ANKARA (AA) – The US is the “most important partner” but the European Union must build its “own capacity,” the EU foreign policy chief has said, in the wake of concerns across European capitals about the future of transatlantic relations after the election of Donald Trump as president. Following the fifth meeting of the European [&hellip...
CAIRO (AA) – Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced that his country has signed 35 agreements and memoranda of understanding worth €67.7 billion ($72.4 billion) with European companies and institutions. Madbouly was speaking at the conclusion of the Egyptian-European Investment Conference in Cairo. The conference, held Sa...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union has decided to disburse €16 million ($17.3 million) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). “The Commission has today processed a second tranche of assistance of €25 million for the Palestinian Authority to contribute to the payment of salaries and pensions of Palestinian civil servants and dis...
GENEVA (AA) – The European Commission has stated that it will take its upcoming UNRWA funding decisions in light of the outcome of an investigation into Israeli allegations. “Humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank will continue unabated through partner organisations,” a commission statement said. “Cu...
GENEVA (AA) – European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic has demanded that hospitals in Gaza be protected, calling for an immediate de-escalation of hostilities. “The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is beyond words,” Lenarcic said on social media platform X, adding, “I urge the warring parties to de-escalate ...
