The death toll in Turkey has risen to over three thousand
In Turkey, the death toll from Monday’s earthquakes rose to 3,381, while the number of injured rose to 20,426, the Turkish Disaster Management Agency (AFAD) said on Tuesday.
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Turkey declared seven days of national mourning after the earthquakes, more than 1,600 dead
According to the data of the Turkish Disaster Management, at 4:17 local time, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 occurred in the Pazarcik district of Kahramanmaras province in southern Turkey, which was followed by a 6.4 earthquake in the Nurdagi district of Gaziantep province in southeastern Turkey at 4:26 a.m. , followed by a […]
EU-India: new Trade and Technology Council to lead on digital transformation, green technologies and trade
Today, the EU and India have strengthened their relationship as strategic partners by setting up a new Trade and Technology Council (TTC). The new TTC will deepen strategic engagement on trade and technology between both partners. This follows the announcement by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on 25 […]
West and Central Africa: EU allocates €181.5 million for humanitarian aid in 2023
The EU has allocated €181.5 million this year for humanitarian aid in West and Central Africa, as this region continues to face protracted crises driven by conflict and worsened by other factors such as climate change and the global spike in food prices. New allocations have been announced for Burkina Faso (€25.5 million), Mali (€26 million), Mauritania (€6.5 million) and Central African […]
Earthquakes in Turkey have killed at least 912 people – our article is constantly updated
At least 284 dead and 2,323 were injured in the early morning earthquakes in Turkey, which affected 10 provinces, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said at a press conference in Ankara on Monday.
Pope Francis: don’t use women as advertisements for beauty products
The whole world is at war and is threatened by its own destruction, declared Pope Francis, who answered journalists’ questions on the plane on the way back from his apostolic visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan on Sunday.
Results of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters for the first quarter of 2023
HICP inflation expectations revised up for 2023 and 2024, but down for longer term Real GDP growth expectations largely unchanged Unemployment rate expectations revised down
Ukraine: College of Commissioners travels to Kyiv to boost EU support and sectorial cooperation with Ukraine
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, travelled to Kyiv today, accompanied by 15 Commissioners, for the first ever meeting between the College and the Ukrainian Government. The meeting takes place back to back with the EU-Ukraine summit, the first since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the granting […]
ECB decides on detailed modalities for reducing asset purchase programme holdings
ECB details modalities to reduce Eurosystem’s holdings of securities under the asset purchase programme through partial reinvestment, broadly in line with current practice under full reinvestment Governing Council decided on stronger tilting of corporate bond purchases during partial reinvestment, including in primary market, towards issuers with better climate performance
Monetary policy decisions
The Governing Council will stay the course in raising interest rates significantly at a steady pace and in keeping them at levels that are sufficiently restrictive to ensure a timely return of inflation to its 2% medium-term target. Accordingly, the Governing Council today decided to raise the three key ECB interest rates by 50 basis […]