News and Information

Turkey cuts interest rates for the ninth straight time

Aljazeera
21 May 2020
  Turkey

Merkel and Macron show the way to a stronger Europe

Business World
21 May 2020
  European Union

Asia-Pacific countries endorse UN resolution for concerted regional action against COVID-19

UNESCAP
21 May 2020
  Global

The Maldives to collaborate with Japan and UNDP in COVID-19 recovery

Maldives Times
21 May 2020
  Japan;   Maldives

Australia's Treasury chief says government should worry about jobs and not rising debt during coronavirus crisis

The Guardian
21 May 2020
  Australia

U.S. sends ventilators to Russia in $5.6 million Coronavirus aid package

NPR
21 May 2020
  Russian Federation;   United States

Japan grants MVR 21.7 mln through UNDP to support Maldives’ economic recovery

Maldives Times
21 May 2020
  Japan;   Maldives

German conservatives’ eurobond awakening

Politico
21 May 2020
  Germany;   European Union

Franco-German recovery deal meets resistance

Politico
21 May 2020
  European Union

Charting recovery after the coronavirus crisis

ABC News
21 May 2020
  Australia

World sees highest daily increase in virus cases - WHO

BBC News
21 May 2020
  Global

How did Portugal manage the COVID-19 crisis so well?

CGTN
20 May 2020
  Portugal

Australia spends $100m in 'quick financial support' for Pacific countries hit by cyclone and pandemic

ABC News
20 May 2020
  Australia;   Pacific

Battered farmers may get $250,000 each in Trump’s virus bailout

Bloomberg
20 May 2020
  United States

Tracking the $9 trillion global fiscal support to fight COVID-19

IMF
20 May 2020
  Global

Swiss seek to secure COVID-19 vaccine amid hoarding fears

Reuters
20 May 2020
  Switzerland

Luxembourg starts mass COVID-19 testing, aims to cover everyone soon

Reuters
20 May 2020
  Luxembourg

Europe should brace for second wave, says EU coronavirus chief

The Guardian
20 May 2020
  European Union

Second batch of humanitarian aid from Uzbekistan arrived in Kyrgyzstan

Kabar
20 May 2020
  Kyrgyz Republic;   Uzbekistan

Australian jobs in hospitality and the arts could take five years to recover to pre-coronavirus levels

The Guardian
20 May 2020
  Australia