ATHENS — Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla for the early promising results from the company’s COVID-19 vaccine trial in a phone call on Tuesday, Kathimerini reported.
Mitsotakis also welcomed a decision by the European Union to purchase up to 300 million doses of the vaccine, his office said.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU will approve on Wednesday a contract for the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
I had the pleasure of speaking with @AlbertBourla, CEO of Pfizer, to congratulate him on the results of the vaccine trials and on the completion of the contract with the EU to deliver the vaccine as soon as possible. pic.twitter.com/8iIGT7p6ur
— Prime Minister GR (@PrimeministerGR) November 10, 2020
ATHENS - During a tax reform debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his government’s plan aimed at the self-employed as crucial to bringing in revenues to pay for more state services, raise wages and pensions.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
BCHARRE, Lebanon (AP) — Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, the miracle where Jesus Christ, on a mountaintop, shined with light before his disciples.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Republican Rep.
LONDON (AP) — The British government apologized Wednesday to the families of 97 Liverpool soccer fans who died after a stadium crush 34 years ago, as it introduced a charter it said will sharply diminish the chances that others will endure the kinds of injustices they suffered.
CAIRO (AP) — A cargo ship broke down in Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday and crashed into a bridge over the crucial waterway, authorities said, adding that the incident did not disrupt traffic through the canal.
NEW YORK (AP) — The heads of the nation's biggest banks say there are reasons to be concerned about the health of U.
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