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Germany & European Union: People displaced from floods at a camp in Sindh province, Pakistan / copyright dpa EU sends heaviest ever aid airlift to Pakistan
European Union member states on Wednesday, 1st September, clubbed together to send Pakistan the heaviest and most complex joint airlift of aid in EU history in response to the country's devastating floods. more
Germany & European Union: Eurozone inflation down in August 2010, unemployment steady in July / copyright REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Eurozone inflation down in August, unemployment steady in July
Inflation in the 16-member eurozone fell slightly, while unemployment continued to hover around the 10-percent mark, data released on Tuesday, 31st August, by the European Union's statistical agency showed. more
Germany & European Union: EU commission: Pakistan to host donors' conference in late November / copyright REUTERS/Tim Wimborne EU commission: Pakistan to host donors' conference in late November
Pakistan is preparing to host an international donors' conference in late November to fund its post-floods reconstruction, the European Union's Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday, 27th August. more
Germany & European Union: EU flood aid to Pakistan tops 200 million euros / copyright dpa EU flood aid to Pakistan tops 200 million euros
The European Union has pledged just over 201 million euros in aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan, the bloc's executive said on Monday, 23rd August. The announcement was made as the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Kristalina Georgieva, was in Pakistan to witness the extent of the crisis. more
Germany & South Asia: German foreign minister Westerwelle calls for trade preferences for Pakistan / copyright picture alliance/Wiktor Dabkowski German foreign minister Westerwelle calls for trade preferences for Pakistan
In a letter to Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and to EU Trade Commissioner De Gucht, German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle called for easier access to the EU internal market for products from Pakistan. more
Germany & European Union: Flood victims receive medical treatment at a camp on the outskirts of Karachi / copyright dpa EU pledges additional 30 million euros for Pakistan flood relief
In response to the ever increasing scale of humanitarian crisis in Pakistan, the European Commission announced an additional 30 million euros in urgent relief assistance. This will bring the total humanitarian aid allocated by the Commission for the flood-affected populations to 70 million euros. more
Germany & European Union: Reinforcing a dike in a flooded village of Romania / copyright dpa - Bildfunk EU: helping countries help each other
Summers in Europe are frequently marked by devastating floods and fires, and 2010 has been no exception. The EU’s Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) sees to it that countries affected get immediate help. The system can be also triggered by countries outside the EU, as was the case after the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, or more recently, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. more
Germany & European Union: Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / copyright European Union, 2010 Move Pakistan up the agenda, EU's Ashton urges member state
Pakistan is too important for the European Union to ignore and the EU's foreign ministers should discuss it as a priority at their next meeting. EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said this in a letter on Thursday, 12th August, reports the German Press Agency dpa. more
Germany & European Union: EU provides additional 10 million euros emergency aid to Pakistan / copyright REUTERS, Adrees Latif EU provides additional 10 million euro emergency aid to Pakistan
The European Commission has adopted an emergency decision to provide further assistance of 10 million euros to the most vulnerable people affected by floods in Pakistan. The aid comes as an addition to the 30 million euros for humanitarian assistance allocated by the Commission on 30th July. more
Germany & European Union: European scientists launch new attack against AIDS / copyright dpa - Report European scientists launch new attack against AIDS
EU-funded researchers have developed a new defence against infection from the AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) virus. The pioneering method involves creating a protective shield that restricts the virus from making contact with a susceptible host cell and penetrating the immune system. more
 
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