Hungary plans to set up a vaccine plant in order to become independent from outside sources, Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller announced at the Operative Board’s press conference on Friday. On Friday, the National Public Health Center (NNK) signed an agreement with the Minister of Human Capacities (EMMI) Miklós Kásler, and Zoltán Szilvássy, the dean of the University of Debrecen, to set up the plant. Müller revealed that the vaccine plant would produce compulsory vaccines, among others. Source Hungary Today
Serbia has raised the combat readiness of its troops on the border with Kosovo as a four-day flare-up over mutual recognition of state authority bedevils the Balkan neighbors, with Serbia’s president suggesting there are limits to what Belgrade will “tolerate.” Source Radio Free Europe
Pipeline gas supplies from Russia to Europe in 2021 reached historic highs, Gazprom increased gas production year-on-year by 18.4%. The accusations that Gazprom is not supplying gas to Europe are absurd, Head of Contract Structuring and Price Formation Directorate for Gazprom Export Sergey Komlev said in his article for Gazprom corporate magazine. Source TASS
Sweden’s government and Public Health Agency confirmed that it will definitely go ahead with the fourth and penultimate stage of its re-opening plan next week, with a firm warning for unvaccinated people. Source The Local
