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EU signs $74M contract for coronavirus drug BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM - The European Commission signed a €63 million ($74 million) contract with US drug firm Gilead to secure COVID-19 treatment remdesivir, Anadolu Agency reports citing the EU institution announcement of Wednesday.

30.07.2020 14:42

EU leaders agree 'historic' recovery deal after marathon summit BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM - The European Union’s heads of state and government on Tuesday morning approved a recovery plan and seven-year budget worth nearly 2 trillion euros to kickstart Europe’s economies, which are facing an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.

21.07.2020 18:21

EU gives Ukraine €105M to support small business and reforms KYIV. KAZINFORM - Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna has signed three agreements with the European Commission on the financing of new EU assistance programs for Ukraine worth EUR 105 million. Kazinform has learnt from Ukrinform.

17.07.2020 14:56

ANSA: Strong, coordinated EU response needed Conte says after meeting Merkel ROME. KAZINFORM Premier Giuseppe Conte told a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday ton EU Recovery Fund talks that «it is a very difficult negotiation, I have always stressed the difficulty, but I have tried in an ambitious way to represent the common goal of a solid, strong and coordinated EU response».

14.07.2020 14:37

EU agrees to lift restrictions on travel from Japan, 13 others TOKYO. KAZINFORM Members of the European Union agreed Tuesday to reopen borders to visitors from 14 countries outside the bloc, including Japan and South Korea, from Wednesday, after months of travel restrictions over the coronavirus outbreak.

01.07.2020 07:48

EU won’t open borders to Russians on July 1, source says BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM - The European Union will not be able to include Russia in the list of countries cleared to enter the area on July 1, a TASS source in one of the EU delegations informed, clarifying that the Russian coronavirus outbreak is to blame.

26.06.2020 21:11

EU leaders discuss recovery fund amid pandemic BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM EU leaders on Friday are discussing the bloc’s recovery fund and next long-term budget amid the novel coronavirus crisis.

19.06.2020 22:51

Moon to hold virtual summit with EU leaders on June 30 SEOUL. KAZINFORM South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold a virtual summit with European Union leaders late this month mainly on the novel coronavirus and the Korean Peninsula issue, Moon's office announced Thursday.

18.06.2020 21:44

EU hopes to provide COVID-19 vaccines in a year BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM The EU plans to provide COVID-19 vaccines to its member states within 12-18 months, according to its new strategy announced on Wednesday.

18.06.2020 19:42

Italy to get 172.7 bn under EU Recovery Fund plan – sources BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM Italy is to get 172.7 billion euros of the 750-billion-euro EU Recovery Fund for the coronavirus emergency, if the European Commission's plan is approved, well-informed sources told ANSA Wednesday.

27.05.2020 19:29

We're working on reopening EU tourism June 15 - Di Maio ROME. KAZINFORM Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said Tuesday that the government was working in a plan for the whole of the European Union to reopen to tourism together as coronavirus-containment measures are eased across the continent.

26.05.2020 16:14

EU plan looks to reopen borders for summer tourism amid pandemic BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM - The European Commission offered a tourism and transport package on Wednesday, aiming to provide guidance for the European Union (EU) member states to gradually lift the internal travel restriction and reopen tourism, two months after strict measures were introduced to contain COVID-19.

14.05.2020 22:37

CO2 emissions from energy use in EU falls in 2019 ANKARA. KAZINFORM Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion significantly decreased in the 27 member states of the European Union in 2019, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union on Wednesday.

06.05.2020 21:23

EU supports Uzbekistan's accession to WTO BAKU. KAZINFORM High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell held a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov on May 4, Trend reports citing the National News Agency of Uzbekistan.

05.05.2020 19:50

EU shuts its external borders to fight coronavirus BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM The European Union will shut its foreign borders for 30 days as the bloc attempts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

18.03.2020 17:11

Spotlight: EU restricts export of protective equipment amid spike in coronavirus cases BRUSSELS/BERLIN. KAZINFORM As Italy reported on Sunday its highest single-day deaths of 368 and France its biggest jump of over 900 new cases of coronavirus in one day, the European Union (EU) adopted a scheme to restrict the export of medical protective equipment and secure the supply within the bloc.

16.03.2020 16:16

EU mobilizes €25 billion against coronavirus BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM The EU decided on mobilizing €25 billion ($28,2 billion) to counter the spread of the new coronavirus, the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday.

11.03.2020 09:00

EU member states’ ambassadors pay visit to Shymkent and Turkestan NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM On 2-5 March 2020 the delegation of the European Union member states' Ambassadors led by EU Ambassador to Kazakhstan Mr Sven-Olov Carlsson travelled to Shymkent and Turkestan with a cluster visit.

10.03.2020 12:00

EU Ambassadors pay visit to Shymkent and Turkestan TURKESTAN. KAZINFORM On 2-5 March 2020, a delegation of the European Union member states' Ambassadors led by EU Ambassador to Kazakhstan Mr. Sven-Olov Carlsson travelled to Shymkent and Turkestan with a cluster visit, the press service of the EU Delegation to Kazakhstan informs.

07.03.2020 12:10

European Parliament delegation to visit Kazakhstan BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM A delegation of the European Parliament will pay an official visit to Nur-Sultan, Kazakh Ambassador to Belgium Aigul Kuspan told the meeting of the EP delegation for Central Asia on Monday.

04.02.2020 07:50

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