European Union
All EU countries to start vaccinations on same day
Italy's special commissioner for the pandemic says the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 will begin in all 27 European Union countries on the same “symbolic” day, to be followed with individual countries’ rollouts of larger inoculation programs.
Brexit sends ripples of uncertainty down France’s coast
Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France’s northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in their lines and fear that battles over fishing rights will soon erupt.
EU, Germany join forces with Bangladesh to safeguard workers
The European Union (EU) and Germany signed an agreement to provide EUR 113 million, nearly Tk 1,145 crore, in support to the government’s “Social Protection Programme" for unemployed and distressed workers in the RMG, leathergoods and footwear industries.
Entire int'l community should stand together over Rohingya repatriation: EU
European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Rensje Teerink on Wednesday said the whole international community should stand together to find a solution to the Rohingya crisis with focus on their voluntary and sustainable repatriation to Myanmar.
UK says Brexit trade talks with EU are in their ‘last week’
Britain’s foreign minister said Sunday there is only about a week left for the U.K. and the European Union to strike a post-Brexit trade deal, with fishing rights the major obstacle to an agreement.
EU to greenlight new COVID-19 vaccine contract
The European Union (EU) will give the green light to a new vaccine contract, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday.
EU-UK talks suspended after team member tests positive for COVID-19
The negotiations between representatives from the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) had to be halted on Thursday after a member of the EU team tested positive for COVID-19, EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier said.
EU files antitrust charges against Amazon over use of data
European Union regulators filed antitrust charges Tuesday against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of using its access to data to gain an unfair advantage over merchants using its platform.
UNHCR welcomes EU’s support for Rohingyas, host communities in Cox’s Bazar
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed the generous, multi-year contribution of EUR 14 million or approximately Tk 139 crore from the European Union (EU), which will support UNHCR’s continued protection and assistance of Rohingyas and host communities in Cox’s Bazar.
EU mobilises €96 million for Rohingyas
The European Union has mobilised a total of €96 million for Rohingyas in 2020 for humanitarian, development cooperation as well as conflict prevention support.