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With its vaccination programme well underway, the UK is starting to see the light at the end of the long COVID-19 tunnel, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presented a roadmap for "a path to freedom". Europeans are now starting to wonder: Will the Brits be the only ones on the sunny side this summer?

TUESDAY, FEB. 23 ** KABUL – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. ** COLOMBO – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (to Feb. 24). ** KYIV – Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis will pay a working visit to Ukraine (to Feb. 24). ** PARIS – Macedonia foreign minister Bujar Osmani visit France. ** ANKARA – Turkish Foreign M...

The EU should do more to deter cyber-attacks from malicious actors targeting the bloc’s critical infrastructure and essential services, according to a draft EU Council response to the European Commission’s new cybersecurity strategy. The document, obtained by EURACTIV, is currently being debated by representatives from EU member states in the EU Council, after having been drawn up by the Portuguese Presidency of the EU at the start of the year. Honing in on the efficacy of the bloc’s 2017...

Today in Washington —————————————————————- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————- FRIDAY, FEB. 19 ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Azerbaijan for a trilateral meeting with his Azeri and Georgian counterparts. He also meets Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and holds bilateral meetings with the two countries’ foreign ministers (final day). BAKU – Georgi...

DIARY-POLITICAL/ (DIARY):DIARY-Political and General News Events from Feb. 16

—————————————————————- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————- TUESDAY, FEB. 16 ** KYIV – Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Ivan Korcok will pay a working visit to Ukraine ** CAIRO – Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visits Egypt (to Feb. 17). ** BRUSSELS – EU Council head Charles Michel to hold video conference on Sahel summit �...

FRIDAY, FEB. 12 ** ATHENS – Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein meets his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias to discuss financial cooperation and situation in the region. ** BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President David Sassoli and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa hold a news conference on measures to support the European social and economic recovery – 0930 GMT. ** SARAJEVO – North Macedonia Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani visits Bo...

The European Unions (EU) recovery plan to help repair economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic could be a game changer in the continents efforts to take the lead in the digital sphere, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said. Addressing an online event on Thursday, she said the 750 billion euro ($897 billion) plan, known as Next Generation EU, is the largest digital investment plan Europe has ever seen, since at least 20 per cent will fund digital investment -- equivalent to r...

Tuesday 2 February, 2021 COVID-19 | Latest News | News | Whats New The GSMA, on behalf of its European members, presents the mobile industry’s vision for 2021 and beyond in its latest report. Top priorities include delivering on the European Commission’s 5G Action Plan, building a distributed cloud and edge infrastructure and shrinking the digital divide.Download Now Introduction “Business as usual is no more… we will need to build a resilient, green and digital Europe.” So said Europ...

The Portuguese government on Thursday (28 January) attributed the deadlock in implementing fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks in the European Union (EU) to the Covid-19 pandemic. Still, it ensured “close monitoring” of progress and cybersecurity throughout the bloc. “Unfortunately, the pandemic has caused delays in implementing 5G in several EU countries, so the European Commission had to present a review of the action plan. We will monitor all developments,” Portugal’s minis...