Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The European Union (EU) special summit which aims to decide on the next seven-year budget and a massive recovery fund dragged into the third day on Sunday with disputes over core issues still unresolved. But the heads of state and government of the EU member states, …
Read More »EU says deeply concerned over U.S. growing use of sanctions
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Friday he was deeply concerned over the growing use of sanctions, or the threat of sanctions, by the United States against European companies and interests. “We have witnessed this …
Read More »EU authorizes remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The European Commission has authorized anti-viral drug remdesivir for the treatment against coronavirus on Friday, making it the first drug authorized at the European Union level for the treatment of COVID-19. “Today, the European Commission granted a conditional marketing authorization for the medicine remdesivir,” the European …
Read More »Ministry of Tourism secures a UGX 25Bn stimulus package from EU
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Tourism has negotiated a 6 million Euros (25.2 billion) stimulus package from the European Union towards the private tourism sector for post lockdown operations. This was disclosed by the accounting officer of the Ministry of Tourism, Doreen Katusiime while interfacing with …
Read More »EC confirms nine internal election observers ahead of 2021 polls
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine internal election observers have so far meant the requirements to monitor the 2021 general election, Uganda Radio Network has learnt. These include; Intellectual Aid Network Uganda, Uganda National NGO Forum, Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) and Alliance for Finance Monitoring (ACFIM). …
Read More »EU commits UGX 8.3 Bn towards Uganda’s COVID-19 response
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union (EU) delegation in Uganda has announced a grant of 8.35 billion Shillings (Euros 2 million) towards the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response. Ambassador Attilio Pacifici, the Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Uganda made the revelation to Uganda Radio …
Read More »EU will have no election observers as Uganda votes in 2021- Envoy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Uganda, Ambassador Attilio Pacifici has said that the EU will not deploy election observers as Uganda votes in 2021. The EU has been one of the biggest international election monitors in Uganda over the years, …
Read More »US passes dire milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
Washington, United States | AFP | Unthinkable just a few months ago, the United States on Wednesday surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, as the pandemic tightened its grip on Latin America. With the European Union unveiling a massive recovery plan to step up its emergence from the crisis, …
Read More »Battle ahead for EU’s massive virus recovery plan
Brussels, Belgium | AFP | European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed a 750-billion-euro post-virus recovery fund for Europe and urged sceptical member states to back it. The global coronavirus outbreak has already thrust the EU into its deepest ever recession, and Von der Leyen’s proposal would help …
Read More »EU’s Von der Leyen to unveil trillion-euro recovery plan
Brussels, Belgium | AFP | European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen will on Wednesday propose a roughly one-trillion-euro post-virus recovery fund for Europe, but will have to win over sceptical member states. The global coronavirus outbreak has thrust the EU into its deepest ever recession, and Von der Leyen’s proposal …
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