EU
Post-Pandemic World: Can labour rights roar back?
Labour rights have suffered immensely in Bangladesh amid the coronavirus pandemic as companies cut down on workers to save money for continuing the enterprises.
EU calls on China to reverse ban on BBC World News channel
The European Union on Saturday called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television channel imposed in apparent retaliation for Britain’s pulling of the license of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN.
EU for lasting, peaceful solution to Rohingya crisis
President of the European Council Charles Michel has reaffirmed EU’s continued support to Bangladesh for a lasting and peaceful solution to the Rohingya humanitarian crisis.
EU regulator authorizes AstraZeneca vaccine for all adults
Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.
EU pressures AstraZeneca to deliver vaccines as promised
The European Union lashed out Monday at pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, accusing it of failing to guarantee delivery of coronavirus vaccines without valid explanation, and threatened to impose tight export controls within days on COVID-19 vaccines made in the bloc.
UK abolishes 'sexist' tax on women's sanitary products
Britain on Friday became the latest country to abolish the so-called “tampon tax,” eliminating sales taxes on women’s sanitary products.
EU avoided chaos, explored new paths in turbulent 2020 year
Between the specter of Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic and a new leadership team facing a budget battle, the European Union looked set to remember 2020 as an “annus horribilis.”
EXPLAINER: Brexit ends Britons' right to live and work in EU
So far, the large majority of British and EU citizens have not felt the realities of Brexit. Though the U.K. left the European Union on Jan. 31, it follows the bloc’s rules until the end of this year as part of a transition period to the new economic relationship.
EU, UK unveil vast trade pact set to enter force on Jan 1
The European Union and the United Kingdom made public Saturday the vast agreement that is likely to govern future trade and cooperation between them from Jan. 1, setting the 27-nation bloc’s relations with its former member country and neighbor on a new but far more distant footing.
UK and EU reach post-Brexit trade agreement
Just a week before the deadline, Britain and the European Union struck a free-trade deal Thursday that should avert economic chaos on New Year's and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil.