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Jens Stoltenberg: Trans-Atlantic Relations between Allies Will Improve
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed hope that trans-Atlantic relations between NATO allies would improve after Joe Biden's election as President of the United States. Stoltenberg said this ahead of the video conference of the Pact's foreign ministers tomorrow and the day after.
Moderna to seek US and EU authorization for its vaccine on Monday
Moderna Inc will apply for US and European emergency authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine on Monday after full results from a late-stage study showed it was 94.1% effective with no serious safety concerns, the company said.
Apathetic Voters Snub Election in Moldova’s Breakaway Transnistria
The breakaway region of Transnistria in Moldova on Sunday staged parliamentary elections for the seventh Supreme Council (local parliament) since 1992, in which only a minority of voters cast ballots.
Sense of Impunity Lies behind Hungary Official’s Antisemitic Attack on Soros
George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, in Brussels, Belgium, 27 April 2017. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET
Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK its virus shots
Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators on Nov. 30 to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection, ramping up the race to begin limited vaccinations as the coronavirus rampage worsens.
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Pyatt: The path to the acquisition of the F-35 is a multi-year process
The U.S-Greek Defence relationship is at the highest level, he said
US ambassador hails Greek acquisition of F-35 fighter jet
The United States, "at the highest levels," welcomes Greece's decision to acquire the American-made F-35 fighter jet for its air force, US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt said in an announcement on Monday.
The Greek American in Biden’s all-female communications team
The incoming administration of US President-elect Joe Biden is very much a female affair in the crucial areas of communications and financial management. Among the all-female White House communications team named recently, moreover, Biden has chosen Jen Psaki for press secretary.
Greek-American Jen Psaki named new White House press secretary
Greek-American political advisor and communications expert Jen Psaki has been named press secretary in US President-elect Joe Biden's new all-female White House communications team.
Psaki was the White House communications director under president Barack Obama from 2015 to 2017 and had previously been spokesperson for the US Department of State, among other roles.
The Big Decision of the World - Who Will Get the Covid-19 Vaccine First?
In theory, everyone in the world who wants it should eventually be able to get immunized. But for much of 2021, demand for the coronavirus vaccine will outstrip supply, presenting a massive dilemma for governments, which must decide who gets the vaccine first or early, and who must wait.