The EU Commission proposed to set up a EUR 100 bn coronavirus solidarity fund Thursday, to help businesses stay afloat and workers keep incomes, and redirect structural funds to coronavirus response.
A new EU regulation on external power supplies aimed at making a range of household appliances, from laptops to electric toothbrushes, more energy efficient entered into force on 1 April.
Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic failed to fall in with an EU decision for a temporary mechanism to relocate their share of refugees from Greece and Italy, the EU's top Court ruled on Thursday.
Amid the all-consuming maelstrom that is the coronavirus pandemic, there are numerous other world events that have simply been parked or placed to one side amid the immediate health crisis.
The EU Commission issued guidance Monday to assist manufacturers in ramping up production of essential medical equipment and material such as personal protective equipment, hand sanitizers and 3D printing.
