"I am appalled by these new tragedies at sea and I express my condolences to the victims and their families. I also thank the Italian authorities...
Opinion Globally, there are more than 60 million people in need of humanitarian aid around the world Increased international cooperation to protect humanitarian workers at risk...
The European Union is increasing by an additional €8 million its efforts to contain the spread of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This is the...
The European Commission's Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) is facilitating the urgent provision of assistance to extinguish the forest fires raging in Sweden. Two fire-fighting aircraft,...
Every year there are devastating forest fires in Europe, destroying thousands of hectares of forests. The south European countries are at higher risk, but no European...
The European Commission is allocating an additional €2 million to respond to the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded. This brings the Commission's aid to fight the...
The ready made garment (RMG) industry of Bangladesh came under global focus last year, but under very tragic circumstances. Just a month ago was the first...