EU plans ‘digital green certificates’ for ‘safe’ travel
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (25 Mar) The European Union has released details of its plan to set up a travel certificate in order to help restore...
Ursula von der Leyen
EU chief admits ‘late to authorise’ and ‘too optimistic’ about Covid vaccine plans
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (25 Feb) The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has admitted that the EU’s Covid-19 vaccination plans were ‘too...
Pharmaceutical groups ‘must deliver’ on vaccine obligations, insists EU president
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) Pharmaceutical groups producing Covid-19 vaccines ‘must deliver’, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has insisted, as tensions...
EU leaders ‘strongly discourage’ travel, warning of tighter border controls
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) European Union leaders meeting via video link on Thursday ‘strongly discouraged’ citizens from non-essential travel and warned that tighter restrictions...
Brexit trade deal approved by UK Parliament – also signed off by EU
The post-Brexit trade deal was passed by 521 to 73 votes in the UK’s House of Commons on Wednesday. It will now pass to the...
Brexit trade deal agreed, but ‘UK & Spain still to reach agreement on Gibraltar’
Madrid and London are still to reach an agreement on the status of Gibraltar, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has reiterated. It follows the last minute post-Brexit...
As EU approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Spain to start vaccinations on Sunday
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (11 Jan) As the European Union has now officially approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, several EU countries – including Spain...
Covid-19 vaccinations in Spain to start on 27 December
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (11 Jan) Spain will start vaccinations against Coronavirus (Covid-19) on 27 December, the Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa said on Friday. His...
Brexit trade talks to now continue beyond Sunday ‘deadline’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have issued a joint statement, confirming that post-Brexit trade talks will continue after...
EU leaders conclude marathon summit with ‘historic’ rescue package
EU leaders concluded a marathon summit in the early hours of Tuesday to reach a ‘historical’ deal for a huge €750 billion recovery plan for their...
