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The European Commission on Tuesday said it was seeking to boost efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, after Tehran announced it would enrich uranium to new levels. "We are highly concerned by the measures taken by Iran when it comes to their uranium enrichment activities," said EU commission spokesperson Peter Stano. "We will strengthen our efforts to maintain the agreement," he added.

Belgium will make no distinction between people with and without Belgian nationality when vaccinating the population against the coronavirus, so long as they are legal residents, the Brussels Times reported. The newspaper De Standaard quoted the cabinet of Flemish welfare minister, Wouter Beke, saying that in the case of an infectious disease it is not possible to make a distinction based on status.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of Germany's 16 federal states are expected to extend a strict lockdown until the end of the month in a bid to stop the surge in coronavirus infections, German media reported on Tuesday. "The coronavirus situation is very serious. We must remain tough and should not stop too soon," Markus Soeder, Bavarian premier tweeted. By Monday, Germany had vaccinated 266,000 people.

Russian president Vladimir Putin and German chancellor Angela Merkel discussed possible ways of jointly producing vaccines, the German news agency DPA reported on Tuesday, based on a Kremlin statement. The Russian and German health ministries will continue talks on ways to combat the pandemic. Russia approved the use of its Sputnik V vaccine in mid-August, which has not been authorised in the EU.

The Brussels public prosecutor's office will launch an investigation into a gay orgy last November, in violation of Covid-19 social-distancing rules, reports Belgian media. The Hungarian now ex- MEP, Jozsef Szájer, who curbed LGBTi rights and pressed for conservative family values, was among those at the sex party. Police found an ecstasy pill in Szájer's bag. Szájer is a key ally of PM Viktor Orbán.

The Swedish king would have been better advised to use his annual Christmas interview to call for unity of purpose and shed light on the political roots of the country's response.

I understand that the German-Turkish community - often subjected to condescension in Germany - celebrated the story. Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türecki represent scientific excellence and business success at the highest level.

logos has created an organisational chart for each of the top EU priorities – Green Deal, Digital Age, and People Centre Economy – of the von der Leyen commission. For each institution – Commission, Parliament, and Council (including its rotating...

Milan Škornjak from the village of Strašnik, 10 kilometres away from the devastated city of Glina, had been trying to alert government officials that his reconstructed house had not met construction and safety standards for 20 years. Unfortunately, the earthquake,...

Julian Assange is “free to return home” to Australia once legal challenges against him are dealt with, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, after a UK court denied a request to extradite the Wikileaks founder to the United States.

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has more than enough on his plate as he deals with a raging coronavirus pandemic, but also faces the more immediate challenge of staying in office.

The coffee, tea and cocoa consumed in the European Union and even inside the European Commission buildings are produced with slave and child labour, writes Fernando Morales-de la Cruz.

Despite the narrative about Central and Eastern European countries endangering EU unity on China, the hasty conclusion of an investment agreement with Beijing shows that the Franco-German alliance is a bigger obstacle to a united response to challenges posed by China, writes Matej Šimalčík.

The French government, under pressure for lagging behind EU neighbours in rolling out Covid vaccinations, promised on Tuesday (5 January) to dispense jabs much more quickly and catch up.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is not to be extradited to the US, a London court decided on Monday. The judge based her ruling on concerns that the 49-year-old could commit suicide if convicted of espionage in the US. The debate in Europe's media focuses on the question of whether Assange's actions were covered by press freedom.