News and Information

State aid: Commission approves €300 million Austrian scheme for package travel organisers and facilitators of linked travel services in the context of the coronavirus outbreak

European Commission
04 Feb 2021
  European Union;   Austria

Commission disburses €14 billion under SURE to nine Member States

European Commission
02 Feb 2021
  European Union

Papua New Guinea reopens for limited international flights

Ch-aviation
02 Feb 2021
  Papua New Guinea

US-donated ventilators to boost Kiribati’s fight against COVID-19

US Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu
30 Sep 2020
  Kiribati;   United States

Former tourism workers get relief in Samoa

RNZ
30 Sep 2020
  Samoa

Germany seeks breakthrough on linking EU payouts to rule of law

Politico
29 Sep 2020
  Germany;   European Union

Special travel advice and information paper for travellers entering Samoa as of 28 September 2020

Government of Samoa
28 Sep 2020
  Samoa

Samoa extends State of Emergency despite no Covid cases

RNZ
28 Sep 2020
  Samoa

Rise of the zombies? Europe faces insolvency balancing act

Reuters
25 Sep 2020
  European Union

EU chair Germany tells parliament to get COVID recovery cash through

Reuters
24 Sep 2020
  European Union;   Germany

COVID-19 preparedness - Supporting the vulnerable in Samoa

World Health Organization
23 Sep 2020
  Samoa

Government to support Tourism Solomons as it redirects focus

Solomon Times
22 Sep 2020
  Solomon Islands

USAID boosts technical capacity of frontline workers in Fiji

US Embassy in Fiji
21 Sep 2020
  Fiji

The United States all-of-government response to COVID-19 in Pacific Island countries

US Embassy in Georgia
18 Sep 2020
  Pacific;   United States

WHO warns Europe over 'very serious' Covid surge

BBC News
18 Sep 2020
  European Union

US-funded PPE supplies ship to Samoa

RNZ
18 Sep 2020
  Samoa

Von der Leyen: No ‘timelines’ for ending coronavirus support measures

Politico
18 Sep 2020
  European Union

European Parliament votes for new taxes in EU to repay recovery borrowing

Reuters
17 Sep 2020
  European Union

EU okays 44 billion euro Italian recapitalisation scheme for virus-hit companies

Reuters
17 Sep 2020
  European Union;   Italy

COVID-19, the stimulus and growing debt levels

Solomon Times
17 Sep 2020
  Solomon Islands