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- Portuguese EU presidency aims for green recovery — 06 January 2021, 22:13 CET
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Portugal took over the European Union's presidency on 1 January, promising to lead the EU out of the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic under the motto of a "fair, green and digital recovery".
- EU fish quotas agreed for Atlantic, North Sea, Med and Black Sea — 18 December 2020, 18:33 CET
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EU ministers reached agreement Thursday on catch limits for over 200 commercial fish stocks in the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and the Black Sea for 2021 and, for deep-sea species, for 2021-22.
- EU summit approves 55 pct emissions reduction goal — 14 December 2020, 18:18 CET
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Ending their two-day summit Friday, EU leaders endorsed a binding EU target of a net domestic reduction of at least 55 per cent in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990.
- EU leaders clear way for Covid recovery package — 14 December 2020, 18:18 CET
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EU leaders at a summit Friday reached a deal to address the concerns expressed on the EU's recovery package and the draft Regulation on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the EU budget.
- EU looks to rekindle transatlantic alliance under Biden — 02 December 2020, 21:42 CET
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Following the Trump years of bilateral tensions and unilateral tendencies, the EU put forward a strategy Wednesday to strengthen ties with the United States after US President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
- EU gender equality plan puts women's rights at heart of global recovery — 26 November 2020, 17:21 CET
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The EU executive and its foreign affairs arm put forward ambitious plans Wednesday to promote gender equality and women's empowerment through all external action of the European Union.
- G20 leaders agree to make Covid vaccines available and affordable for all — 24 November 2020, 00:00 CET
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At the weekend summit of the G20 countries, leaders expressed a commitment to coordinated global action to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and support for the most vulnerable and fragile countries.
- EU leaders to step up pandemic coordination — 20 November 2020, 16:45 CET
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EU leaders agreed Thursday to strengthen coordination on combating the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on mutual recognition of tests, vaccine deployment and a common approach to lifting restrictive measures.
- EU agrees deal on long-term budget for post-COVID recovery — 12 November 2020, 17:01 CET
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The EU Parliament and Member States agreed Tuesday on Europe's long-term budget and extra funding to rebuild a post-COVID-19 Europe centred on jobs, competitiveness, and better climate protection.
- EU leaders strengthen resolve as 2nd Covid wave hits Europe — 04 November 2020, 23:15 CET
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EU leaders at a summit Thursday resolved to strengthen their collective effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on testing and tracing policies, and on vaccines.
- Eco-schemes feature in EU's greener common farm policy — 21 October 2020, 18:33 CET
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Farmers will be afforded flexibility on the way to higher environmental standards in farming in the post-2020 common agricultural policy reform package agreed provisionally by EU ministers Wednesday.
- EU steps up 'no-deal' preparations as UK refuses to budge — 16 October 2020, 23:32 CET
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With time running out for successful conclusion of an EU-UK trade deal and insufficient progress on key issues, EU leaders called on the UK at a summit Friday to make moves to make an agreement possible.
- EU imposes sanctions on Russian officials for Navalny poisoning — 16 October 2020, 21:22 CET
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The EU imposed sanctions Thursday against six Russian officials involved in the assassination attempt on Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, poisoned in Russia with a Novichok toxic nerve agent.
- EU summit agrees sanctions against Belarus regime — 06 October 2020, 22:14 CET
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EU leaders at a summit Friday agreed to impose sanctions on the Belarus regime, calling for an end to violence and repression and for new free and fair elections without external interference.
- Europe needs to be a player, not a playing field, EU tells China — 16 September 2020, 18:31 CET
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The EU needs a balanced relationship with China, EU president Charles Michel told Chinese president Xi Monday in a summit which underlined differences over human rights, climate and trade issues.
- EU set to impose sanctions on Belarus for unfair elections — 21 August 2020, 00:00 CET
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Following a European Council video conference Wednesday, EU leaders made clear they did not recognise election results presented by the Belarus authorities, which did not meet international standards.
- Marathon EU summit secures EUR 750 bn recovery fund — 27 July 2020, 16:19 CET
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Following a marathon four-day summit, EU leaders agreed Tuesday a EUR 750 billion recovery fund for Europe, and a long-term budget to help the EU rebuild after the pandemic and support green investment.
- Post-Covid recovery the focus for Germany's EU presidency — 03 July 2020, 17:30 CET
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Germany took over the presidency of the EU Council from Wednesday 1 July, with key priorities being climate action, digital sovereignty and Europe’s role in the world, alongside post-Covid-19 recovery.
- EU extends current CAP rules until end 2022 — 01 July 2020, 00:20 CET
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EU farm ministers reached provisional agreement with the European Parliament Wednesday on continuing farming support under the current legal framework until the new CAP enters into force end 2022.
- Importance of China to EU's COVID recovery underlined at summit — 24 June 2020, 17:53 CET
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The importance of the EU's trading relationship with China for recovery from COVID-19 was underlined at a video conference summit Tuesday but Hong Kong and human rights was high on the agenda.
- EU and UK agree new push for Brexit deal in July — 16 June 2020, 00:32 CET
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EU leaders and British prime minister Boris Johnson agreed in a videoconference Monday to intensify Brexit talks in July to create the best conditions for concluding and ratifying a deal by the end of 2020.
- EU, Japan strenthen ties to face COVID-19 crisis — 27 May 2020, 23:55 CET
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EU and Japan leaders at a video conference Tuesday signalled close coordination in responding to the coronavirus pandemic, stressing the importance of global solidarity, cooperation and multilateralism.
- EU gives go-ahead to EUR 540 bn recovery package — 28 April 2020, 23:04 CET
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EU leaders endorsed in a video call Thursday an agreement on safety nets for workers, businesses and sovereigns amounting to a package worth EUR 540 bn, calling for the package to be operational by 1 June.
- EU diverts nearly all resources to fight COVID-19 — 16 April 2020, 22:41 CET
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The EU Council adopted two proposals Tuesday to make almost all remaining funding from this year's EU Budget - plus an additional EUR 3 billion - available for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
- EU shuts borders to non-essential travel for 30 days — 18 March 2020, 17:26 CET
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EU leaders agreed in a video conference Tuesday that they would reinforce the EU's external borders by placing coordinated, temporary restrictions on non-essential travel to the EU for a period of 30 days.