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November 04
2021
EU contributes €2 million to South Sudan in emergency humanitarian funding for victims of floods
The European Commission has allocated emergency humanitarian funding of €2 million for those affected by recent unprecedented floods in South Sudan. To date, an estimated 40...
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October 04
2021
EU Humanitarian Air Bridge delivers medical aid to Afghanistan
Last Friday, 2 October, an EU Humanitarian Air Bridge flight delivered over 25 metric tonnes of life-saving medical cargo to Kabul to address the dire humanitarian...
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August 27
2021
EU Humanitarian Air Bridge to deliver emergency aid to Haiti
An EU Humanitarian Air Bridge operation consisting of two flights is delivering more than 125 tonnes of life-saving materials to humanitarian organisations active in Haiti, as...
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The EU Civil Protection Mechanism continues to channel support to help combat unprecedented forest fires in Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean. Following requests from...
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Yesterday, the Commission announced an additional €20 million to finance a new power plant in Rwanguba. The EU's rapid response to the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the...
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The EU has announced today at the 'Solidarity event for forcibly displaced persons and host communities in Central America and Mexico', that it will allocate €18.5 million in...
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On Tuesday, 27 April, the European Parliament accepted a consolidated legal framework for the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to make sure that the EU is better equipped to deal...
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The EU is sending to India a shipment of urgently needed oxygen, medicine and equipment, over the next few days, after the country requested support through the EU Civil...
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April 12
2021
Commission proposes to exclude certain goods and services from VAT during crisis period
Today, 12 April, the European Commission proposed to exclude from Value Added Tax (VAT) goods and services distributed by the European Commission, EU entities and agencies to...
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April 09
2021
Team Europe has contributed over €26 billion to help partner countries tackle the coronavirus pandemic
Exactly one year ago, the ‘Team Europe’ package was born as an EU response to aid partner countries' efforts in dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, by bringing together...
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