Coronavirus pandemic threatens to plunge millions in Arab region into poverty and food insecurity
COVID-19 will be responsible for pushing a further 8.3 million people in the Arab region into poverty, according to a new policy brief issued...
Economic sanctions should be lifted to prevent hunger crises in countries hit by COVID-19
As the world exhibits new bonds of solidarity in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it is a matter of “humanitarian and practical urgency to...
Explainer: SURE, a new temporary instrument to help protect jobs and people in work
What is SURE and why is the Commission proposing it?
The new instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) is...
Explainer: EU Emergency Support Instrument for the healthcare sector
What does the Commission propose to support the healthcare sector?
The Commission wants to directly support the healthcare systems of EU Member States in their...
Explainer: Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative Plus
How does the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative Plus (CRII+) complement the measures adopted under the first package?
The first package of measures of the Coronavirus...
Disinformation: How to recognise and tackle Covid-19 myths
The outbreak of the coronavirus has led to disinformation that hampers efforts to contain the pandemic. Read on to find out what you can...
Coronavirus: Commission boosts budget for repatriation flights and rescEU stockpile
European Commission has proposed to make €75 million
from the EU budget available to help Member States repatriate EU nationals and
to increase the budget of...
Commission issues guidelines to protect critical European assets and technology in current crisis
European Commission today issued guidelines to ensure a strong EU-wide approach to foreign
investment screening in a time of public health crisis and related economic
vulnerability. The...
Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa
The Board of the World Bank Group has allocated
today a total of $379 million in International Development Association (IDA)*
credits and grants to help harmonize...
UN expert raises alarm over migrant, asylum seeker ‘pushbacks’ at Turkey-Greece border
Greece must take immediate action to end the violence against migrants
and asylum seekers at the border between Turkey and Greece, an independent UN
human rights...