EU and China discuss trade and economic relations
The European Union and China held today their 8th High-Level Trade and Economic Dialogue (HED). Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, accompanied by Commissioner for Trade Phil...
Thousands suffer extreme rights abuses journeying to Africa’s Mediterranean coast
Testimonies published by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, with the DRC’s Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), reveal random killings, torture, forced labour and beatings.
Other people...
European Commission secures EU access to Remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19
Yesterday, the European Commission has signed a contract with the pharmaceutical company Gilead to secure treatment doses of Veklury, the brand name for Remdesivir....
Children in Nigeria and surrounding countries, continuing to endure ‘horrendous violations’
Girls and boys in northeast Nigeria are continuing to endure brutal abuse at the hands of Boko Haram, and are also being deeply affected...
Zimbabwe: COVID-19 must not be used to stifle freedoms
OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell, speaking to journalists in Geneva, expressed concern over allegations suggesting that Zimbabwean authorities may be using the COVID-19 crisis as...
Ethiopia urged to allow peaceful demonstrations, investigate protestor deaths
Independent UN human rights experts are urging the Ethiopian authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations, in a new appeal for investigations into the deaths of...
Making capital markets work for Europe’s recovery
The European Commission has today adopted a Capital Markets Recovery Package, as part of the Commission's overall coronavirus recovery strategy. On 28 April, the...
Arctic policy: EU opens consultation on the future approach
European Commission and the European External Action Service jointly launched a public consultation on the way forward for the European Union's Arctic policy ....
Sassoli: The decisions we will take will reshape the Union for decades
David Sassoli told EU leaders recovery plans must meet ambitions and warned against taking Parliament’s consent on the new EU budget for granted.
The Parliament...
World’s poorest being pushed ‘closer to the abyss’ of famine
Hunger threatens to soar to devastating levels in 25 countries in the coming months due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the...