Author: Matina Stevis-Gridneff
E.U. Agency Approves Pfizer Covid Vaccine
In a landmark collective undertaking, the bloc is poised to start distributing shots to all 27 member nations and their 410 million citizens.
Greece Wants Him in Prison. Instead, He’s in the E.U. Parliament.
Leaders of the neo-fascist Golden Dawn party were convicted of running a criminal group. But one is living free in Brussels, immune from extradition as a European Parliament member.
E.U. Border Agency Accused of Covering Up Migrant Pushback in Greece
Frontex is under fire for letting Greece illegally repel migrants as the agency expands to play a more central role at the bloc’s external borders.
A Holocaust Survivor Lifts Neighbors in Dark Times
Simon Gronowski escaped the Nazis as a child and went on to write and speak widely about his experiences. In April, he began brightening lives by playing jazz tunes from his apartment window.
France and Germany Lock Down as Second Coronavirus Wave Grows
The new steps are the toughest since the spring and follow added restrictions in Spain and Italy aimed at curbing the spread of the virus and easing the strain on hospitals.
As Pandemic Surges Again, Europe Adopts New Restrictions
The new steps are the toughest since the spring and follow added restrictions in Spain and Italy aimed at curbing the spread of the virus and easing the strain on hospitals.
E.U. Members to Adopt Travel Guidelines as Coronavirus Spreads
But the bloc’s 27 countries will remain largely autonomous in their approach under recommendations that are expected to be approved next week.
E.U. Offers Cash and More Deportations in New Plan for Migrants
The bloc wants to persuade its most anti-immigrant member countries to agree to a common policy. But the future of its new plan, like many of its details, remains uncertain.
On the Greek Island of Chios, Covid-19 is Everyone’s Business
When someone tests positive in a small, close-knit community on a Greek island, privacy is the first thing to go.