TALLINN | VILNIUS The Estonian island of Saaremaa plans to unveil a monument to mark the island as the “geographic centre of Europe”, along with at least five Central and Eastern European countries Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, and Poland which lay claim to the continent’s geographic midpoint. Read more. /// EU PRESIDENCY European Commission looks forward to clinching travel pass with EU Parliament. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday welcomed the adoption by the European Parliament of its negotiating position on plans for a digital pass proving COVID-19 testing, recovery or vaccination to facilitate travel, pending negotiations with the Portuguese EU Council presidency. Read more.