US, EU call for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia The countries said they support the stability, unity and territorial integrity of Ethiopia EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States, the United Kingdom, and 14 other nations have encouraged Ethiopia’s warring parties to end hostilities immediately and allow for the delivery of life-saving aid to … Read more
Top EU court fines Poland 1m euros a day over judicial reform The fine comes as Poland fails to comply with the EU court order to suspend the disciplinary chamber of its Supreme Court. Ekohotblog reports that the European Union’s highest court has ordered Poland to pay a daily fine of one million euros in … Read more
The coupists had dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders and declared a state of emergency claiming that political groups had been inciting civilians against the military EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sudan’s coup leader Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said the military seized power on Monday to prevent “civil war”. He added that the deposed … Read more
Von der Leyen said that 87 million of the doses had been funnelled through the WHO-led Covax scheme… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the European Union has exported “over one billion” doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the past 10 months, the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. “Very clearly, the European Union … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been planning to raise it tomorrow in his meeting at the White House with the president… The travel ban for people living in the UK and EU, that was introduced last March by Donald Trump, is finally going to be relaxed. An announcement is expected later today from the US … Read more
Until now the shot made by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German research firm BioNTech had only been authorised by the EU for people aged 16 and older The EU’s drug watchdog on Friday approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab for 12 to 15-year-olds, the first vaccine to get the green light for children in the bloc. … Read more
After months of protracted negotiation and impasse, the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) have finally agree on post-brexit trade deal. The trade agreement was reached on Thursday, seven days before the historic exit of the UK from one of the world’s most virile and largest trading blocs. The UK quit its full membership … Read more
The European Union (EU) Human Rights Forum has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the “swiftness” deployed in the safe return of the 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. The EU, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Rapporteur, Lake Chad/West Africa, Joseph Cullen, said the it is a … Read more
The European Delegation and the EU member states in Nigeria on Tuesday have made it known that issuing of certain visas was ongoing despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘Travel visas to Europe,’ said priority was being given to students looking to study in Europe. It noted that thousands … Read more
European countries are reportedly struggling to reach an agreement on who they will choose to support in a two-way race for the World Trade Organization chief, which includes a South Korean candidate. According to the European edition of U.S. political media outlet Politico on Thursday, a majority of EU members, including France and Germany, are … Read more
Less than 24hrs after the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) suspended Mali from its membership, the European Union (EU) has also suspended its training missions in the nation. According to officials on Wednesday, August 26, the suspension follows a coup by the armed forces to seize power in the nation. The bloc’s diplomatic chief … Read more
The European Commission (EU) has approved the use of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug for severe Coronavirus cases. EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides made this known in a statement on Friday. According to Stella, the drug has the tendency of speeding up recovery rate in COVID-19 patients. “Today’s authorisation of a first medicine to treat COVID-19 … Read more
Google has assured to start a legal fight with the European Compensation this week as its attorneys appeal against €2.4bn (₤ 2bn) penalty. Ekohotblog understands that the search titan was handed three different fines by the EU since 2017 over claims that it favoured its very own shopping results over results from opponents, that its … Read more
The special representative of the European Union to West Africa and the Lake Chad Basin Commission and the United Nations have called in the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to curb the spreading the deadly sect Boko Haram. The UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, and … Read more
The EU warned Italy, France and six other countries Wednesday that they risk breaching the bloc’s tough public spending rule next year, putting particular pressure on Rome to deliver reforms. Spain, Portugal and Belgium were also in the EU’s cross-hairs for bloated budgets, with their governments still working on spending plans for 2020 after holding … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised new funds for Britain’s state-run national health service (NHS) on Sunday, seeking to fulfil one of the promises of his 2016 Brexit campaign. Johnson pledged an extra £1.8 billion (2.0 billion euros, $2.2 billion) to immediately help frontline services, in a move that further fuelled speculation he is preparing for … Read more
The EU wants to have an agreed European candidate to replace Christine Lagarde at the helm of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior EU official on Monday said. The fund will need to replace Ms Lagarde after she was nominated last week by EU leaders as the next president of the European Central Bank, … Read more
Polish lawmakers have approved a measure that would exonerate most workers under the age of 26 from income taxes as the country seeks to stem the flow of its young people to other EU nations in search of better paying jobs. The lower house of parliament approved the measure introduced by the ruling conservatives in … Read more
To combat rising cases of armed conflicts, climate change, as well as food and nutrition crisis, the European Union said Nigeria and six other Sahel countries would benefit from a fresh 152.05 million Euros aid fund to bring relief to people in need in the region. The EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis management, … Read more
Britain’s exit from the European Union was in disarray after the implosion of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy left her under pressure from rival factions to leave without a deal, go for an election or forge a much softer divorce. After one of the most tumultuous weeks in British politics since the 2016 … Read more