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23 Feb 22
The European Union has strengthened sanctions against Myanmar, including freezing the assets of a state-owned gas company, following a military coup last year.
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18 Jan 22
The European Union has set an initial €1.5bn budget for humanitarian aid in 2022, to help support crises worsened by natural disasters and climate change.
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17 Nov 21
The European Union has agreed in principle a €170bn budget for 2022, to help fund the region’s recovery from Covid-19.
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26 Oct 21
The level of error in spending from European Union member nations is still substantial and requires more vigilant financial management, according to the organisation’s watchdog.
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14 Sep 21
High-spending European governments managed the Covid-19 shock “very well”, despite suffering the worst recession in the EU era, the head of the OECD has said.
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30 Mar 21
The European Union rescue fund aimed at allocating finance to member countries funded by common debt is compatible with EU treaties, Spain’s central bank chief said this week.
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22 Mar 21
Elevated debt levels resulting from the Spanish government’s Covid-19 underwriting of business loans, could put stress on its future credit rating, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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24 Sep 19
EU staff reforms saved billions but led to “negative consequences” that could have been mitigated, auditors have said.
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18 Jun 19
Ireland has become the latest European country to put forward ambitious proposals to tackle climate change.
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14 Jun 19
Brussels still fails to monitor how the European Union’s budget and policies contribute to sustainable development despite backing global targets.
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5 Jun 19
Inadequate management is denying Europeans the full benefits of the EU’s cross-border healthcare directive, EU auditors have said.
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4 Jun 19
The European Commission has called for Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš to repay millions of euros in subsidies after finding him to be in conflict of interest, according to reports of a draft...
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7 May 19
The budget of the European Union is too small and is being “stretched” by the challenges of integration and technological change, according to the OECD.
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2 Apr 19
Uncertainties over Brexit are forcing activity in Germany’s manufacturing sector to contract at its fastest rate since July 2012.
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2 Apr 19
Auditors are easing the complex process by which European Union countries gain crucial funding to close the gap between rich and poor regions.
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8 Mar 19
The European Union has “lost its nerve” over naming and shaming tax havens as it plans to give nine countries a “clean bill of health”, according to Oxfam.
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22 Jan 19
More drive and leadership is needed to strengthen the process and improve the success rate in tackling EU spending fraud, says member of the European Court of Auditors Eva Lindström.
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19 Oct 18
International donors are working together to boost private investment to health services in Africa.
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2 Jul 18
European leaders have struck a deal on how to handle migration within the bloc after finishing marathon talks at an EU summit.
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23 May 18
The European Union has given green light to start free trade deals with Australia and New Zealand.
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4 May 18
President Donald Trump has postponed the imposed steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until next month, while others have been exempted completely.
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16 Feb 18
The EU budget should place greater emphasis on accountability and transparency and be able to react more flexibly to unforeseen circumstances, auditors have said.
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25 Jan 18
The European Union has officially removed eight countries from its blacklist for tax havens, leaving the list to just nine jurisdictions outside the bloc.
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29 Nov 17
A number of European Union member states would be blacklisted as tax havens according to the bloc’s own rules, NGOs have said.
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1 Nov 17
The gender pay gap in Europe is the equivalent of women working for free for two months of the year, according to European Commission figures.