The European Union has made its first intervention into the supply of coronavirus vaccines, with Italy reportedly blocking a shipment of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine to Australia on Thursday. Reuters reported, citing two sources, that British pharma giant AstraZeneca had requested permission from Rome to ship around 250,000 doses from its Anagni, Italy, plant. However, the Italian government […] Read more
The European Union will not go as far as to impose sanctions on Turkey, one regional expert, despite Ankara’s controversial activity in the Mediterranean Sea. Turkey, Greece and Cyprus have been at odds over the former’s exploration of energy resources in parts of Eastern Mediterranean waters that both Athens and Nicosia claim are part of their own […] Read more
