Insight EU Environment Monitoring Summer Break Summary 7 – 12 August 2023
Diluted European Sustainability Reporting Standards Raise Greenwashing Concerns +++ NATURAL DISASTERS: Extreme weather conditions: EU mobilises assistance for Slovenia and…
Insight EU Climate Monitoring Summer Break Summary 7 – 12 August 2023
Enhancing National Capabilities to Track Progress Against Climate Change +++ Indigenous Youth Can Boost the Transition to a More Sustainable…
Insight EU Energy Monitoring Summer Break Summary 7 – 12 August 2023
IEA: World oil demand scaling record highs as supply plunges in July +++ Empowering people – the role of local…
Donetsk region: Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits main command post of the Soledar group
During a working trip to Donetsk region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the main command post of the Soledar…
UN: Rights experts denounce idea of ‘reformed’ Taliban two years after return to power
More than 30 independent UN human rights experts have called for the international community to recommit to support the people…
UK: International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition
The International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition was launched at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow. Through this declaration, member states of…
Yemen/UN: France welcomes successful operation to offload oil from FSO Safer
France welcomes the successful operation to offload oil from the FSO Safer, which threatens to break up off the coast…
Iran: French Government on Shiraz attack (13 August 2023)
Paris, 14 August 2023 France condemns yesterday’s terrorist attack on a religious shrine in Shiraz,...
Fighting crime: Switzerland emphasizes focus on cooperation
Crime is becoming increasingly global and digital: ATM thieves, cyber criminals, drug, human and arms traffickers do not stop at…
Sweden: Statement from the PM’s Office
Representatives of terrorist groups have called for attacks against Sweden. States and other actors have helped amplify such messages. Sweden’s…
First group of rescue workers leave for Portugal to fight wildfires
Finland is deploying the first group of 24 rescue workers on Wednesday 16 August to help Portugal manage wildfires. In…
Business: Opportunities for Norway in India
Already, more than 120 Norwegian companies are active in India. The value of our bilateral trade has doubled over the…
EU HRVP Borrell: Why the events in Ecuador matter for the EU
Last week, Ecuador has been plunged into disarray with the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio one of the leading presidential candidates…
ECB: Inflation and the response of public wages in the euro area
In the context of elevated inflation in the euro area (despite recent declines), it is useful to look at the…
Coping with climate shocks: Food security in a spatial framework – IMF working paper
In the model, households endogenously respond to negative climate shocks by drawing-down assets, importing food and temporarily migrating to earn…
Russia: Government meeting on external pressure
In the face of mounting external pressure, it is especially important to stimulate the development of our own projects in…
Zelenskyy: We are doing everything to ensure that Ukraine remains a guarantor of food security
We are constantly working with our partners at all levels. Today, Head of the Office Yermak, Minister of Foreign Affairs…
Asylum processes: New EUAA resource portal launched for professionals
The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has launched a major new portal providing a range of resources to asylum…
Understanding the Economics of Investing in America: A Collection of Resources
President Biden’s economic vision—called Bidenomics—is about building the economy from the middle out and the bottom up. It starts with…
Ukraine engages in security talks with UK: Building bilateral commitments
Today, Ukraine has started initial working-level negotiations with the United Kingdom on a bilateral agreement on security commitments as envisaged…
Yemen: UN Secretary-General welcomes successful removal of oil from FSO Safer
The Secretary-General reaffirms the United Nations commitment to successfully complete this project, including through the delivery of a specialized buoy…
Situation in Niger: UK statement, 11 August 2023
The United Kingdom supports the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in calling for the restoration of constitutional order…
Credit Suisse/UBS: All federal guarantees terminated
UBS has definitively terminated the agreement regarding the federal loss protection guarantee in the amount of CHF 9 billion, as…
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund helped 13,000 dismissed workers to re-train and find new jobs
According to the 2021-2022 activity report of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) published today by the Commission, during the period…
International Youth Day: EU announces Youth Sounding Board for International Partnerships 2023–2025
Under the mandate of Commissioner Urpilainen, the EU has put more emphasis on pro-actively engaging with young people to foster sustainable…
Europol: 5 arrested in Poland for running hosting service for cybercrime gangs
This week, the Polish Central Cybercrime Bureau (Centralne Biuro Zwalczania Cyberprzestępczości) under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in…
Ghana: EEAS Spokesperson on the abolition of the death penalty
The European Union welcomes the abolition of the death penalty in Ghana. With this historic step, Ghana joins the majority…
Liberia: EU deploys EOM
In response to an invitation by the Liberian authorities, the European Union has decided to deploy an Election Observation Mission…
UK Space Agency adds three more stops to Space for Everyone tour
The Space for Everyone tour is serving as a beacon of inspiration, shedding light on the pivotal role that space…
UK: British Commandos train hundreds of Ukrainian Marines
Ukrainian marines were trained by Royal Marines and Army Commandos to conduct small boat amphibious operations, including beach raids. Nearly…
Ukraine: France condemns the latest round of Russian strikes
France utterly condemns yesterday’s Russian airstrikes against the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia. These latest strikes killed at least two…
Niger: Communique issued by the French Foreign Ministry
France reiterates its strong condemnation of the coup attempt under way in Niger and of the detention of President Bazoum…
Switzerland: Anti-terrorism actions in the cantons of Vaud and Neuchatel
On behalf of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), fedpol and local cantonal police forces carried out…
Switzerland reaffirms its support for peace process in Colombia
Swiss President Alain Berset met with Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday, 10 August. Talks focused on Switzerland's engagement in…
Fight against financial crime: EBA sees improving supervisory cooperation
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its third Report on the functioning of anti-money laundering and countering the financing…
Ecuador: EU HRVP Borrell on the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio
The EU expresses its solidarity with the Ecuadorian government and people, in particular the family of Mr Villavicencio, in this…
Mergers: EU Commission clears acquisition of certain Lumen’s businesses and assets by Colt
The Lumen companies and assets included in this transaction constitute substantially all of Lumen's business in Europe, Middle East and Africa which…
Mergers: EU Commission clears creation of joint venture by Savvy, Tencent and Ying
The joint venture, VSPN Group Limited, organises and commercialises eSports tournaments and provides influencer talent management and related promotional services. Savvy organises…
State aid: EU Commission approves €750m Austrian scheme to support companies affected by Covid-19
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €750 million Austrian measure to support companies in the context of…
Germany: EU Commission approves €350m to support rollout of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €350 million German scheme to support the rollout of high-power charging (‘HPC')…
State aid: Commission approves €6.5bn German scheme to address carbon leakage risk
Germany notified the Commission of its plan to support energy-intensive companies exposed to international competition by covering part of the…
UK and Türkiye strengthen partnership to help tackle illegal migration
UK and Turkish law enforcement officers will step up joint operations to tackle organised immigration crime and disrupt the supply…
Ukraine: President Zelenskyy on increasing the potential of country’s capabilities
Our entire territory needs much more air defense systems than we have now. Step by step, we are turning this…
Russia: Executive order on temporary procedure for executing state guarantees provided in foreign currency
Under the Executive Order, the fulfilment of the obligations of the Russian Federation (the guarantor) under the state guarantees of the Russian Federation, which are provided in foreign currency (the amounts of which…
UN: Guterres warns against nuclear catastrophe risk in message to Nagasaki memorial
Yet despite the terrible lessons of 1945, humanity is now facing a new arms race as nuclear weapons are being…
China, Hongkong and Macau: President Biden signs Executive Order addressing U.S. security tech investments
Today, President Joe Biden signed an "Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments In Certain National Security Technologies And Products…
UN: Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye
A deal has been reached with the Government of Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Türkiye to allow…
UN Security Council: UK on humanitarian access in Sudan
The humanitarian impacts are made worse by credible evidence to suggest serious violations of International Humanitarian Law by both the…
France reaffirms its commitment to Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity
As was stated by Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna, fifteen years after Russia’s aggression against Georgia, France…
Russia’s war: France condemns the latest strikes in eastern Ukraine (August 8, 2023)
France strongly condemns yesterday’s Russian missile strikes targeting the cities of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk in eastern Ukraine. In Prokrovsk, Russian…