New bid on the bloc: Europe and vaccine manda...

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Inoculation or testing requirements are sprea ...

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Australia has been gripped by the Novak Djokovic saga.  His plight has highlighted a much wider vaccine story emerging in Eastern Europe.

Some countries like Bulgaria, are facing an Omicron surge – and their vaccination rates are less than 50 pe ...