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Europe's medicines regulator has added an extremely rare nerve-damaging disorder, Guillain-Barre syndrome, as a possible side-effect of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, regular safety updates from the watchdog show.

The European Commission on Tuesday announced the adoption of its new Green Bond framework, taking a step towards issuing 250 billion euros (about 298 billion U.S. dollars) in green bonds, equivalent to 30 percent of the bloc's package for recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The European Commission says it has asked the EU's top court to impose financial penalties on Poland over the activities of a judges' disciplinary chamber, stepping up a long-running dispute with Warsaw over the rule of law.

The United Kingdom says it is postponing the start of post-Brexit border checks on goods going to Northern Ireland as it seeks breathing space in its tense stand-off with the European Union over trade rules.

It has been the first defeat suffered by Slovakia in the qualifiers, which diminished the team's chances of advancing to the 2022 World Cup significantly. Slovakia now sit on fourth and have only marginal chances of advancing to the prestigious tournament in Qatar,

The European Union and drug maker AstraZeneca have reached a deal to end a legal battle over the slow pace of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries. The European Commission says the company made a “firm commitment” to deliver 300 million doses by March next year.

The EU had claimed from the beginning that it launched an emergency legal procedure against AstraZeneca simply to secure the vaccine doses that EU member countries were promised.

The European Union is ready to engage with the Taliban government but the Islamist group must respect human rights, including those of women, and not allow Afghanistan to become a base for terrorism,

The European Union and UK-based drugs giant AstraZeneca settled their dispute over a shortfall in coronavirus vaccine supplies on Friday, agreeing an extended delivery schedule.

Italian traders are exploiting the country’s inadequate enforcement to ship timber to the rest of Europe and circumvent the EU’s sanctions and timber regulations, the researchers wrote.