Tag: EU
COVID-19: Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year
May 5, 2021 Nearly 20 million more people faced food crises last year amid armed conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and weather extremes, and the outlook for this year is again grim, according to a report by the Global Network Against Food Crises. The humanitarian agency, set up in 2016 by the European Union and United ...Huge global disparities in electric car ownership – study
April 22, 2021 Europe and China dominate the world market for electric cars, but there are still very few electrified vehicles on the roads in large markets like Russia, South America and Africa, according to a study conducted by the Munich Mobility Show. Europe sold more new electrified vehicles than China for the first time ...EU condemns terrorist attack on Damasak, says humanitarian crisis looms
April 15, 2021 The European (EU) has condemned the latest terror attack on Damasak town of Borno, Northeastern Nigeria, warning that it can trigger a humanitarian crisis if immediate actions are not taken to provide urgent needs. The EU made this known in a statement on Thursday signed by its Commissioner for Crisis Management, Mr. ...Father of British PM applies for French citizenship to spite Brexit
Stanley Johnson, the father of pro-Brexit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said he is going to apply for French citizenship in order to maintain close ties to the EU. Speaking to French radio station RTL, Stanley said his grandmother was French and his mother was born in France, so he believed he was “already French” ...Group of 165 Google critics call for swift EU antitrust action – Letter
A group of 165 companies and industry bodies have called on EU antitrust enforcers to take a tougher line against Google, saying the U.S. tech giant unfairly favours its own services on its web searches. The group includes U.S. and UK companies as well as peers in 21 EU countries. It sent a joint letter ...EU to impose tariffs on U.S. products in aircraft manufacturer dispute
The EU will impose tariffs on U.S. products in the dispute surrounding aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Monday. A recent World Trade Organisation ruling permitted the EU to impose tariffs, Dombrovskis said. “And that’s what we are doing,” he said. The ruling, issued in mid-October, allows the ...NAFDAC cautions against use of Covifor Remidesivir Injection, says product is suspicious
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the general public not to use ‘Covifor Remidesivir 100 mg Injection for treatment of any illness. The warning is contained in a statement signed by the agency’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Friday in Abuja. She said that the label on ...COVID-19: Remdesivir gets conditional EU clearance, becomes region’s first authorised therapy to treat virus
The European Commission, EU, said on Friday it had given conditional approval for the use of antiviral remdesivir in severe COVID-19 patients following an accelerated review process, making it the region’s first authorised therapy to treat the virus. The move comes just a week after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) gave its go-ahead for the ...EU excludes United States from ‘safe’ travel list
The European Union (EU) has excluded the United States from its initial “safe list” of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday. The 27-member bloc gave majority approval on Tuesday to leisure or business travel from 14 countries beyond its borders, the Council of the EU, which represents EU governments. The ...We stand by Nigeria in this period of increased violence, instability in Northern Nigeria – EU
The European Union has condemned latest attacks on communities and villages in northern Nigeria. In a joint statement on Tuesday by the High Representative/ Vice-President, Josep Borrell, and Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, it noted that the situation has worsened recently. According to the statement, attacks, abductions, and killings of civilians by armed groups ...
