World Trade Organization members on Tuesday (9 March) urged its director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to hold talks with COVID-19 vaccine developers and manufacturers to scale up production, a document signed by seven members and seen by Reuters showed, writes Emma Farge. “The WTO should rapidly make use of its resources to the full extent to foster […]
The European Commission has approved a €60 million Greek scheme to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (‘SMEs ) affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The measure was approved under the state aid Temporary Framework. The scheme will be open to SMEs registered on the National Startup Registry Elevate Greece , which have started their activity by 31 […]
The European Commission has reached an agreement with BioNTech-Pfizer for the supply of four million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines for member states in the next two weeks in order to tackle coronavirus hotspots and to facilitate free border movement. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “To tackle aggressive variants of the virus […]
03/10/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/10/2021 07:50
Janez LenarÄiÄ bemærkninger om Kommissionens nye fremtidsperspektiv for EU s globale humanitære indsats udfordret af covid-19
In recent years, we witnessed a worrying increase of humanitarian crises. Last year the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically added to the worsening humanitarian conditions for millions worldwide. The EU has a responsibility to play its part. That is why today we have adopted a new strategic outlook to strengthen the European Union s humanitarian impact globally
For some time, the EU, together with its Member States, has been the world s leading humanitarian donor. Together we account for some 36% of global humanitarian assistance. However, our humanitarian aid is now facing an unprecedented set of challenges, exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic.