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Zelenskyy signs application to join EU

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEU NewsEurope28 February 20221 March 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute The documents are already on their way to Brussels….reports Asian Lite News President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed Ukraines European Union membership application. Deputy Head of the President’s Office, Andriy Sybiga,…

EU shuts its airspace to Russian flights

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEU NewsEurope27 February 202227 February 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute “So let me be very clear. Our airspace will be closed to every Russian plane — and that includes the private jets of oligarchs,” said EU chief…reports Asian Lite News…

Ukraine staring down the barrel of uncertainty

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEurope24 February 202224 February 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ukraine President apparently warned that the Eastern European nation may not be able to withstand the offensive by Moscow’s armed forces….reports Asian Lite News The fate of Ukraine is…

EU, Central Asian nations call for inclusive govt in Afghanistan

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEurope24 February 202224 February 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes The participants also reaffirmed EU and Central Asia cooperation in support of the Afghan people as well as security and “resilience in a wider region”….reports Asian Lite News A joint…

EU ready with ‘sanction package’ against Russia

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEU NewsEurope22 February 202222 February 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes The package contains a number of “calibrated measures” targeting banks that finance the Russian military apparatus and contribute to the destabilisation of Ukraine…reports Asian Lite News The European Union (EU)…

EU chalks out 15bn-euro plan to tackle chip shortage

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEuropeTech Lite9 February 20229 February 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes The EU aims to increase its global market share in the semiconductor industry from nine per cent today to 20 per cent by 2030, said von der Leyen…reports Asian Lite…

EU Parliament casts new light on lives of Afghan women

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAfghanistanAsia News2 February 20222 February 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Angelina Jolie, an actress and a special envoy for UNHCR, said the Afghan women have suffered a lot in the past four decades, but they never lost hope for their…

Pfizer gets EU nod for Covid-19 pill

by Newsdesk-Top NewsCOVID-19Europe27 January 202227 January 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute The EMA said it had evaluated data from a study involving patients with COVID-19, which showed that treatment with Paxlovid significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization…reports Asian Lite News  The…

WHO downplays new Covid variant detected in France

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEurope6 January 20226 January 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes The strain is also known as the ‘IHU’ variant because it was first identified by academics at the IHU Mediterranee Infection institute in Marseille…reports Asian Lite News The new Covid-19…

Borrell reiterates EU support for Ukraine

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEU NewsEurope6 January 20226 January 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Borrell arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday for a three-day working visit, his first foreign trip in 2022….reports Asian Lite News  Visiting High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign…