The European Commission has collected more than 6 billion euros as part of a charity marathon on Saturday. Fundraising for testing, medical supplies and vaccine development was announced by the European Union in early May. The total amount of donations collected reaches 16 billion euros, but this is not enough.
28/06/2020Read more
In early 2020, in the midst of an outbreak of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the Central Asian region, poverty reduction progress suddenly stopped, and the opposite trend is currently observed. The region faces a serious threat due to an unprecedented drop in oil and natural gas prices, large-scale disruptions in the services sector, a sharp drop in income from remittances from labor migrants and the most negative outlook for the development of the global economy over the past few decades.
25/06/2020Read more
Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast, the IMF said in a statement.
25/06/2020Read more
Experts warn of high risk of the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic in European countries. In Germany, the number of new cases of infection is growing: over the past 24 hours it has increased by 587. In the west of the country, re-quarantine has been introduced in two areas for 360 thousand residents after a massive outbreak of coronavirus at a local meat processing plant, Euronews reports.
24/06/2020Read more
As of 20 June, Beijing has expanded its ability to test daily for COVID-19 from 100,000 samples to over 230,000 to contain the growth of new cases of localized COVID-19 infection, Xinhua reports.
23/06/2020Read more
Saudi Arabia, due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus, canceled this year’s hajj to the holy places of Islam in Mecca and Medina for pilgrims from abroad. This was announced on Monday by Sky News Arabia.
23/06/2020Read more
The Prime Minister has announced that DFID and the FCO will merge, uniting development and diplomacy in one new department that brings together Britain’s international effort.
18/06/2020Read more
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Muhammedkaly Abylgaziev, Total.kz reported.
16/06/2020Read more
In a document published on 11 June, the EC called on the authorities of the countries of the union, as well as four other Schengen states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) to maintain the current entry ban for most citizens of other countries until 30 June.
12/06/2020Read more
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