EU hits 200-million-jab milestone, with Malta first and Bulgaria last

The European Union carbon price hit a record high of above €50 per tonne on Tuesday (4 May), a key milestone in what analysts say is likely a long-term climb towards the price levels needed to trigger investments in innovative clean technologies.

India’s coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after it became the second country to cross the grim milestone of 20 million infections after the United states.

The EU decision to shut the door to British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca’s jab and the general miscommunication over the safety of its product will cost thousands of lives in Europe, a Greek expert has said.

The head of the European Medicines Agency said Monday (10 May) that BioNTech/Pfizer’s jab against Covid-19 could be approved in the EU for 12- to 15-year-olds soon, perhaps as early as this month.

During an official visit to Sarajevo on Saturday, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his BiH counterpart Bisera Turković signed an agreement activating a previously approved grant of JPY 500 million (€3.8 million) to provide necessary equipment for the BiH…