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17 Sep 18
The World Bank and the EU have signed a €15.6m programme to strengthen public financial management oversight and accountability in Iraq.
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17 Sep 18
There will be economic costs for remaining EU countries as well as the UK if there is a ‘no-deal’ Brexit next year, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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11 Sep 18
Inadequate action to curb air pollution in the European Union is incurring hundreds of billions of euros in health-related costs, auditors have warned.
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5 Sep 18
EU money is mostly funding social and economic projects on a ‘first-come first-served’ basis rather than merit, auditors have warned.
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30 Aug 18
The European Union is considering tightening up regulations around cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ripple and Ether, it has been reported.
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24 Aug 18
The UK will compensate British NGOs for any loss of EU aid funding in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, the government has said in a letter to the charities.
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13 Jul 18
The European Commission should have proved the value it was adding with changes to its long-term spending priorities, auditors have concluded.
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4 Jul 18
The European Commission will give Spain and Greece €45.6m in emergency assistance to help with migration.
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2 Jul 18
European leaders have struck a deal on how to handle migration within the bloc after finishing marathon talks at an EU summit.
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26 Jun 18
Countries are right to go ahead with retaliatory tariffs against the US and should ‘stand up’ to trade war bullies, a Chatham House advisor has urged.
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13 Jun 18
The European Commission has proposed €4.8bn in its long-term budget to meet the bloc’s future security needs.
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11 Jun 18
Italy’s finance minister has ruled out leaving the eurozone following months of uncertainty about the country’s future within the common currency.
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11 Jun 18
Local authorities in the UK are demanding their government clarifies how it will fund infrastructure after they lose billions of pounds from the European Investment Bank following Brexit.
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8 Jun 18
The European Union plans a budget boost for tax and customs authorities cooperating across the bloc in the battle against fraud.
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25 May 18
The EU’s plan to expand its External Investment Plan to finance development projects is not backed up by evidence, writes María José Romero and Isabelle Brachet.
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25 May 18
The European Union €166bn budget for 2019 will “invest in a stronger and more resilient European economy”, it has announced.
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18 May 18
The European Union will increase spending for education in emergencies to 10% of its overall humanitarian aid budget from 2019.
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8 May 18
The world is unlikely to meet the global energy targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, international agencies have said.
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3 May 18
The European Union has set out its budget for 2021 to 2027, focusing on sound financial management with an aim to do “more for less”.
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25 Apr 18
France and Germany will press US president Donald Trump to permanently exempt the EU bloc from steel and aluminium tariffs as the leaders meet this week, the EU trade chief has affirmed.
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24 Apr 18
The European Union has signed an €17m financing agreement to improve public financial management in Zambia.
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19 Apr 18
The European Union will use its own experience in creating digital networks to help Africa do the same and implement e-commerce, its digital economy and society commissioner Mariya Gabriel has said.
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16 Apr 18
European Union investments in business have not led to durable and long-lasting success in around a fifth of cases, auditors have found.
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6 Apr 18
The European Union has announced €150m to support of Lebanon’s economy, which it hopes will generate €1.5bn in loans for the country until 2020.
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27 Mar 18
The eurozone should create a ‘rainy-day’ fund to help members of the currency union in future economic downturns, the International Monetary Fund chief has said.