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European Commission disburses €2.25 billion in pre-financing to Germany
The European Commission has today disbursed €2.25 billion to Germany in pre-financing, equivalent to 9% of the country's financial allocation under the…
EU Humanitarian Air Bridge to deliver emergency aid to Haiti following earthquake
An EU Humanitarian Air Bridge operation consisting of two flights is delivering more than 125 tonnes of life-saving materials to humanitarian organisations…
Lead MEPs condemn barbaric attack at Kabul airport
Chairs David McAllister (EPP, DE, Committee on Foreign Affairs), Maria Arena (S&D, BE, Subcommittee on Human Rights), and Petras Auštrevičius (Renew, LT,…
European Commission disburses € 2.25 billion in pre-financing to Germany
The European Commission has today disbursed € 2.25 billion to Germany in pre-financing, equivalent to 9% of the country's financial allocation under…
Afghanistan: provide humanitarian help to locals, MEPs urge
Europe must provide humanitarian aid, and reach unity on handling migration, according to MEPs speaking at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday morning.…
MEPs push for cancer survivors’ right to be forgotten in accessing financial services
The number of cancer survivors in the EU has now reached some 12 million people and is growing every year. Because of…
23 charged over Covid-19 business email compromise fraud
A sophisticated fraud scheme using compromised emails and advance-payment fraud has been uncovered by authorities in Romania, the Netherlands and Ireland as…
Euro zone banks left flying solo by new glitch in ECB payment system
Several euro zone commercial and central banks were left flying solo by a new glitch in the European Central Bank's payment system…
European Commission disburses €4 billion in pre-financing to Greece
The European Commission has today disbursed €4 billion to Greece in pre-financing, equivalent to 13% of the country's grant and loan allocation…
€662 million of additional Cohesion Policy resources for the recovery in Germany and Poland
The European Commission has approved the modification of six Operational Programmes (OP) for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social…
European Commission publishes proposals inclusive primary and secondary education
Today, the Commission published a proposal for a Council Recommendation on blended learning to support high quality and inclusive primary and secondary…
European Commission approves Italian scheme to compensate ski lift operators following coronavirus outbreak
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €430 million Italian measure to compensate ski lift operators for the…