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Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific

Asia Pacific Report
20 Dec 2020
  Pacific

NZ is concluding another Pacific islands travel bubble agreement

Australian Times
19 Dec 2020
  New Zealand;   Niue

New Zealand buys enough COVID vaccine for itself – and its neighbors

New York Post
19 Dec 2020
  New Zealand;   Pacific

New Zealand to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for Pacific island neighbors, including Samoa and Tonga

Stuff
17 Dec 2020
  New Zealand;   Pacific

ECB eases COVID-19 crisis ban on dividends as outlook improves

Reuters
16 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

ECB bond purchase budget a ceiling, not a target: Rehn

Reuters
15 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

ECB to let banks pay out 15% of profits if they prove they can afford it

Reuters
15 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

Health, social protection to underpin sustainable recovery from COVID-19

ADB
15 Dec 2020
  Pacific

Lab equipment and supplies for Samoa's Covid-19 response

RNZ
12 Dec 2020
  Samoa

ECB's Lagarde bags hard-won deal, but battle with hawks has only begun

Reuters
11 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

Australia provides provinces with vehicles and funding to support COVID-19 response

Solomon Times
11 Dec 2020
  Solomon Islands

ECB extends pandemic emergency longer-term refinancing operations

European Central Bank
10 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

ECB prolongs support via targeted lending operations for banks that lend to the real economy

European Central Bank
10 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

ECB to unveil yet another stimulus package

Reuters
10 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

ECB gives euro zone another shot in the arm to fight pandemic

Reuters
10 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

ADB, Olam to support smallholder farmers livelihoods disrupted by COVID-19

ADB
09 Dec 2020
  Indonesia;   Papua New Guinea;   Viet Nam

January repatriation flight for Samoan workers in the US gets green light

RNZ
07 Dec 2020
  Samoa

ADB provides $16.9 million grant to help Vanuatu respond to COVID-19

ADB
04 Dec 2020
  Vanuatu

Analysis: Money for nothing - Portugal, Spain borrow more, pay less

Reuters
03 Dec 2020
  Portugal;   Spain;   European Central Bank

Solomon Islands to Make Submission for COVID-19 Vaccine

Solomon Times
02 Dec 2020
  Solomon Islands