a media conference, underli...
01 Dec, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
European Union's vaccine certificate plan a new hurdle for IndiaThe Ministry of External Affairs and diplomatic missions globally are holding negotiations with their interlocutors to secure mutual recogn...
29 Nov, 2021, 08.08 AM IST
EU pledges 200 million COVID vaccine doses to poor countriesThat's double the initial amount that the 27-nation bloc had planned to deliver, mainly through COVAX, the U.N.-backed program to provide s...
22 Jul, 2021, 07.22 PM IST
India in touch with EU members for reciprocal acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines: MEAEight EU countries Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Estonia and Spain have confirmed that they will accept Covishield ...
02 Jul, 2021, 09.49 PM IST
We expect vaccinated Indians to be treated on par with those inoculated in EU: India"Our expectation is that Indians who have been vaccinated through our domestic vaccination programme would be treated at par with those vac...
02 Jul, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
EU-approved COVID-19 vaccines protect against Delta variant, says official"There have been a number of variants over the last months and we expect more," said Marco Cavaleri, European Medicines Agency's (EMA) head...
01 Jul, 2021, 08.17 PM IST
Nine European countries accept Covishield for travel, say sourcesIndia has already asked the EU member countries to individually consider allowing Indians who have taken Covishield and Covaxin vaccines an...
01 Jul, 2021, 01.13 PM IST
Won't accept EU vaccine certificates unless it considers Covishield, Covaxin for Green Passport, says IndiaIndia has conveyed to the EU member states that it will adopt a policy of reciprocity and exempt European nationals holding the 'Green Pass...
01 Jul, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
No European Union 'Green Pass' for India-made Covishield, yetTravellers vaccinated with Covishield, manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), may not be eligible for the European Unio...
28 Jun, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
EU ready to discuss COVID vaccine patent waiver, says Ursula von der LeyenThe head of the EU executive said the bloc's vaccination effort was accelerating, with 30 Europeans inoculated per second, while exporting ...
06 May, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
AstraZeneca has not reacted yet to EU letter on vaccines - Italian daily CorriereThe European Union member states and the pharmaceutical company are at odds over the delivery of the shots after the group shipped to the b...
11 Apr, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
EU snipes at China and Russia, says won't use vaccines for propaganda"We should not let ourselves be misled by China and Russia, both regimes with less desirable values than ours, as they organise highly limi...
09 Mar, 2021, 09.51 PM IST
Russia files to register its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in EuropeThe Sputnik V and EMA teams held a scientific review of the vaccine on Tuesday, the Sputnik V account said, adding the EMA will take a deci...
20 Jan, 2021, 06.07 PM IST
EU defends vaccine trials as UK gives first OKBritish ministers claimed Brexit has allowed them to adopt the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine ahead of their neighbours, who are still awaiting a ...
02 Dec, 2020, 09.38 PM IST
EU could pay over $10 billion for Pfizer, CureVac vaccinesThe European Union could pay more than $10 billion to secure hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccine candidates being developed by Pfi...
21 Nov, 2020, 09.22 AM IST