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EU’s anti-fraud body warns against COVID-19 vaccine scams

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

A Polish teacher is vaccinated against the coronavirus with the AstraZeneca vaccine in Krakow, Poland, Friday Feb. 12, 2021. As Poland began vaccinating teachers on Friday, many say they are unhappy that they are getting AstraZeneca vaccines against the coronavirus, rather than the Pfizer shots earmarked for health care workers and the elderly. Nearly a year into the pandemic, many Europeans and others globally are desperate to get vaccinated and return to normal life. But many don't want just any vaccine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Some Europeans get choosy about which vaccines they want

By VANESSA GERA and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa, left, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, and European Parliament President David Sassoli pose for photographers after a signing of the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility document, designed to help the bloc with the economic impact of COVID-19, at the European Parliament building in Brussels Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)

EU aims to release virus recovery fund billions by summer

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In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Russia says it’s ready for split if EU imposes new sanctions

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this picture taken on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, people and health workers are pictured in front of the entrance of the University Clinic complex in Skopje, North Macedonia. When thousands of people across the European Union simultaneously began rolling up their sleeves last month to get a coronavirus vaccination shot, one corner of the continent was left behind, feeling isolated and abandoned: the Balkans. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Vaccine delay in North Macedonia stirs political tension

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Russia ‘ready’ to go it alone if Europe pushes new sanctions, top minister says

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A woman walks past anti Irish Sea Border graffiti in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Politicians from Britain, Northern Ireland and the European Union are meeting to defuse post-Brexit trade tensions that have shaken Northern Ireland’s delicate political balance. British Cabinet minister Michael Gove, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic and the leaders of Northern Ireland’s Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government will hold a video conference to discuss problems that have erupted barely a month after the U.K. made an economic split from the 27-nation EU. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

UK, EU meeting in bid to calm post-Brexit trade turbulence

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Medical workers wearing protective gear walk at Belgrade Fair makeshift vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. China is ready to consider &quot;vaccine cooperation&quot; with Central and Eastern European countries, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday in a meeting held by video link with European leaders. Serbia has received 1 million doses of a Chinese-developed coronavirus vaccine and Hungarian and Chinese vaccine developers are cooperating. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia says it’s ready for Russian vaccine production

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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, right, talks to Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal as they arrive for an EU-Ukraine Association Council at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Francois Walschaerts, Pool Photo via AP)

EU urges Ukraine to speed justice reform, battle corruption

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EU hopeful for firm economic growth despite virus challenges

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the united EU approach to COVID-19 vaccinations at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP)

EU top official regrets ‘mistakes’ over vaccine export gaffe

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Central Europe leaders focus on vaccination, nuclear energy

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the united EU approach to COVID-19 vaccinations at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP)

EU chief: Bloc was late, over-confident on vaccine rollout

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Syringes and a package with the vaccine from AstraZeneca are ready and waiting at the fourth vaccination center in Berlin at Tegel Airport, Germany, Wednesday, Feb.10, 2021. At the beginning, mainly nursing staff and medical personnel will be vaccinated against the coronavirus here. (Kay Nietfeld/Pool via AP)

AstraZeneca, German firm to try speeding vaccine delivery

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Police in Europe bust gang hijacking celeb phones, arrest 10

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Young women carry buckets of water on their heads in the Bandrajou district of Mamoudzou, Mayotte island, Saturday Feb.6, 2021. In the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, virus cases are suddenly spiking to their highest levels since the pandemic began, and demand for ICU beds is more than double supply. A third of the population has no running water. (AP Photo/ Sony Ibrahim Chamsidine)

Surging virus in French African outpost reveals inequalities

By SONY CHAMSIDINE and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a debate, regarding his recent trip to Russia, during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

Top EU diplomat to propose new sanctions against Russia

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A woman walks past past graffiti with the words 'No Irish Sea Border' in Belfast city centre, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Politicians from Britain, Northern Ireland and the European Union are meeting to defuse post-Brexit trade tensions that have shaken Northern Ireland’s delicate political balance. British Cabinet minister Michael Gove, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic and the leaders of Northern Ireland’s Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government will hold a video conference to discuss problems that have erupted barely a month after the U.K. made an economic split from the 27-nation EU. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

UK says post-Brexit relations with EU bumpy amid border woes

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2013 file photo, a train passes over a stone bridge in Luxembourg. Luxembourg on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 denied claims, made in various international media outlets, that Luxembourg is still a massive tax haven despite European Union legislation to clamp down on it. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Luxembourg defends itself against new tax haven allegations

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In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell leave a joint news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

EU countries expel Russian diplomats in Navalny dispute

By Frank Jordans and Lorne Cook - Associated Press