EIB Approves New Financing for Covid-19 Resilience
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved € 12.6 billion of new financing for projects across Europe and around the world. New financing agreed on September 17 includes more than…
EU Budget to Increase by €6.2 Billion to Tackle Covid-19 Crisis
The Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have approved €6.2 billion to tackle Covid-19 crisis and speed up vaccine deployment. The funds will allow the EU to improve its chances of…
Aung San Suu Kyi Suspended from the Sakharov Prize Community
The European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents decided on Thursday to formally suspend Sakharov Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from the Sakharov Prize Community. The decision by the Conference of…
Event: Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Democratic Systems
The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and representatives of institutions, governments and NGOs will gather on 14-17 September to debate the challenges the Covid-19 pandemic poses to democratic systems.…
Michelle Bachelet Calls for Probe into Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday (September 8) welcomed the news that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has emerged from his coma in a Berlin…
Putin Critic Navalny Poisoned, NATO Asks Russia to Cooperate in Probe
The NATO Secretary General stressed that the attack on Mr. Navalny is also an attack on fundamental democratic rights and a serious breach of international law, which demands an international…