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COUP CONFIRMED IN MYANMAR
Myanmar’s military has seized power from the country’s civilian leadership, kicking off the Biden Administration’s first foreign crisis and setting the stage for an urgent United Nations Security Council debate, with the possibility of democratic allies imposing sanctions.
January 30, 2021
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen.
BRUSSELS The European Commission confirmed late on Friday that it would not trigger controls on shipments of vaccines to Northern Ireland amid an ongoing row with the United Kingdom over access to treatments to prevent COVID-19.
Earlier on Friday the First Minister of Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, accused the EU of committing “a hostile and aggressive act” after speculation that tighter export rules of COVID-19 vaccines could stop them from being transported over the border from Ireland, an EU member state, to the north.
This would be in contravention of the post-Brexit deal signed between Brussels in London to prevent a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in contravention of the Good Friday peace deal.
What s at stake in the EU, AstraZeneca vaccine supply dispute kneb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kneb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mr. Mitsotakis' proposal for the establishment of a common European certificate for SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in theory sounds simple but what is simple in theory is often difficult in practice.