This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission has today launched a new Biotech and Biomanufacturing Hub to support companies – particularly start-ups and SMEs – in bringing innovative products to the EU market and increase their competitiveness. The Hub will also help companies identify the support available to them […]Commission launches new Biotech and Biomanufacturing Hub to support innovative companies
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission has today launched a new Biotech and Biomanufacturing Hub to support companies – particularly start-ups and SMEs – in bringing innovative products to the EU market and increase their competitiveness. The Hub will also help companies identify the support available to them […]More than €1 billion from the European Defence Fund to develop next generation defence technologies and innovation
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has adopted the fifth annual Work Programme under the European Defence Fund (EDF), allocating over €1 billion to defence collaborative research and development projects. With the 2025 EDF Work Programme, the Commission unlocks significant additional funding to support the development of […]DR Congo crisis: A public health ‘nightmare’ is unfolding, warns WHO
January 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As UN agencies reported “relative calm” on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), humanitarians warned that the chaos caused by advancing M23 rebel forces could fuel a region-wide health emergency. The internet also remains down in the provincial capital […]President von der Leyen launches Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Automotive Industry and announces Action Plan
January 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, President von der Leyen has convened key European industry leaders, social partners, and stakeholders for the launch of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry. This dialogue marks the start of an inclusive and collaborative process aimed at addressing […]An EU Compass to regain competitiveness and secure sustainable prosperity
January 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission presents the Competitiveness Compass, the first major initiative of this mandate providing a strategic and clear framework to steer the Commission’s work. The Compass sets a path for Europe to become the place where future technologies, services, and clean products are […]Commission endorses positive preliminary assessment of Estonia’s third payment request for €122.3 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility
January 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today endorsed a positive assessment of Estonia’s payment request for €122.3 million in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Following its assessment of the payment request submitted on 9 December 2024, the Commission has preliminarily concluded that Estonia has […]Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report highlights challenges and opportunities to EU competitiveness
January 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission is publishing the 2025 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the EU economy. It provides the analytical context for the Competitiveness Compass? an action plan that will reignite economic dynamism in Europe. The report […]Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows
January 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As more than 423,000 displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza following the opening of key roads, UN agencies are scaling up humanitarian aid and addressing the growing risks posed by unexploded ordnance such as landmines (UXO). “Hope returns to Gaza, but it’s fragile,” said […]Breaking barriers, empowering education in Egypt
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. We’re shining a spotlight on the Elsewedy Technical Academy in Egypt, an institution dedicated to empowering young students with disabilities through inclusive, hands-on education. This video features Hind, a talented Deaf student, and Mustafa, her sign language interpreter, demonstrating the academy’s commitment to creating accessible learning […]Netherlands: Samotics secures €20 million EIB financing to accelerate the transformation of industrial efficiency and reliability with AI
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Dutch-based electrical data analytics company Samotics has signed a €20 million financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to accelerate its research and development activities. The EIB’s investment will enhance the company’s solutions regarding the monitoring of machine health and energy efficiency, while accelerating work […]What Measures can Developing Countries Take to Curb Rising Debt Levels?
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with IMF. Talal Rafi Over 3 billion people live in 48 developing countries where their governments pay more on interest payments than on either education or health. That is almost half the world’s population. Education and health are key areas of spending if governments want to increase the productivity of […]Netherlands: Rabobank and EIB scale up support for environmentally conscious small businesses
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Rabobank are scaling up their support for environmentally conscious businesses. Through this new instrument, €300 million will be made available to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working at the forefront of sustainable development. Over the last nine years, in cooperation with the […]Netherlands: Royal Schiphol Group enters into a loan agreement with the EIB for infrastructure investments
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Royal Schiphol Group and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have entered into a loan agreement to the value of EUR 175 million. This represents the first installment of a total financing of EUR 400 million. The loan contributes to the financial stability of Schiphol and is […]DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council told
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The latest reports from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from UN teams on the ground indicate a fast-deteriorating situation on Tuesday amid an ongoing assault by M23 rebels on the provincial capital. Dead bodies lie in the streets, hospitals are overwhelmed and there […]Belgium: UZ Leuven gets support from EIB for modernisation and expansion
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. UZ Leuven to benefit from €230 million lending agreement between KU Leuven and the European Investment Bank (EIB), to finance its infrastructure plans up to 2031. The works will cover an overhaul of the main Health Sciences campus Gasthuisberg in Leuven. A well-planned layout of medical […]DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council told
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Security Council convened its second emergency meeting in three days on Tuesday to address the escalating crisis in Goma – the regional capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the […]World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. At least one girl and three boys were killed, and three boys injured, during an attack on the Saudi Hospital in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, North Darfur, on Friday. The children were among the patients being treated in the hospital’s emergency ward for injuries […]EU provides €60 million humanitarian aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission today announced new humanitarian support for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with an initial amount of €60 million for 2025. Following the latest developments in the East of the country, the European Union stands ready to boost emergency assistance, […]Commission proposes tariffs on remaining agricultural products and on fertilisers from Russia and Belarus
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has adopted a proposal to impose tariffs on a number of agricultural products from Russia and Belarus, as well as on certain nitrogen-based fertilisers. The agricultural products affected by the new tariffs constitute 15% of agricultural imports from Russia in 2023 […]Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The implementation of new Israeli laws banning the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA – set to take effect on Thursday – will heighten instability and deepen despair in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Security Council has heard. Briefing ambassadors in New York on Tuesday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe […]EBRD helping Montenegro’s energy sector to invest in digitalisation
January 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to €35 million to Crnogorski Elektrodistributivni Sistem (CEDIS) to support the development of Montenegro’s energy sector. This will be used to finance the implementation of a new supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) […]DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds
January 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the battle for eastern DRC’s regional capital Goma, describing the crisis as “volatile and dangerous”. In a briefing on Monday, Mr. Lacroix told […]Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities
January 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday called on the UN Security Council to act decisively to address the worsening atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region. Briefing ambassadors, Karim Khan highlighted the urgent need for justice and accountability as violence and humanitarian suffering escalate. “Criminality […]‘Hold fast to our common humanity’: UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated
January 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Hate continues to grow at an alarming speed, and the world must do more to fight growing antisemitism the UN Secretary-General said on Monday, honouring the victims of the Holocaust and those who survived the Nazi death camps. More than 15 months on from the 7 October terror attacks by […]Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime
January 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A report from UN human rights investigators for Syria released on Monday has laid bare the systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances by the deposed Assad regime. The findings from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria detail crimes against humanity and war […]The EU offers emergency support to tackle the energy crisis in Moldova
January 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Union (EU) has proposed a €30 million emergency assistance package in a first step to support the Republic of Moldova in tackling the severe energy crisis provoked by Gazprom. Through this package, the EU stands ready to finance the purchase and […]Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’
January 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on the US Government to consider “additional exemptions” to a directive which pauses nearly all foreign aid for 90 days. President Trump’s executive order a week ago called for all foreign aid to be re-evaluated to ensure that it complies which […]UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu, DR Congo
January 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN is temporarily relocating non-essential staff from Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday without interrupting its operations in the country at a time heightened security concerns. The UN mission in DR Congo, MONUSCO, is relocating administrative staff and others in North Kivu […]UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon
January 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Top UN officials in Lebanon are calling for compliance with the ongoing ceasefire after reports that Israeli forces killed 15 people, including a Lebanese soldier, along the buffer zone with Israel, which Israel was due to withdraw from on Sunday under the agreement. The timelines envisaged in […]DR CONGO CRISIS: Updates as top UN official tells emergency Security Council meeting ‘we are trapped’
January 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Our live coverage has now ended. Catch up on the latest news on DR Congo here, and watch this morning’s Security Council emergency meeting on UN Web TV below: https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/2503451/embedPlaykitJs/uiconf_id/49754663?iframeembed=true&entry_id=1_figwefnl&config%5Bplayback%5D={%22audioLanguage%22:%22en%22}&config[ui]={%22locale%22:%22en%22}26 Ιαν 2025 08:08 μ.μ. Here are some highlights from today: © MONUSCO Stay on top of the […]DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack
January 27, 2025 by 6 Comments
This article is published in association with United Nations. Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have caused further mass displacement in the mineral-rich region, with fears that the regional capital Goma could come under attack, UN agencies warned on Friday. “We are deeply alarmed at the heightened […]Supporting vital infrastructure in Ukrainian city of Ternopil
January 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €10 million to Ternopilelectrotrans, a municipal public transport operator in the city of Ternopil, an economic centre in western Ukraine. The loan will enhance the resilience and efficiency of the city’s electric public transport infrastructure, reducing […]Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
January 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN independent expert on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday welcomed the decision by outgoing US President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous leader who has spent nearly 50 years in prison under controversial circumstances. The Executive Grant of Clemency, signed […]
