Check against delivery! Good morning to all of you. [Today], we are going to talk about very important issues. We are going to talk about Belarus and the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean. Everybody is focussing on what kind of decisions we will p… read more
ESMA has assessed whether the scenarios envisaged in the 2019 Guidelines are still appropriate and finds that applying the 2019 scenarios in the current market environment generally leads to absolute levels of stress similar to the levels observed in M… read more
New EIB index measures economic vulnerability to COVID-19 in countries outside the EU · Half of low-income countries and a quarter of middle-income countries are facing the highest risk of the economic fallout of COVID-19 · Most vulnerable … read more
Check against delivery! Good evening. Today, we have had the first physical meeting of Defence Ministers since the outbreak of the coronavirus in March. I am sure that coming together has allowed us to go deeper into the several sensitive issues that w… read more
One of the summer’s big events was the devastating bomb blast in Lebanon on 4 August. The images were near apocalyptic. The explosion left at least 220 dead, with thousands injured and homeless, and €15 billion in damages. It sent shockwaves not only … read more