Category: Politics

Europe

EU to provide Rs1.9 bn for UNHCR assistance to Afghan DPs

ISLAMABAD: The European Union (EU) is providing €10 million (Rs1.9 billion) to significantly boost the UNHCR’s assistance for Afghan refugees and their host communities in Pakistan. The funding will focus…

25 November 2020 · 3 min read

Europe

EU puts €6.8m into ‘circular’ cotton project

Twelve fashion and textile sector partners are to demonstrate a circular model for commercial garment production under the European Union-funded New Cotton Project. It has received €6.8m in funding from…

24 November 2020 · 2 min read

Europe

Varosha high on EU agenda says Borrell

The issue of Varosha, the fenced-off area in Famagusta that the Turkish side plans to open, and has partially done so, will remain a top priority for the EU, Commission…

24 November 2020 · 2 min read

Europe

ECDC opens ESCAIDE 2020 digital conference

The ESCAIDE 2020 plenaries and sessions will focus on issues shaping infectious disease epidemiology & microbiology in the next decade and beyond, with a special focus on the latest research…

24 November 2020 · 2 min read

Europe

European Parliament Members on November 21 Runoffs

Leading MEPs on EU-Georgia relations said in their statement regarding Georgia’s November 21 runoffs that “all the political forces represented in the newly elected Parliament must work now in a…

24 November 2020 · 2 min read

Europe

Kuwait PM holds talks with European Council chief

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah discussed Kuwait’s “distinguished relations” with the European Union in a phone conversation with European Council President Charles Michel yesterday.…

24 November 2020 · 2 min read