The EU’s preliminary progress report is clarified: Albania will be given the green light for opening the negotiation chapters

12:13 20/04/2023 Russia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine in February 2022 has created a new urgency in Brussels for the rapid accession of the Balkan states. In the month of May, the candidate states for EU membership will be introduced to the preliminary annual assessment report by the EU neighborhood commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi. The world service … Read more

‘There is no negotiation’: EU stokes vaccine war warning ‘zero’ jabs will be exported to the UK

A senior EU official has threatened to block all AstraZeneca supplies from entering Britain until the drugmaker ups its deliveries to the bloc, as the EU ramps up its rhetoric over coronavirus vaccines again. Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner, said ‘zero’ AstraZeneca jabs made on the continent would be shipped across the Channel until … Read more