Car industry: New rules on cleaner and safer cars start to apply across Europe
Tomorrow, the EU Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles will start to apply. Adopted in May 2018, the new Regulation...
Coronavirus: Commission signs first contract with AstraZeneca
The first contract the European Commission has negotiated on behalf of the EU Member States with a pharmaceutical company entered into force following the...
Address root causes of the Rohingya refugee crisis
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater attention to the Rohingya refugee crisis – which entered its fourth year – and for addressing...
Refugees at risk of hunger and malnutrition, as relief hit in Eastern Africa
UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce its food and cash assistance for refugees in Eastern Africa by up to 30...
Coronavirus: Commission expands talks to a fifth company
The European Commission has today concluded exploratory talks with Moderna to purchase a potential vaccine against COVID-19. Moderna is the fifth company with which...
Rohingya crisis needs lasting solutions, renewed commitment amid COVID-19 pandemic
August 2020 marks three years on from the last exodus of Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar and sought sanctuary in Bangladesh. Three years after...
Rules of origin: Trade with Pan-Euro-Mediterranean countries
The European Commission has adopted today a package of proposals that aims to increase trade between the European Union and neighbouring countries in the...
COVID-19: African countries urged to promote a safe return to school
School closures implemented to protect students from COVID-19, are hurting them in other ways, while the long-term impact of this disruption to education could...
European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission decides to register ‘Right to Cure’ initiative
European Commission decided to register a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Right to Cure'. The organisers of the ECI call on the Union ‘to...
Somalia at a critical juncture, as federal, state leaders, meet to break election impasse
With elections slated for November delayed due to COVID-19, Somalia is at a critical juncture, the top United Nations official in the country told...