MEPs approve renewed EU-Morocco Fisheries agreement
Fishing vessels from 11 EU countries will be allowed to fish in the waters of the Kingdom of Morocco in return for an annual EU payment of €30 million under a fisheries agreement approved by MEPs on Tuesday. This sum includes €14 million earmarked to...
Green light for new sustainable EU fisheries policy from 2014
The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform package, including measures to halt overfishing and a ban on discarding fish at sea, Parliament's key aims, was approved in a final plenary vote on Tuesday.
Israel’s economy growing strongly but further efforts needed to improve living standards, says OECD
Israel’s economy is in good shape, but further efforts are needed to fight poverty and close the gap in living standards with other leading nations, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Survey of Israel.
South African Unions Call Mandela Model to End ‘Economic Apartheid’
The spokesman for Congress of South African Trade Unions says Nelson Mandela’s legacy of poverty alleviation is a guiding principle for the group to demand better working conditions for South African workers.
Keep trade talks multilateral, MEPs and MPs urge WTO
The multilateral approach of world trade talks must "maintain its focal role", and not give way to bilateral or regional deals, said European Parliament Trade Committee members and 270 other members of parliaments across the world in a joint statement...
Israel’s economy growing strongly but further efforts needed to improve living standards, says OECD
Israel’s economy is in good shape, but further efforts are needed to fight poverty and close the gap in living standards with other leading nations, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Survey of Israel.
After Ukraine's EU Refusal
The potential for vast, Eurasia-centered economic development quickly became evident in the wake of Ukraine's Nov. 21 decision not to finalize a free-trade Association Agreement (AA) with the moribund European Union. The Ukrainian government announced...
UK's ten new projects help it's thousands of separated couples co-operate on parenting
UK's ten pioneering projects have been chosen to help separated couples resolve long-standing grievances, and agree their own financial and other parenting arrangements, in the best interests of their children.
IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review under the ECF arrangement for Côte d’Ivoire, and Approves US$75 Million Disbursement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fourth review of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The completion of the review enables the immediate disbursement...
Mali: World Bank Approves Funds to Boost Infrastructure, Economic Productivity, Climate Resiliency
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved US$121.42 million in grants to support the Government of Mali as it works to rehabilitate basic infrastructure and restore productive economic activity, and address climate change impacts while...
