Michael Phoch
Americanstocknews - 20 years of experience in mass media
More support for those who apply climate- and environmentally-friendly practices Annual direct payments capped at €100 000, more support for SMEs Tailor-made measures to help farmers deal with crises Higher sanctions when someone repeatedly infringes rules, e.g. on environment or animal welfare The EU’s future farm policy should be more flexible, sustainable, and crisis-resilient, so
More
After the unprecedented hit to economic activity in emerging market economies from the COVID-19 pandemic, their economic output is projected to shrink by 3.3 percent in 2020. Central banks across emerging markets responded swiftly and forcefully with an unprecedented response of their own. They did this by using a variety of policy tools and, to a
More
Three entries have been added to the Cyber-Attacks financial sanctions regime. The following entries have been added to the consolidated list and are now subject to an asset freeze: Dmitry Sergeyevich Badin (Group ID: 13983) 85th Main Centre for Special Services (GTsSS) of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian
More
The European Commission has approved the modification of 10 operational programmes in Portugal, redirecting a total of more than €1 billion of EU Cohesion policy funds, namely the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Cohesion Fund (CF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). Along with a temporary increase of the EU co-financing rate to 100% for Cohesion policy projects tackling the
More
Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “The opening of ‘air corridors’ between the UK and the Canary Islands, the Greek island of Mykonos and the Maldives is great news for British holidaymakers and a boost for the hard-pressed Travel & Tourism sector. “Hard working British families can enjoy relaxing in the late Autumn sunshine
More
On 20 March 2020 government UK announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), followed on 26 March by the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) as part of its economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
More
In a statement, the independent rights experts called for an end to a crackdown on peaceful protests. “The imposition of a state of emergency is the latest in a series of draconian measures aimed at stifling peaceful demonstrations and criminalizing dissenting voices”, they said. Urging authorities to allow students, human rights defenders and others to protest in a peaceful manner, the UN experts called
More
The world is at risk of suffering “a generational catastrophe” as COVID-19 wreaks havoc on the education of students globally, the UN chief said on Thursday.
More
A joint UN-hosted donor conference to rally international support behind Myanmar’s displaced Rohingya minority, ended on Thursday with a promise to continue engaging with concerned countries towards finding a long-term solution to their plight. “We will continue to work together to maintain international attention on the Rohingya crisis and to shift from short-term critical interventions, to a
More
Warring parties in Libya on Friday agreed an historic ceasefire, which was hailed by the head of the UN Support Mission in the country (UNSMIL), who led the mediation, as a courageous act that can help secure a “a better, safer, and more peaceful future for all the Libyan people”. “I would like to salute
More