Europe

The world's most prominent online merchant Amazon has not taken advantage of unauthorized tax breaks in Luxembourg. The General Court of the European Union ruled that on Wednesday. In 2017, the European Commission wrongly…
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After years, the European Union will again receive a special envoy who stands up for freedom of religion. The former Cypriot European Commissioner Christos Stylianides has been entrusted with that task. The Christian Democrat…
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The French cafes and restaurants can reopen the terraces on June 9, and at the end of that month, the curfew will be abolished entirely. These are parts of a plan to phase out the corona measures that President Emmanuel Macron…
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The recent power struggle within the German Christian Democrats seems to be working out favourably for the membership of the Bavarian CSU. According to the party, new members are applying en masse via the internet. It involved…
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The German government's controversial law to directly impose corona measures, such as a curfew and further contact restrictions, has been given the green light by the German parliament. After the approval of the Bundestag on…
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The countries of the European Union have no plans for the time being to expel Russian officials. They are "unanimous" behind the Czech Republic, which on Saturday expelled 18 Russians because Russia allegedly had a hand in the…
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants the EU to focus on vaccines based on so-called mRNA technologies, such as those from pharmaceuticals Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna, when purchasing corona vaccines. She says the EU…
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Chancellor Angela Merkel backs down with her very strict Easter lockdown. She scraps this plan a day after it was announced. The plan sparked a storm of criticism. The Easter lockdown would be the toughest lockdown Germany has had…
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In Germany, the number of new corona infections has fallen again in one day. In the last 24 hours, 7709 new cases were registered. That is more than 6,500 fewer than the 13,733 on Sunday, says the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German…
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French health authorities recommend that the AstraZeneca vaccine be given to the elderly over 55 years old. This was decided because of the reports of a combination of clot formation and a reduced number of platelets in vaccinees. …
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