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EU commission ‘surprised’ by Belgium’s travel ban extension

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 file photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference in Brussels. In a sign of goodwill to rebuild trans-Atlantic relations, the European Union and the United States have decided to suspend tariffs used in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing dispute for a four-month period, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday, March 5, 2021 after a remote conversation with U.S. President Joe Biden. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP, Pool)

EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Cyprus: no waiting for EU, vaccinated Britons welcome May 1

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 file photo, a pharmacist prepares a syringe from a vial of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during preparations at the Vaccine Village in Antwerp, Belgium. A shipment of a quarter million AstraZeneca vaccines destined for Australia has been barred from leaving the European Union in the first use of an export control system instituted by the bloc over a month ago. An EU official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue, confirmed a report that first appeared in the Financial Times. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

France backs Italy in vaccine ban as EU defends mechanism

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a Brussels police chief inspector Didier Bruer at the Brussels Expo center in Brussels, Thursday, March 4, 2021. The Expo is one of the largest vaccination centers in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU, Italy stop AstraZeneca vaccine exports to Australia

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joined a videoconference with EU leaders on Friday, to focus on ways to boost cooperation and avoid doubling up on security issues between the military alliance and the 27-nation bloc. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP)

EU wants employers to report pay levels to fix gender gap

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, migrants arrive aboard a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. An inquiry into claims that the European Union's border and coast guard agency was involved in illegal pushbacks of migrants has cleared Frontex of links to most cases but has been unable to establish what happened in five incidents, according to the official report that will be the focus of an extraordinary meeting of the agency’s management board on Friday March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas, File)

Probe into EU border agency leaves some questions unanswered

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, cabins of a vaccine center that was introduced to the media are seen in Wiesbaden, Germany. With accusations of being slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces the problem of having a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject. With its national vaccine campaign lagging far behind that of Israel, Britain and the United States, there are growing calls in this country of 83 million to ditch or rewrite the rulebook. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, FILE)

Tactical shift: Europe seeks vaccine ‘overdrive’ to catch up

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

EU, Britain clash again in latest post-Brexit spat

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EU envoy tells Serbia, Kosovo dialogue key for entry talks

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In this handout photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows as they meet in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Top EU official vows more support for Ukraine

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Albin Kurti leader of Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) reacts during an interview with The Associated Press in capital Pristina, Kosovo on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Kosovo's main opposition Self-Determination Movement party or Vetevendosje! has won a clear victory in an early election held amid the coronavirus pandemic, an economic downturn and stalled negotiations with wartime foe Serbia. (AP Photo/ Visar Kryeziu)

EU envoy urges Kosovo to resume talks with Serbia

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

EU court: Poland’s judicial rules could violate EU law

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. A Moscow court on Saturday considered Navalny's appeal against his prison sentence as the country faced a top European rights court's order to free the most prominent Kremlin foe. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Vladimir Putin aides sanctioned over Alexei Navalny poisoning

By Guy Taylor and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz speaks behind a plastic shield at a press conference at the federal chancellery in Vienna, Austria, Monday, March 1, 2021. The Austrian government has moved to restrict freedom of movement for people, in an effort to slow the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Austria, Denmark look beyond EU to Israel for future vaccine

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

European Union Ambassador to Venezuela Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa leaves a meeting with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza where she was given a letter of &quot;persona non grata&quot; and given 72 hours to leave the country, at Arreaza's office in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The meeting was called after the EU sanctioned an additional 19 Venezuelans for &quot;undermining democracy and the rule of law&quot; in Venezuela and the National Assembly declared the EU ambassador &quot;persona non grata.&quot; (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Chief European Union diplomat in Venezuela leaves country

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Police officers check cars on a road between the towns, Ceske Budejovice and Cesky Krumlov, near Kosov, Czech Republic, Monday, March 1, 2021. Limits for free movement of people are set in place in the Czech Republic. Travelling to other counties unless they go to work or have to take care about relatives is prohibited.(Vaclav Pancer/CTK via AP)

Czechs send 30,000 police, soldiers to enforce travel limits

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Georgian Presidential Press Office, Georgia's President Salome Zurabishvili, right, speaks during a joint news briefing with European Council President Charles Michel in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, March 1, 2021 (Georgian Presidential Press Office via AP)

EU urges parties in ex-Soviet Georgia to ease tensions

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A person walks past a shop offering the repair of electronic equipment and domestic appliances in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Companies that sell refrigerators, washers, hairdryers or TVs in the European Union will need to ensure those appliances can be repaired for up to 10 years. The new 'right to repair' comes into force across the 27-nation bloc Monday, March 1, 2021. The posters read: ' Repair - 24 hours'. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Europeans get ‘right to repair’ for some electrical goods

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

People wearing face masks walk across the medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The Czech government is barring the citizens and residents from travelling to the countries hit by highly contagious coronavirus variants and is tightening the rules for face coverings. Starting on Thursday, the Czechs are required to wear better masks in places where large numbers gather, including stores, hospitals and public transportation. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs impose the tightest lockdown amid UK variant surge

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press